Pros: Oh, Intel, it has taken years of being pummeled by ARM-based hand-helds for your marketing geniuses to tell your engineers to make this chip. But all is forgiven! Bundling a desktop CPU with a graphics processor, all at a low power is just what I need for my laptop-replacement desktop. Unlike laptops, where you plug them into a remote monitor and you can't get max resolution, or something weird happens to the display, when I plugged this into my old Hann 1680x1020 it went to max res. And it would've gone higher.

Cons: I wish Intel would package a better CPU fan with their processors. I can hear the bearings creak on this one--loudest part of my new system.

Overall Review: See my Gigabyte GZ-2SL3BI Mini-ITX case review for config. Nice thing about this chip is that you save money on low-end desktop systems by not having to buy a graphics card. Saves space too. Allows for small power supplies. I can build a system for the same cost as an all-in-one. Can't find port replicators for low-end laptops, and they don't have the port options as a desktop, or number of SATA, etc. This processor opens back up the low-end system builder's market. Building a low-end system based on this chip means that the motherboard manufacturer and you use the same h/w platform. So does everybody else. This means that your config of drivers is being shared by everyone else, so unique-system problems are eliminated. Remember--when you get a chip with an embedded graphics, like this, you are not only buying the chip but you're getting Intel's graphics package, including the driver. Intel drivers tend to have less bugs than other graphics drivers. Problems where the system crashes going into/coming out of standby are most likely graphics driver-related, so your choice of graphics drivers plays a large role in your system stability.

Pros: In the past I've used and liked Gigabyte products, but I'm starting to dislike them now, as this year I built 2 systems using Gigabyte motherboards, and both motherboards were DOA.

Cons: Config is a Ryzen 9 9900X and 2x32GB; G.Skill Flare X 6000 (PC5 48000) F5-6000J3040G32GX2-FX5; Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 2280; EVGA GeForce GTX 1650 Super SC Ultra. The dreaded mboard amber ram light came on. (On what might be a positive note, CPU light came on and then went out quickly right before ram light. My hunch is that this light going on means the CPU passed test). The ram I'm using is on Gigabyte's approved list. Attempt to update the BIOS using the Q-Flash + button on back panel failed. I have no idea what the BIOS version is. I tried different BIOS versions and in addition to following the user manual tried every posting found on reddit, etc. and nothing worked. No update. I don't have any slower ram to try, and quite frankly, have wasted too many hours with this piece of junk. How did we get to the point where motherboards have skyrocketed in price, but we're expected to flash a new BIOS in order to get a new motherboard to work with parts the manufacturer specifically says the board should work with?

Overall Review: I'm guessing that the problem here is with the 650 chipset. AMD keeps putting out fixes; maybe in a few months they'll finally tackle the problem. I advise anyone reading this to only use slower, older ram, and make sure you only use ram which others have gotten to work. You might want to stay away from the 9000 series CPUs on this board too, for the time being, just to be safe. I bit the bullet and bought an Asus ROG Strix X870-A motherboard, used the same CPU, RAM, M.2, and video card as for this Gigabyte board, and it booted up and ran no problem.

Pros: Solid construction, long cable, no sharp edges, looks good

Cons: Unfortunately, both USB ports are way too tight. It's a pain to insert/remove any device. And there was this plastic liner all over the body of this thing. Why?

Overall Review: Ships from China. Took me 16 days to receive.

Pros: Cheap price; can handle hot CPU's

Cons: What a pain this thing was to install (for me, a Socket 775). Since it's made to fit a few sockets, it won't fit any one well. It requires two mounting rails, and each rail requires 2 sets of insertion pin+holding pins. Then, once that's in place, you can screw the heat sink onto this assembly. The heat sink never would fit snugly onto the mounting hardware, even after bending, pushing, pulling, and screw-driving. This thing's not as quiet as the reviewers say. It makes a medium-to-high pitched whine. After replacing it with a new Intel stock fan, the Intel fan was a bit quieter.

Overall Review: For Socket 775 replacement, unless you need a lot of cooling, get an Intel fan. Costs about the same, and the Intel is so much easier to mount, and takes up way less room.

