Gigabyte G41M-ES2L Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 Barebone Kit - Gigabyte G41M-ES2L Mobo, Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93GHz, 4GB DDR2, Apex Case w/ 300w PSU

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Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 Processor BX80571E7500 I took my 5 year old computer and for $300 got a new motherboard chip and memory. It is flying!!! Watched the new doctor who in HD on my big screen and the new parts worked perfectly.

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Ultra 2048MB PC5400 DDR2 667MHz Memory It seems to run the games my grandkids play fine. They are simple games and not graphic intense.

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Ultra 2048MB PC5400 DDR2 667MHz Memory It seems to run well when I play older games, however I get a bad framerate on newer games. Although that most likely has something to do with my gpu.

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Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 Processor BX80571E7500 This processor is so fast. Even though it is older it is the high end of the old so it is still faster than the newer ones. The only difficult part was installing the fan which didn't seem to want to stay in. The fan keeps it very cool. Overall a great buy

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Ultra 2048MB PC5400 DDR2 667MHz Memory Bought 2 to upgrade my Compaq desktop. Both did not work! Unfortunately I can't return them because it's been over a month since I bought them.

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Gigabyte G41M-ES2L Motherboard I bought this motherboard as a combo deal with a Core 2 Duo E8200 processor to upgrade my current setup. The board contained ample slots and hookups to suit all my needs, and even has extra bonuses (up to 8 GB RAM, 4 SATA connectors, and the option to upgrade to Core 2 Quad without switching boards) makes this seem to be a solid product that will be used for a time to come.

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Ultra 2048MB PC5400 DDR2 667MHz Memory I had a problem similar to another reviewer: one of the two modules was defective. It took a lot of effort and frustration for me to figure this out, because of the unhelpful and varied error messages while attempting to install Windows.

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Gigabyte G41M-ES2L Motherboard 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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Apex SK-503 Black Mid-T Case One corner of the case was bent. Someone else posted about a similar problem, so I'm guessing it is a manufacturing flaw (rather than from shipping process). Some other things to be aware of: o There are two pictures of the case in the ad. The one that I got is solid black (no gray trim) o The power supply lacks PCI express power cables. This limits options for adding a good video card

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Gigabyte G41M-ES2L Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 Barebone This is a very good value for the price. I had one major problem: one of the memory modules was defective (result: much frustration and lost time). One minor defect: one corner of the case was bent. Someone else posted about a similar problem, so I'm guessing it a manufacturing flaw (rather than from shipping process). One minor note: there are two pictures of the case in the ad. The one that I got is solid black (no gray trim).

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Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 Processor BX80571E7500 high performance, fast shipping, and good price

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Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 Processor BX80571E7500 I installed this on my newest build and it works great no problems and stays cool with stock cooling fan and the 120mm back case fan...with the new windows seven os it is quick and fast the price was great also would recommmend this to anyone

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Gigabyte G41M-ES2L Motherboard Fantastic deal if you're looking to build a home-office pc. The integrated graphics runs windows 7 aero smoothly.

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Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 Processor BX80571E7500 stock cooler is quiet, and is keeping the processor at 37C (stock fan, stock cooler, stock thermal pads, ambient room temp 20C, one rear 80mm case fan.

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Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 Processor BX80571E7500 For the price it can not be beat. I went with a Duo since my main concern is gaming. Thus speed is more important than a quad core as I do not know of any game that takes advantage of 4 cores or one that is beign developed with that capability. NOt sure how well the fan woudl install as I use water cooling. The cpu snapped in with autority and works like a charm. The price was excellent. I plan on using this cpu till the prices drop on the i7's and I move up to them

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Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 Processor BX80571E7500 Good processor for the price

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Gigabyte G41M-ES2L Motherboard 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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Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 Processor BX80571E7500 This cpu is awesome. Running Windows 7 with no problems. Plenty of power for my gaming. Would recommond for anyone look on a budget.

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Gigabyte G41M-ES2L Motherboard Works great from where i'm sitting...

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Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 Processor BX80571E7500 Be careful buying this processor if you want to run virtual machines with WS08 or Windows 7 as the host server. WS08 hyper-v and Windows 7 Virtual PC will not install.

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Gigabyte G41M-ES2L Motherboard Got this as part of a combo - it's great and a great price. Shipped very fast and installed easily!

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Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 Processor BX80571E7500 Have been using this processor for a couple weeks and it is super fast - everything loads quickly and without any problems.

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Gigabyte G41M-ES2L Motherboard Nice board, better suited for sata drives

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Ultra 2048MB PC5400 DDR2 667MHz Memory Great ram

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Gigabyte G41M-ES2L Motherboard 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.