Joined on 02/17/08
Good and cheap price
Pros: Under full load my CPU temp is about mid 40s C. (AMD 1100T Black) with the stock cooler I could OC around 3.9 to 4.0 stable, now I can go 4.1 to 4.2 if I keep a close eye on the temp.
Cons: I really can't put anything for a con for the price. You really can't go wrong.
Pros: I have had this case for about 2 years and its been a great case. Very cheap, good quality (for the price), nice features, plenty of fan mounts, and is well built.
Cons: The top two 120mm fan mounts are a bit close to the motherboard and had to modify the holes to add the fans. After about two months of usage, the headphone port decided to give up on me.
Overall Review: Installed: COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plus 500W GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3 AMD Phenom II X6 1100T (3.8Ghz OC) AMD Cooler (Stock) G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB GIGABYTE GV-R685OC (6850) SAMSUNG CD/DVD BURNER (SH-222AB) Western Digital 500GB HDD 4 Dell Server grade 120mm fans (Noisy but worth the cooling power)
Amazing
Pros: Plays most games I throw at it! for the price its worth it, may be purchasing another! By default it is OCed.
Cons: Maybe better cooler? mine runs around 50c idle while 72c High load. But if you manual set fan speed to 100% its fine.
Overall Review: I am able to play most games now days with a 1 year old system. Love AMD for quality and always low prices!
Perfect
Pros: Built-in PSU, Wi-Fi Ready with N, USB 3.0, ITX Form Factor, and was surprised by this, it has on board LED for HDD and Power!!
Cons: Power in port is way too close to the Wi-Fi Antennas.. but can be moved!
Overall Review: I am using this little motherboard for a custom case. The case is actually an old Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and was the perfect size! Plus... it has the built in PSU.
Very Nice
Pros: Nice features, Can OC easily, and can suppose dual PCI-Ex
Cons: The second PCI-Ex slot is only a 4X slot... NorthBridge heatsink sucks! If you OC, you will need to invest into a better cooler or mount fan on it. (what I did)
Overall Review: Over all, this motherboard does what I need plus a little more. The reason for the 4 eggs is because of the Heat Sink on the North Bridge. I have an older ASUS MoBo with better heatsink.
Out Performance FX 8Core
Pros: Simply amazing! Very fast and can play any game you throw at it! Very low temp at idle (30c) and at overclocked at 4.2Ghz (with stock cooler) temp is about 46c with full load.
Cons: Not really a con but the cooler is the exact same as my old AMD Althon X2 6400+'s cooler...
Overall Review: I was kinda disappointed with AMD and their FX series because an older CPU out perform the newer 8 core. kinda sad of AMD. But I will always be AMD Forever!! Yeah whats up with the removal of all the other reviews?