Joined on 06/12/05
GIGABYTE did it again, Well Done

Pros: Full backplate, no flimsy piece of aluminum to fool with when installing it into a case. Components are rock solid, everything it well constructed, well ventilated and runs cool.
Cons: No Power button on the board for when you're staging everything before case installation. You'll have to short out the power pins on the header to get it to turn on None issue once it's installed into the case.
Overall Review: Great board, I go to Gigabyte time and time again for my system board needs. It just works. The Gigabyte Control Center takes all the guess work out of finding and installing driver updates. Nice work.
Intel Rocks

Pros: On board graphics 3.3 Ghz 6 Cores New stock fan on the LGA 1700 socket
Cons: None
Overall Review: I've never bought an AMD processor in my life. 20+ years in IT. I will not be buying one anytime soon. Stick with Intel, and be done with it.
Great Power Supply

Pros: Quiet Modular 7 year warranty It's made by Antec Hybrid mode, in case you want to turn the fan off 80 Plus Gold Certified
Cons: None
Overall Review: I've purchased Antec computer cases and power supplies for years. I'm not going anywhere else for these two computer components.
Wolfdale E8400 running bios V11 no problems

Pros: The LED codes on the motherboard telling you what the system is doing during boot operation and when clearing the cmos. BIOS detected my Wolfdale E8400 running bios V11 no problems. Power button and reset botton directly on the motherboard for ease of bootup while your already in the case when overclocking. 2x eSata enabling fast transfer to external devices or drive to drive file recovery.
Cons: None
Overall Review: Matched it up with the Antec Skeleton Open air case and an Antec modular power supply for ease of wire installation. Looks great
A must have for PC Technicians

Pros: Open case easily access any part of the motherboard with little to no hassle. Connects up to 6 hard drives and two ROMS. The 250mm top fan adequately cools and glows bright colors at night. Plus the the front fan for the internal hard drives is a nice touch.
Cons: PCI Backplane is plastic and weak. Do not grab it for any reason; it will rip out your video card.
Overall Review: Bought this beauty and matched it with the Antec Modular Power Supply and the ABIT IP35 Pro XE Mobo. Fits nicely and now I don't have to tear down my machine to work on someone else's during file recovery.
Downloaded all the drivers from Abit today

Pros: Abit's website makes no mention of the board support Core 2 duo; only core 2 extreme .... but I bought the Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz anyway we'll see how it goes.
Cons: I don't have the board yet but Abit has some of the most safisticated and well engineered boards I have ever seen.
Overall Review: Click on the blue icons above the country you wish to download the driver from or click directly on the zip file where it applies. DO NOT CLICK US,EUROPE OR ASIA this will not get your download to start.