Intel BOXDG45ID Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

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Plenty of SATA ports, onboard RAID help, built in Video, DVI and HDMI outputs, Intel name Video playback of HD Tv shows from Net was less than adequate. Not positive if it was motherboard or Net connection. Operating this MB with a Intel 9300 quad core processor, 8 GB RAM and three Seagate 500 GB drives in RAID mode in an Antec 500 Sonata III case for a test environment utilizing Windows Server 2008 with many virtual machines running Active Directory/DNS, SQL Server, Dynamics CRM and a Windows 7 client for CRM testing. Anything functions fantastic. Antec case has been maintaining motherboard and core temps low.

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Great Motherboard. Well developed, looks good, excellent cost. Like most new boards, do not help the old school ribbon cables. I had a case for my tricky drive so I could hook it up via USB port, so the con wasn't seriously that major of a deal. and I knew it when I bought the board. Just sad to see some thing I grew up with get obsolete.

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Uncomplicated set up, easy bios, rapid post, simple, incredibly stable, energy management unsurpassed No pata, but I knew that before I ordered it I altered my GA-EG41-US2H for this board and couldn't be much more content. Everything posted correctly upon energy up even although the bios was an older version. Installed Win 7 and then upgraded bios to 0117 and the board is even quicker than ahead of. I am working with as MSI 9500GT 1Gig for my video rather than the onboard X4500 and wanted to anyway. This is a excellent item and it's Intel - what much more could you want. NewEgg rocks once more!Intel DG45ID w/Intel E5200 LGA 775 2.five ghzfour gigs of A-Information 800 mhz memoryMSI N9500FT OC/D2 1 gig video cardSeagate 500 gb SATA IIWD 160 gb SATA IIWindows 7 64Windows graphics experience 6.3

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I reviewed this previously and gave it five eggs. Due to the fact it worked when it arrived and was insanely straightforward to set up. The NIC died in just under two weeks total ownership, proper after I wrote my 5 egg evaluation. I nonetheless gave it two eggs since of the chance that the reason it died could have been due to environmental problems. Newegg took excellent care of me. 100% refund and paid for return shipping. I temporarily utilized an android telephone with PDANet as a wifi ubs adapter. Almost no cell service but the droid connected to wifi, and PDANet shared the wifi to the Computer.

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worked fine with win xp for a whilst. i bought this board mid final year. it was operating fine with win xp and one particular day onboard vga died on me. bought new graphic card(cheap one) and not a major deal. soon after win 7 came out i attempted to install and didn't boot. attempted diverse brand of board and worked fine. known as intel and they told me to rma it. hope new 1 would operate. it was the only intel board i bought among all my pc make and only the one that gave me difficulties. if u r thinking about intel boards, do lots of study first prior to u regret folks.

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I've been working with Intel boards in the past and this one particular is the fastest 1 I've utilised. Newer Intel chipsets run more rapidly than it's predecessors. I've attempted other Intel mobo with diverse chipsets (G31, G33, P35) working with the same CPU and memory chips and this a single (G45) is blazingly rapid. Had no troubles installing Vista and Windows 7 on this mobo. I've had concerns in DVD burning software program when I configure the SATA port to AHCI. Had to put it back to IDE mode. Memory timing can't be set decrease than five.

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The motherboard performs incredibly well. I've run across zero difficulties with it. Somewhat restricted features compared to the more pricey choices out there, but if you want all the bells and whistles you'd be hunting at "higher end" boards anyway. Making use of it in a HTPC, something it's suited perfectly for.

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I'm loving this board. So several wealthy features at such a excellent price tag. I like the truth the board omitted the psǘ ports; forced me to obtain a sick Logitech diNovo keyboard :)Current Setup:Intel e7400Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 @ four gigsSeagate 500gig DriveSeagate 160gig DriveXFX 9800gtCorsair 650 watt power supply And all wrapped in a Lian Li V351 -Kinda sucks that the board does not have any overclocking attributes.-The computer system would not boot my wireless diNove keyboard; the board halted and reported that there was no keyboard. Almost everything is okay now as soon as I updated the bios (which is all windows base and very straightforward) Board is very built and undoubtedly got a good spine; no flex at all. I'm just wishing the board had some overclocking feature other than the integrated memory tweaks.Other than that, my next i5/i7 make will almost certainly be an Intel mobo.

