Joined on 08/10/06
Excellent board
Pros: Board 'posted' on first try. Recongized everyting installed on the board and attached via USB ports. BIOS is mouse navagatible and has a plethroa of settings for adjustments. Overclocing is easy using the 'automated' selection tools. On board connectors and external plugs contribute to a possible long life installation.
Cons: Increase in voltage on GSkill ram was required from stock 1.25v to 1.30v for stability at 16Gb of ram.
Overall Review: Works well with Linux Mint 12.0 and other Linux varients. Not sure if iram voltage ssue was motherboard or ram modules. System runs 'cool' at 36C using a Hyper 212+ at ambient temperature of 22.5C. EFI bios requires minor time to get feel of the layout.
Did not last
Pros: Great unit while it worked. Plenty of cables.
Cons: Lasted 14 months. Died a slow death. Infrequent shut-downs followed by long delays prior to being able to reboot. Finally refused to boot system. Run on Gigabyte 965 MoBo, C2D-6420 processor, 3 hard drives, and a single optical drive. Mild over clocking with lots of cooling and ventilation. Heat was not a problem.
Overall Review: Sheer volume of cables made for housekeeping problem inside mid tower case. Knew about this issue in advance.
upgraded memory capacity
Pros: Install was normal. Larger sticks in slots 2/4 and smaller sticks in 1/3. BIOS recognised and adjusted accordingly. No issue with other existing 'sticks' of 'Gskill' memory. System performance improvement seemed to appear in VMs. Running Xubuntu on host and Ubuntu Mate 23.10 in VM. System powered by Ryzen 7 5700G.
Overall Review: Would recommend and buy again
works well in recliner chair
Overall Review: Cushion works well with 6 ft. 200 lb adult male. Auto cycling provides nice variation of pulsing vibrations. Induces relaxing feeling after about five minutes operation. Unit noise is obvious to user but barely noticeable to person seated next to you. Overall, worth the expenditure.
works as expected
Overall Review: Once installed and after setting bios profile for xmp-2 ram registered at 3200.
Works for the price and distinctive color scheme.
Pros: Room for all the basic components and no more. Light weight. Decorative color scheme if that is your 'thing'.
Cons: Lack of any instructions. Bag of screws and your on your own. First time build would be less than rewarding. Rear SSD screw mounting hole is not conveniently accessible. Power and data cable on the bottom HDD is difficult to manage.
Overall Review: Micro means micro. Cable management is not for the OCD crowd. If cost is not an issue, get a modular PSU! Found a 'dental pick' useful for 'threading' wire ties on edge 'loops'. Method of securing bottom mount HDD from the bottom of case in somewhat counter intuitive. Ditto for the SSD mount with the 'locating pin' replacing one of the side screw mounting holes. Secure SSD before the PSU is installed if you intend to 'fully' secure the SSD. Would recommend but caution that 'first time builders' will encounter some assembly frustrations. So far cooling seems adequate. Unit houses a NAS for home use running 'freenas 9.1' with two 1Tb HDD and a SSD for boot. Motherboard is an older recycled micro Gigabyte with a C2D Intel 6420 processor powered by an EVGA 430 W non modular PSU and 2X !Gb Gskill DDR-2 memory.