Pros: I traded in an Antek ISK310 for my 2nd ISK110. There is but one fan, the CPU fan, instead of 3 (2 actually...I'd disabled the 310's case fan). The case design is efficient and well thought out. The airflow from the single CPU fan draws air from a generous perforated panel out through two side panels, cooling not only the CPU but the mboard. The cable lengths are just the right length. The fit is tight but not unbearable. The 90W power supply may seem underpowered, but it's not. I'm powering a Core i3 4130T in my Gigabyte GA-H87N-WIFI mboard. And I power two 2.5" hard drives (one a 256G SSD, the other a backup 512G mechanical), a pair of USB-powered speakers (Acoustix 2.0 USB DIGI 4330200), a Logitech web cam, an Asus SDRW08D2S-U USB external slim CD/DVD drive. And throw in a USB mouse and my must-have LiteOn SK-1788 PS/2 keyboard. All that powered off a 90W supply: don't believe the naysayers! This case is small, light, will mount on the back of a monitor or stand by itself. The 90W power supply is about the largest laptop-like power supply you can get, and as such has no fan. The two 2.5" drives are easy to access; one has only to remove the back panel and they're readily exposed. The power supply dongle has the two SATA power adapters needed for the two 2.5" drives the case can take, and the length of these adapters is just right--not too short, but no extra slack either. The power supply circuit board allows overflow room for cable runs and for air circulation. A well thought-out case. I only wish the Antec engineers who designed this were here for me to shake their hands and congratulate them personally.

Cons: Needs USB 3.0 front-panel ports, at least on 2 of the 4. There're 4 USB 2.0 front ports, but my mboard can only use 2 of them.

Overall Review: Better than the ISK310, although the power supply limits you to a 35W CPU, of which there's presently only one retail version available, the Haswell Core i3 4130T. Intel's desktop offerings, while they appear numerous, in reality lack variety in certain corner-cases. Specifically, there's only one 35W retail Haswell desktop on the market. The other 35W Haswell CPU's are sold to OEM's only. There are no low-power retail Core i5 and Core i7 CPU's for the system builder to select from. Unfortunately, this limits the options of those who wish to build a Haswell-based system using this wonderful case.

Pros: I've build Asus systems for years. This is my first Gigabyte. I'll be buying Gigabyte from here on out. Asus has built up a name, and now charges a premium for it. As Asus sells greater volumes, their quality on high end is still good, but is slipping for their bulk products. Gigabyte has always had more features. I have yet to find a USB keyboard as good as my LiteOn PS/2, so I was happy so see at least one mb that still has a PS/2. Sure, I could use an adapter, but native is faster and more solid. Nice having the usb 2.0 ports mounted where the PS/2 port is, so you can put your mouse cord next to the keyboard cord like your used to. Yea, it's been 5 yrs. since I built a system. But what a treat this board has been. It spends such little time in the bios. All my Asus's take forever to complete bios. I haven't even checked into enabling fast-boot mode. Plus the menus just look so much better than Asus. Nice having both an DVI and HDMI. And Gigabyte is smart enough to realize that nobody needs an analog VGA port on a desktop anymore. Why, oh why, don't more manufacturers include wifi on their mb's, especially a small form factor like mini ITX. I mean, there's these huge ATX mb's that cost $300+ and why can't they throw in a wifi even if you don't need it? But on something this small with no PCIex1 slots, there's no way to mount a wife internally, so you get stuck with another usb thingy hanging off your pc. Not to mention saving a few dollars h/w cost.

Cons: I wish it had an eSata. Reason is this. On a mini ITX, it makes sense to only use an optical drive when installing windows and apps, and just keep the drive in a closet. To do that, you have to plug in the drive externally, and I always prefer native over usb. Another thing is that the driver install was a bit daunting. I got frustrated trying to install from zip file and dropped back to the disk. Yea, it's me, I know, but it wasn't as easy as Asus installs from over the years. I gave up trying to figure out where the driver was for the 2nd lan port.

Overall Review: My config is listed under Gigabyte GZ-2SL3BI Mini-ITX review. My mb is a version 2.0, so one might assume that they quit making 1.x versions and that all the stock for 1.x has been depleted. I suppose the 2nd lan port is supposed to be a maintenance port for a remote server, or something like that...I haven't really figured that out. I'd trade it for an eSata in a heartbeat.