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Incredibly stable and speedy booting immediately after BIOS update to whatever is the most current version. This is always a good concept with new MB's, but for this one particular it is MANDATORY. I've applied about a dozen of these boards and two of them suffered from the "high pitched squealing noise" tthat a number of reviewers have talked about. I tracked the noise down to a defective ferrite coil-choke that is situated ideal subsequent to the principal energy header. It has a loose core which oscillates audibly, and it can be rather annoying. This component have to be replaced in order to fix the difficulty. I was capable to do it effectively (twice) but am extremely seasoned with such things and it was not effortless. If you get a board with this noise, best to just get it replaced unless you are very competent with soldering-desoldering gear, and can locate a somewhat related replacement component. Exceptional efficiency. Excellent worth.

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This is a great mATX mobo. Use for entry level graphics with the integrated graphics or add your personal. I use this for a low cost, high featured mobo for a basic HTPC due to the fact it has HDMI/DVI, featured wealthy NAS, or House Server because it has a lot of flexibility. With the new products entering the market place, I'd like to see the price tag reduce. Why the poor evaluation if I like this mobo... properly I've ordered several of these boards from NewEgg and received open box items with missing parts like the black plate, all cables, discs and documentation. All of the Intel seals were broken like a ripped anti-static bag. Creating a computer with no any documentation or discs is difficult even with access to intel's web site, but creating a computer system without having a backplate is just not cool. Shame NewEgg.

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Almost everything worked fantastic out of the box. No difficulties with HDMI or optical audio out. Has two PCI-E x1 slots, which appears to be rare on a uATX board. I necessary it for my two tuner cards.No fan on the northbridge = quiet.This board is wonderful for HTPC use with the X4500HD integrated graphics. The northbridge heatsink does get hot. You undoubtedly require fantastic airflow via the case with this board.

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Uncomplicated setup, modest type aspect, Intel makes really stable boards. Non so far, as long as you don't want to overclock, it's a wonderful board. As stated by an additional reviewer; the Bluray playback is not going to work with Cyberlink PowerDVD. You must use Arcsoft TotalMedia. Following switching to TotalMedia, I can now play Blurays just fine.

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works great out of the box no updates necessary win subscore on Built IN GRAPHICS 4.9. not seeing a lot use in acquiring a graphics card. overnight shipping is as well high-priced....... but that has absolutely nothing to do with the board. G.Ability 4GB ƒ x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU 500W ATX 12V 2. Intel BOXDG45ID LGA 775 Intel G45 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Thermaltake LANBOX Lite VF6000BWS Black SECC the monitor is a 73 in mitsubishi dlpWin 7 operating systemwin 7 subscores are as follows processor 7.threeram five.9win aero four.9gaming graphics 5.1hard disk five.9

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Value. For a technique based on a fundamentally newer BIOS style, it met expectations. Additional drives as backups function fine as commonly disabled. BIOS delay but now the graphics meet expectations, Desktop Utilities function and USB keyboard Numlock can be turned off with INF 1014, graphics 1787 and BIOS 107. Aero of 4.5, Gaming 4.1 with Intel C2Q Q6600 two.40GHz ƕ.9)Vista 32-bit

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- functions excellent, no issue with set up- value is low contemplating you get HDMI, hardware blu ray decode, DVI, higher finish sound and RAID- operates fine in Win7 x64 RC- totally integrated HDMI with sound - good layout- no IDE, Floppy, PS2's- integrated RAID- basic set up- Intel supports the BIOS substantially additional aggressively than any other MB manufacturer so stuff gets fixed - no IDE, PS2 or floppy I guess is a difficulty for men and women that want to set up their four+ year old junk - no overclock on this board... a shame as obviously Core two chips gotta lot of headroom with any motherboard set up, usually1- burn the latest BIOS cd and flash on initially boot2- load bios defaults and make sure the ram volts and timing is set correct worked AOK when I did that

