GIGABYTE GA-G41M-ES2L Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

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My only issues with the MB relate to things that one could easily get from reading the specs prior to purchase: 1) The MB does not advertise PCIe 2.0 support. I'm guessing that this means that a PCIe 2.0 video card will run at the PCIe 1.0 transfer rate. 2) two slots for memory modules (not 4) due to very compact MB Nice feature: onboard video made initial setup easier and is probably good enough for most non-gamers.

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Fantastic deal if you're looking to build a home-office pc. The integrated graphics runs windows 7 aero smoothly.

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I originally was after an Asus, but they were all sold out on black friday. Built this into a new computer last week with corsair 4GB Ram and Intel duo E5200 CPU. Easy to assembly and works well. Bios seems solid. Onboard video and sound are adequate. Had trouble booting new hard drive with Win98 and winXP. Ordered Win7 OEM and it took off like a rocket. Plenty of room for future expansion. The only downside I see is no firewire.

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Works great from where i'm sitting...

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Got this as part of a combo - it's great and a great price. Shipped very fast and installed easily!

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Nice board, better suited for sata drives

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No problem installing board. I purchased this with an Intel 9550 quad cpu, has run with no problems for 6 weeks. The only annoying thing is a message from windows that the software is making changes to the computer every time I boot.

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I had NO problems with getting Mythbuntu up and running on this MB. Quality looks good and as I said everything just worked. And with an E7500 CPU it really screams. Not problems at all with HD even without extra video card - but since I wanted to record two channels simultaneously besides viewing, I bought a Galaxy 9600GT which mates nicely with the MB and does the job admirably.

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I was looking to upgrade an old P4 class box due to bios issues and I found that this board had waht I wanted at the right price. The only glitch I have found so far is that when you begin to add a lot of USB devices it tends to hang during the POST. I just disconnected one USB device from the port then it boots very fast. This issue may not be a board issues but something I did not do in the bios setup. Otherwise nice board.

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Nothing fancy. But it works great! I've bought two of them in the last few months and they do their job well! The board makes it relatively simple to overclock stuff, which is good. But it only has one IDE connection, which is bad if you have older parts. Also, the RAM used with this board is kind of hard to find. Overall, good board with good price!

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Well I got this to build a nice computer for my daughter for XMAS but the board was damaged at processor slot. I shipped back and haven't got replacement but it's on the way. I can't wait to see her surprise this will be a pretty nice computer and she has no idea it's coming

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Shipped perfectly as always from tiger.Was part of a barebones kit set up and install was a breeze performs brilliantly

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easy to install simple to connect disk has all needed drivers no complaints

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Part of a bare-bones kit, it was easy to install and has performed flawlessly. Met my needs perfectly.

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Got this MOBO as a Combo Kit with a Quad Processor - both the CPU & Board perform well and the BIOS has many options to control your individual needs - GIGABYTE makes the best boards - Its the only MOBO company I use for all my custom PC builds. Owning a PC building company, its important to provide my customers with the very best product with the least problems - Gigabyte products deliver!

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Easy Install,CPU fit right in, all plugs easy to identify. Had an error on installing the OS. Error PCI . Would not get past the OS install. Talked to the manufacture and it turned out my OS disk had SP-1, Once I used an OS with SP-2 the system came right up. Installed the supplied drivers with the easy install SW. I don't know if the specs clearly showed this as a requirement but other than that the price and performance are great.

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Bought as a part of a bundle. no problems with it, runs so well and smooth i bought another one this week for another upgrade I'm doing. recommend to all. Cant be beaten at this price

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Purchased as part of a PC bundle, to replace a pc that went belly up on me. Very good basic model.

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after buying 2 new cpu's, I found that my old board wouldn't support them. looked around and was tired of buying el-cheapo brands of boards and found this one. Installed easily, nice batch of applications that came with it and runs beautifully. I highly recommend this board.

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I bought this motherboard with a pentium CPU bundle and it works just fine. Very compact board (but its Micro ATX...so that should be expected) and it has all the necessary connections, etc. Had it up and running for a month with no trouble so far.

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Purchased as part of a PC bundle, put it together and all works fine. Very little space for upgrade. Still good value.

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Works well. Plenty of space for additions. Runs smooth. Not much else to say.

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Got for my brotehr. Works as expected and room for upgrades later.

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Replace a AMD motherboard with this one for one this just fit perfect and find it much better than the one it replace, now I have a new computer runnig Windows 7 and it's super fast...

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Replaced this with new Pentium dual core and power supply. Good documentation for a first time attempt at rebuilding. Very happy with my