Question 1

what processors are for tnhis motherboard?

Accepted Answer

This is a socket 1150 motherboard, so it supports any of the Haswell series CPUs. They include any Celeron, Pentium, i3, i5 , or i7 that is listed as socket 1150 or 4th Generation. The i3, i5, and i7 models that start with a 4 are compatible (i7-4770k for example).

Keep in mind that this is a H81 chipset, so this is one of the lower end of the 4th gen chipsets. Because of this, it will have less features (such as overclocking settings and tweaks), and possibly less performance in some aspects. There are higher end chipsets like thr Z87 if you want better. I am using mine with an i3-4330 as a media center, it works great even using only the built in graphics. The built in sound card is quite nice too. I'm very impressed with this board.

Question 2

I'm building my first PC and I'm wondering does this motherboard have built-in wireless internet? Do I still need a wireless adapter or  can I connect wirelessly to my router with this motherboard? Thanks!

Accepted Answer

Cameron as you may know Newegg gives a good amount of on it's product. i have been buying product from this website for years and they are very informative. 
the feature of this motherboard are:
    GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 4 Plus Technology

GIGABYTE Hybrid digital power engine

GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS

GIGABYTE AMP-UP Audio technology

Exclusive Gain Boost

Exclusive Upgradable OP-AMP

Nichicon High End Audio Capacitors

Noise-less USB DAC-UP port

Audio Noise Guard with LED path lighting

LAN with high ESD Protection

Realtek ALC898 with High Quality 110dB SNR HD audio

Support for Q-Flash

Support for Xpress Install

Support for APP Center
    *Available applications in APP Center may differ by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also differ depending on motherboard specifications.
    -@BIOS
    -EasyTune
    -EZ Setup
    -USB Blocker
    -Smart Recovery 2
    -Smart TimeLock

Support for ON/OFF Charge

It is stable and at a good price point for everyday computing. I have had no problems with it so far. I built this one for my Mom and dad. They just pay bills online, look at the daily numbers and play card games from the Windows collection. Overall good layout and easy bios. But no built in WIFI. Sorry. You have to step it up and pay for that. Hope this was helpful for you.

Question 3

what is the best video card for this mother board ? is it limited with no pci 3 slot ?

Accepted Answer

It is limited to PCI 2.0 cards, but many high end cards use PCIE 2.0 16x - which this MB supports not just fine, but very well.  I use a high-end nvidia 600 series, and it runs it very well.  If you're looking to use SLI, however, there is only one slot.

Overall, the board runs great, and I would recommend it.  However, if you're looking for a board purely to run super-high-end graphics cards, this is probably not it.

Question 4

What kind of SSD will this motherboard support?

Accepted Answer

So far as I know any SSD should work.  I'm using a SanDisk.

Question 5

is this board compatible with a xeon processor?

Accepted Answer

Yes they support the Xeon E3 processors. Check the processor compatibility list for the board.

Question 6

How can I use this motherbord with a VGA port only monitor?

Accepted Answer

You would need an HDMI to VGA converter/adapter to connect your analog monitor.  Or you could install a discrete graphics card with a VGA port.

Question 7

Could you use this motherboard to build a gaming PC and run at decent settings?

Accepted Answer

This motherboard is a great product from Gigabyte as it is not expensive and has an audio solution that is much better than normal integrated solutions (in my experience dedicated sound cards are far superior to integrated ones, but this one gets close). I would not recommend this board if you want to build an extreme gaming machine with an unlocked i7 with liquid cooling, as the board has a simple power supply. In addition it only has one PCI-E port and 2 memory slots.
However, for an i5 with 16 gigs of RAM and a nice graphics card it should be sufficient.  So, this board could be used for a gaming PC and run the latest titles on high settings with no problem.

Question 8

I have the Intel I3 4130 chip in it. I updated the bios because I was having issues with the USBs turning off and on again. Now my standard graphics are not smooth. I am using a small HDTV via HDMI as my output. Right now everything is great except the graphics. In the Intel control panel, I turned the settings to high performance too. Any thoughts or suggestions?

Accepted Answer

I'm sorry, Timothy, I can't help you there. I'm not using the integrated graphics - I put a Zotac GeForce GTX 650 graphics card in the system from day one and have never used the processor graphics. The card was not expensive ($104.99 at the time) and has worked flawlessly.

Question 9

Does this support dual or triple channel RAM?

Accepted Answer

This motherboard only has two channels for RAM, so it only supports dual channel

Question 10

Is this card compatible with PCI-E 3.0 graphics cards? I can't tell from the specs.

Accepted Answer

While h81 does not have PCIE 3.0, PCIE 2.0 is still fast enough to handle any so called PCIE 3.0 GPU without bottlenecking it.  So you can get any current gen GPU without worry that the board's lack of PCIE 3.0 will be an issue.

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