Joined on 12/29/02
Nice little server box with low power
Pros: Fast, efficient, and multi core.
Cons: none that I can see
Overall Review: Very fast and graphics are excellent for this small form factor. Low power, four cores four threads. Linux treats as eight cores. Fast, low power, and multiple process running without issue. Very satisfied.
Good Idea - Poor Execution
Pros: Not much, BIOS is incredibly buggy cannot tell how well the new Intel Celeron V4 Bay Trail would be. Can’t get past the BIOS.
Cons: Where to start. The delivered MB had BIOS ver F1. Buggy and unusable for any OS. Gigabyte wants you to get out your DOS and floppy to upgrade BIOS - dead serious! Search the internet, there is a hpusb tool you can use instead. F2 was almost as bad but some Win system issues fixed. F3 fixed most Win issues. None of these addressed serious problems BIOS causes for BSD or Linux distros. Do a google search... Gigabyte Tech support is pitiful. 3 days after submitting a service ticket a reply. “blah blah blah we only care about MS Win users, we will not fix BIOS bugs unless they affect MS Win systems”. Really? I have Win 8 & Win 7 systems but would never use a Celeron to run such a resource hungry, bloated OS as Win! You would want at least the newest i3 if you wanted it to be responsive. This bd is perfect for faster more efficient OS like the nix systems. There is a serious bug in the BIOS that causes kernel panics at OS install with all nix OS. Something to do with ACPI or USB conflicts. Gigabyte refuses to fix so don’t hold your breath on EVER getting it to work. RMA or use for paper weight or door stop. Be warned - Gigabyte response to many complaints on this is that it will never be fixed. Last Gigabyte product I have to RMA as it will be the last purchase. Too many good alternative companies - ASUS, ASRock, MSI, etc who work with ALL OS communities to waste time with this lost cause. Newegg would not allow me to post unless I gave it at least 1 star so… consider it a -1 star
Excellenct drive at excellent price
Very fast and worked flawlessly from first boot. Running Alpine linux and now problems.
Excellenct drive at excellent price
Very fast and worked flawlessly from first boot. Running Alpine linux and now problems.