© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/Motherboards Recent content written about Motherboards en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_471274262148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author paulphoto - Tyan has always been on the cutting edge to produce system boards to provide the computing power and capabilities demanded by computer enthusiasts in the workstation and gaming sector. Of course, Tyan is big in terms of providing system boards for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471274262148 Fri, 22 May 2009 14:56:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471274262148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_466389929604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nad_masters - I'm not new to the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard, since I've puchased one for my HTPC build.  I've reviewed it here before.  So when I built my... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~466389929604 Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:02:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_466389929604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465404792452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dvpierce - I have had a Biostar GF7050V-M7 for about ten months. All I wanted was a solid, functional mATX motherboard with Core 2 Quad support and a single PCI-E x16 slot, so I could upgrade my older eMachine. The guys at the local brick 'n mortar said their $50... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465404792452 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:06:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465404792452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463014563460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author c-j-c - <!-- @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> I'm one of those people who could be called a "Casual" Gamer. I don't have time for computer games, and I don't really have much interest, but I do like to find... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463014563460 Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:24:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463014563460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_452120186500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author warpymoople - This is a server motherboard turned desktop.  The idea is fantastic for the right application.  This is not a gamer motherboard, this is a motherboard that's well suited for serious number crunching using multi-threaded software to take... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~452120186500 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:55:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_452120186500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_449889603204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Gr8ful - When you decide to build a new computer (or rebuild an old one) the most important part you have to decide on, aside from the processor, is the motherboard. First you have to decide what platform you want to go with (AMD, Intel, Cyrix, etc…) and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~449889603204 Sat, 1 Nov 2008 07:10:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_449889603204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_449531645572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author retroguyndc - Having purchased many ECS boards in the past, when I got the itch to upgrade again, I knew where to start looking. ECS does not disappoint with this feature packed, rock solid board. I was looking for a solution that could combine all the latest... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~449531645572 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:46:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_449531645572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_448556338820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author majjaz42 - I bought one of these from TigerDirect not so long ago as part of a new system build for my wife. The price seemed very reasonable for the features it touted, and while I certainly wasn't planning on overclocking the system (which was one of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~448556338820 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:30:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_448556338820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_445511929476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author peterdmar - This inexpensive decent quality motherboard, turn out to be an excellent choice for me to construct a Core 2 Duo computer using the Intel E 8500 3.17 GHz, 1333 MHz front side bus dual core CPU. With better quality memory such as PC 2 8000 instead of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~445511929476 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:13:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_445511929476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_444093402756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mdogz - After a year of working with Asus' P5KC motherboard, my conclusion is that it's best to stay away. There are better alternatives that will give you similar features and performance with fewer headaches.I bought this motherboard because I liked... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~444093402756 Mon, 8 Sep 2008 14:52:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_444093402756?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443328663172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author hideg - I am shocked and disturbed by ASUS products' high ratings, given my experience, not only with this motherboard, but (more importantly) with ASUS utter disinterest in providing support for a very serious design flaw with this product: This board is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443328663172 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:21:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443328663172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_441954569860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author towel401 - A slightly unusual name for a motherboard maybe, they usually come up with some name like the Master3-FXXI2K+ Super Ultra Vista Gaming Edition, but no they called it "Geem" in l33tspeek. In the past I have owned one MSI motherboard before. That... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~441954569860 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:47:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_441954569860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439580855940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author moochman26 - NEW Abit IN9 32MAX with 680i will not recognize SATA HDD or RAID settings in BIOS nor will it display video half the time (BLACK SCREEN). Never will it allow saving BIOS Setting changes. All this remains after massive troubleshooting, hardware changes,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439580855940 Sat, 2 Aug 2008 10:40:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439580855940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439301410436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author opinionated3 - I am currently building a new computer for our families main computer. This computer is used by my kids for online games and I use it for surfing the web and web mail. My oldest son plays a game called Guild Wars online and it is an extremely graphic... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439301410436 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:19:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439301410436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439114829444?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author babajane32 - GA-7VTX Socket A Gigabyte dual bios motherboard. Introduction; This Dual Bios motherboard designed to accept AMD/Duron/Athlon/XP processors,incorperates onboard sound,+4 USB,with DDR memory and an innovative dual bios system. Having myself... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439114829444 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:02:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439114829444?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_438818672260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author franklebunkerz - This board has a messed up ACPI Table in the bios. According to someone who did the legwork of decompiling it, There is an ACPI table entry for various MS OS's, and another table for linux. The Linux table is FUBAR'ed. It leads to kernel panic. There is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438818672260 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:20:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438818672260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437071810180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author matt_seattle - Uses on board Atheros L1 Gigabit LAN Controller. Google it. This LAN controller is crap. If you do any on line gaming you will find it constantly disconnects. Uses On board Intel graphics card/accelerator x3500. On Board graphics sucks, and is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437071810180 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:55:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437071810180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436219383428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author the_eagle_1 - I have had this board with an AMD 3000+ for a couple of years now and it has served me well. Only problem I had was when I tried to "overclock" and at +30 recieved all types of error messages. BUT boy was it quick!! I had trouble getting to the del. key... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436219383428 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 11:05:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436219383428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436125339268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ecsuser - I have had no issues at all with this board. I installed a 3.2 Celeron D processor and 2GB of RAM and it had worked great for my gaming. Been using it over a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436125339268 Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:56:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436125339268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434993467012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hightesthome - Recently I had a need to finally upgrade from an older AMD 64 X2 platform that failed. I wanted to get a great featured enthusiast motherboard for the current generation of technologies without paying too high a premium and also hopefully receive some... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434993467012 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:56:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434993467012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434496441988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Gr8ful - A few weeks ago I built my latest computer for gaming, video editing, audio recording and to act as a secondary media server. I previously built a system using the nForce 650i chipset and it was a decent computer so I opted for its big brother for this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434496441988 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:46:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434496441988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431595818628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author ethelred - I upgraded from an Athlon XP-based system to a screaming fast (or so I thought) X2-5600+ with an ECS motherboard. I wouldn't usually go for ECS but it came bundled with the chip for less than the chip alone usually sells for. A few months later I was in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431595818628 Tue, 27 May 2008 10:34:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431595818628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_430233390724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author joe23456 - Nothing but problems with memory. I had bought some VERY expensive memory from a dealer that guaranteed it would work but after a few months - NO... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~430233390724 Fri, 16 May 2008 04:45:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_430233390724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_429234556548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author darith - I've been running this board with an AMD Phenom, 4GB of memory, and Vista Ultimate for months and haven't had a single... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~429234556548 Thu, 8 May 2008 02:34:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_429234556548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_428567596676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author shadi_g - My personal experience with this board is very bad concerning stability. I have mainly chosen this board because of the 2 IDE's use it with Q6600. Since day one I have never had any stability with this MB. Starting from Freezing at the Bios level... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~428567596676 Fri, 2 May 2008 17:07:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_428567596676?linkin_id=8003929