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A excellent value for the price, with all the attributes you'd want for an uplevel small business or HTPC, particularly RAID and built-in graphics. This is my 2nd obtain of this board, intending to build a method for a friend to mimic my own system.It functions nicely, particularly if you limit oneself to Vista 32 or 64, or Windows 7 32 or 64, and no far more than 4GB of memory, and never, ever alter memory timing in the BIOS setup. DO NOT, Under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, PLAY WITH THE MEMORY TIMINGS! Even although you're tempted, leave the memory timings in the BIOS setup at Automatic. If you modify it to Manual, save the modifications and reboot, YOU WILL BRICK THIS MOTHERBOARD! (i.e., make it unbootable and absolutely unrecoverable).This is a extreme shortcoming for this board, and I would be hesitant to advocate it to any individual till Intel addresses this challenge. In other, older Intel motherboards I've worked with, if you messed up the memory timings, it was a simple matter of getting rid of all memory and rebooting to reset the memory timing to Automatic. On the DG45ID, even clearing the CMOS by getting rid of the battery for 1+ hours doesn't permit you to get the technique into BIOS recovery mode, which is supposed to be a failsafe for all Intel motherboards.The other main dilemma is that the technique isn't stable with 8GB of Kingston ValueRAM KVR800D2N5 memory Ɣ x 2GB, two kits of two sticks). It operates fine with 4GB ƒ x 2GB). Beneath Vista 32, video does drop for a handful of seconds using the really newest Intel drivers, but older drivers don't exhibit this problem.The technique ships with BIOS 0077, but you need to update instantly to the current version 0097 to solve quite a few issues. You can either burn an ISO file to CD and boot from that, or use the BIOS recovery technique from that identical CD (no floppy), or easiest of all, copy the 0097.BIO file to a USB thumbdrive and use the undocumented F7 update technique: Hit F7 on the splash screen when you would typically hit F2 to enter BIOS setup. You'll see your USB drive listed. Select it, then pick the 0097.BIO file you copied to it. BIOS update may possibly take as lengthy as five minutes, don't interrupt it.Unless you actually need it, keep in mind to disable Wake on LAN from S3, Boot from Network, and Boot from Removable Drives.

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Good high quality elements, great worth board for HTPC or mid-range gaming or LAN party system. Very tiny wasted space on the board, maximizing availability of SATA and DIMM sockets whilst eliminating older IDE connections. On-board video is decent, but there's nonetheless help for PCIe two.. two BIOS updates later, nevertheless no wake from S3 help making use of Vista Ult. 64 and AHCI. Small in the way of voltage or timing settings. Decent board from Intel, but for some cause they haven't solved the wake from S3 situation.

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Good kind factor with superior CPU help and high quality elements. Shipped BIOS is really buggy, and updating it from Linux can be a hassle until you understand you need to have to turn off AHCI in the SATA setup. BIOS does not recognize my pricey (but bog typical) Logitech "slim" USB keyboard, so I have to plug in a diverse keyboard when I want to adjust settings.

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Straightforward installation. No problems booting. Super stable. Place of onboard front panel wires is gets in the way of other wires. Loud beep noise on every boot up gets annoying. Pretty very good motherboard for an intel.

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Loads of sata ports, usb port None so far Bought this to replace my aging 865PERL board. Intel boards are rock strong and reputable. Board has a ton of sata ports, DVI/HDMI port, E-sata. Put this into an Antec box. Effortless to set up & set up. If you are not into overclocking, this is a good board.

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Lots of SATA ports, Intel BIOS, no video fan, HDMI. Ideal for HTPC. For some cause, I can't load Win7 unless I remove two of the four ram chips. I can load Vista with all four so I don't assume its the board.

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Excellent compact layout, straightforward to install, easy but good function set. I wish the PCI slots were spread out additional, my videocard covers all the other usable slots. Intel has excellent documentation and help. If you ever have a difficulty with one of their goods, probabilities are a person else has currently had that difficulty... and the resolution is quickly available on the web. Asus taught me why these things are significant, and why you ought to in no way obtain based on specs.

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Sounds like a excellent board I have to poke at newegg, i've been a consumer of newegg for years and have spent 1000's of dollars. I'll be a customer for a lot of years to come. But i explained to newegg final week that Intel told me that this board DOES NOT help Pentium D processors, why does it nonetheless say that at newegg? I went by three of these motherboards and all appeared DOA (hours of troubleshooting), but when i talked with Intel, they told me that it is incompatible with Pentium D. The 4th motherboard is a different variety and supports the Pentium D. I don't have a dilemma with a typeO, it takes place, but why hasn't an individual fixed it? How numerous more hours of individuals's time is gonna be wasted troubleshooting a Pentium D with this board? These reviews are my preferred aspect of newegg's website. These critiques have steered me in the right direction a lot of several times. newegg posts the good and undesirable critiques of the products. Whether or not newegg posts a negative evaluation of themself will show me exactly how accurately they like to keep their prospects informed.

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spec is looking great D.O.A