GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Overclocking AM3 on a budget. Good power circuitry, 140W processor capable, DDR3 1600 out of the box. Excellent price.

Cons: No mosfet cooler next to the CPU socket. The Enzotech M-81 fits perfectly. No other cons whatsoever

Overall Review: This is a great board. Takes my X3 720 to 4ghz and not a single setback from the motherboard. In response to the post above.. get a clue. You don't need the 790FX board unless you want to run more than one video card. This board offers everything that the 790 does and runs cooler. Overclocks great. Recommended for those on a budget. The 710 SB does RAID and does it well.

Pros: - Great price
- Can unlock extra cores (I turned my AMD 550 BE X2 into an X4 with the F2C bios and ACC)
- Lots of SATA headers

Cons: The onboard audio on my board had noticeable pops and hitches. I tested both the SPDIF and the analog and both had the problem.

Since it would be too much hassle to dissassemble everything and send the board back, I ended up disabling the onboard audio and putting in an old PCI Envy24 card I had with SPDIF so I could get clean audio.

- Only supports DDR3 RAM
- Seemed to have compatibility problems with my Lite-On LH-20A1H DVD-RW drive; WinXP wouldn't recognize the drive. Had to swap to another drive.
- The heatsink on the Northbridge 750 is not very securely attached.. it lifted off when I (stupidly) grabbed it to move the board

Overall Review: My 550 BE Runs pretty cool on this board, even with all 4 cores unlocked (currently idling at 33 degrees). The board it self runs fairly warm though (39 - 40 degrees idle).