GIGABYTE GA-EG45M-UD2H LGA 775 Intel G45 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Simple To Set-up, no Glitches. Board Runs Cool. Best BIOS I Have Ever Seen On A Micro Board. No Problems so far. Overclocks easily, Board will run 1066 memory & 1600 FSB as advertised.

Cons: None at all.

Overall Review: Best Micro-Board I've Ever Used. Was not as impressed with the last Gigabyte board I bought, [GA-73PVM-S2H] that is still A verry good board but had driver issues. This one Has No Issues.

Pros: This board is the board to get if you are building a non-SLI micro-atx gaming PC (you'll need the DFI if you want SLI). Great performance for a LAN-box if you are going cheap with LGA 775.

Cons: It would be nice if the PCI xpress x16 slot was not in the middle of the PCI slots. If it was on the top, airflow would be a little bit better. But, it works. Not a big deal.

Overall Review: You might think that getting the G45 over the less expensive G31/33/35/41/43 would be a waste in a gaming PC that won't even use the onboard video. But that'd be wrong. The key is that the G45 has the Intel ICH10R south bridge my friends. You need a good south bridge for gaming prowess. This thing will run 1033 nicely.

Pros: PCIE X16 2.0, runs all 775 Cpu's without Bios update, 4 slots for memory, room for large heatsink, runs "very" cool , and it's a Micro.

Cons: Price. Second last comment on Audio HD plug placement.

Overall Review: The performance of this board rivals that of my EP45-UD3R 1.1. Bios and driver updates so easy I can do it. Q6600, GTS 250, 4Gig Corsair 8500, RE3 WD 1TB, PC P&C 500W in a Cooler Master 341. Tweaked to 3.0ghz@8x375 with memory@5-5-5-15@1066 24/7 all stress tests, cpu idle temp 20 and max 49. Board temp 23.

Pros: Fully featured board. HDMI is primary digital display, and HDMI+DVI works great. Blue LEDs aren't obnoxiously bright. Active PWM fan control for CPU and a case fan

Cons: Header for Power LED (called "MSG") is 2 pins wide, whereas the Antec case I used has a 3 pin connector width (only 2 pins, the middle is empty). Replaced lead with a 2 pin connector and it works fine.

Pros: Recommended. Thorough manual, excellent Gigabyte website, easy motherboard hook up. Replaces Asus P5E-VM-HDMI motherboard w/ G35 chipset (a sweet board, soon to be relegated to a Windows Home Server box). Installed Gigabyte board and booted into Vista; installed drivers from enclosed CD. Had to uninstall / reinstall new video driver 3 times to flush the old G35 drivers. Surprised, as always before with a motherboard replacement, I've had to reinstall OS from scratch - so alot of time saved. All things being equal, system pulls 11 watts less power now with G45 + Gigabyte DES. Smooth. EasyTune 6 offers good control and hardware monitoring.

Cons: Minor: Low speed Scythe S-Flex fan on SYS FAN header doesn't spin up when powering on. I spin it with a letter opener to start. Will investigate further. Ram with heatspreaders a very tight fit in slots (unlike the Asus board).

Overall Review: Intel E8400 Noctua NH-C12P (really nice) 4 sticks of Mushkin DDR2 800 - 6gb total Lian-Li Lancool PC-K7B Corsair 520HX Vista Ultimate x64 Seagate 320gb Western Digial 640gb CD / DVD player (Optiarc) CD / DVD burner (Optiarc) 3 Scythe 120mm fans - very quiet

Pros: Has everything the basic user would ever need. Express install has improved since the last mobo I had from Gigabyte.

Cons: Too many BSODs when trying to install Windows Vista Ultimate.

Overall Review: Finally turned off the back up BIOS to Hard Disk Drive; afterward, installed without a hitch.

Pros: Once again newegg rocks with the fastest shipping on the planet!This board is sure to please.gigabyte has always been my favorite manufacturer of high quaility products!i I have a quad core 9450 stock 2.66 ghz clocked @3.00 ghz without any increase in voltages!4gb of geil pc-2-8500 memory.this board has great overclocking potential!

Cons: none!!!

Overall Review: If your looking for a board that has everything you need to build a smooth reliable machine this is the board that has it all..

Pros: Used this to replace a GIGABYTE GA-G33M-S2 which gave up the ghost ealier than it should have. I took the old one out, dropped this one in and Vista fired right up. Took a few reboots for Vista to recongize all the hardware, but it works like a champ now (didn't even have to call MS for Vista authentication). I can get at all the SATA ports even with my GeForce 8800 GTS in there. Tons of USB ports which is nice.

Cons: The board is light on fan headders (only 2), but you can just hook them direct to your power supply. Also this is a bit expensive for a mATX board.