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robert o.

robert o.

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very nice board after a little work

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Great board! 6 sata connectors, good board layout, nice components. P45 chipset. Solid state caps. If your into overclocking there are a ton of setting. Dropped a Q6600 in this and fired it right up. The dual bios is excellent!

Cons: Only nit I have with this is it needed an immediate firmware update. I had read a bunch of reviews here about this. F3 firmware which is what this board ship with is buggy. F8 is on their website. the Flash utility in Bios Qflash is simple and quick. Just throw your flash files on a usb memory stick and flash the board from that. It really couldn't be made much easier than that.

Overall Review: In my mind an excellent board for the $$$

Most Critical Review

Wow.. these are not good

Patriot Intel Extreme Master, Limited Edition 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 15000) Desktop Memory Model PVI316G186C0K
Patriot Intel Extreme Master, Limited Edition 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 15000) Desktop Memory Model PVI316G186C0K

Pros: They are pretty

Cons: Well both sticks failed memtest and on two different system boards.

Overall Review: Someone at your company needs to have a look at the E-Test data on these.

10/27/2013

I7-2600K.. wow

Intel Core i7-2600K - Core i7 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 3000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I72600K
Intel Core i7-2600K - Core i7 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 3000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I72600K

Pros: Cheap and stupid fast. Easy overclock. I have a H50 (cheap water cooling)and have this overclocked to 4.3GHz without any issues at all. I replaced a AMD 1100T with this. The AMD CPU was good but this really is far faster. You can really see the difference if you do large compiles or use a VM. Even Photoshop is snappier on this rig.

Cons: None

Overall Review: The Intel heat sink on all these CPU's are awful. Always get an after marker CPU cooling solution.

12/17/2011

This is very nice buy it

CORSAIR Hydro Series H50 120mm Quiet Edition Liquid CPU Cooler - Intel Only (CW-9060006-WW)
CORSAIR Hydro Series H50 120mm Quiet Edition Liquid CPU Cooler - Intel Only (CW-9060006-WW)

Pros: Cheap, fairly easy to install. I am using this with a overclocked AMD 1100T @ 3.8Ghz. Idle temps at 21C right now and under load at 39C. Given that this CPU themal max is 62C this worked out very nicely as the stock heatsink even clocked at spec would reach themal max of 62C with the ambient room temp of 70F. no drips, no problems. Remember that this is not going to make the CPU run cooler than your ambient temp.

Cons: Only pain involved is having to remove systemboard for back plate. But can't take a egg away for that as if you look at the kit thats obvious.

Overall Review: Make sure that you have room for this radiator and fan. It fairly large so if you have a mid atx case you will probably have to get a full size case.

I wish intel made more stuff like this

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - Core 2 Quad Kentsfield Quad-Core 2.4 GHz LGA 775 105W None Integrated Graphics Processor - BX80562Q6600
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - Core 2 Quad Kentsfield Quad-Core 2.4 GHz LGA 775 105W None Integrated Graphics Processor - BX80562Q6600

Pros: Good price, unlocked multipiers, easy OC on most boards. I have been running OC'ed to 3Ghz since I bought it 7 months ago. I run rosetta@home most of the time which maxes out all 4 cores. This is just simple awesome.

Cons: Robert Noyce didn't come back from the grave and deliver it to my house.

Overall Review: I would pick one of these up while you still can.

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not good

Ordered power supply on the the 22nd of dec and i still haven't seen it. Total pain trying to get a hold of anyone to get this taken care of so yeah, not happy.

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