ZOTAC GF6100-E-E Mini ITX AMD Motherboard

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Price tag, Newegg and UPS fast shipping.Really simple to place together, almost everything functions virtually perfectly except, read the cons section. This is the fourth 1 that I have ordered. The first two had boot-up difficulties when any brand of card reader is installed to any one particular of the 3 USB headers. It causes the boot-up to hang for about five-8 minutes. On the third one all three USB headers worked correctly, and I was capable to make the system. (It wasn't on SALE) This is the fourth 1 and because it was on sale here at Newegg I thought I give it a second likelihood. This 1 is providing me the exact same issue as the initial two MB w/the USB not functioning correctly when I connect any brand of card reader. All the setting are correctly set on the BIOS.A single of the response that I got from Zotac was that they believe the BIOS were not set correctly. I believe what is happening is that Zotac produced a poor batch of this specific MB and they dump it at a discounted value. (Always a rebate involved) This is the second time that I have bought this unique MB on sale and the USB headers won't function properly. Hangs the boot method.The Third 1 that I got worked appropriately, and that is simply because it wasn't on sale. When I got the third 1, it was selling at its standard value. Consider about that!!!

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For this cost you can't go wrong. Absolutely none I built a sff computer for my dad as a replacement for his old pc.It was a Glorious build!Thermaltake element QZOTAC GF6100-E-EAsus sata dvd drive160 gb hd from earlier pc1 gb of Kingston value ramZalman heatsink had to chop it to fit in the case :)Athlon X2 5000+Windows 7 32-bit

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Smaller, low-priced AM2 board. In spite of what the manual and net internet site say, this item does NOT assistance SATA AHCI. All SATA ports seem to be running in IDE mode, which means 133Mbps tops for transfer speeds, and no help for hot-swap or NCQ. I confirmed this with a help ticket from Zotac. The guy who addressed my ticket didn't apologize for the confusion or promise a BIOS revision to enable the AHCI function, just flat-out stated tough luck, we advertised the function but it isn't there. Don't bother connecting your fancy SSD to this motherboard and you won't be also disappointed.

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Great Mini-itx board for residence server.CPU: Athlon x2 260RAM: two x 2GB Kingston HyperX DDR2-800HDD: 160 GB Boot drive 2 x 1TB WD Green information drivesPSU: OCZ 500W Modular Modxstream ProCase: Lian-Li Q08-BInstalled Ubuntu 10.ten 64-bit. Got it running LAMP stack, Proftp, Fuppes, Transmission, Samba, Rsync, SVN and Webmin. No hardware troubles whatsoever, running like a champ.CPU temp: 40C, HDD temp: 30CCould be utilised as HTPC if you slap an ION add-in card to the PCIe x1 slothttp://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500164(Havent tried it but could be an interesting combo) None. Appear at the photos, read the specs and program the rest of your construct accordingly.

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For The Cost And so forth.And You Know What Youre Buying It's Excellent.Low Energy Only D-Sub,The Sensor For Thermal Is Strange.In Ubuntu ten.4 Lucid PNP.Only The Sensor So Far.Video Is Weak But,As A Client It Performs Good For Myth Tv. Inexpensive PVR Setup.It Functions Pretty Goood.

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Great for a media Computer. It runs both the LE1300 and the AthlonIi X2 i put in it. the onboard plays 1080P bluray with no difficulty, just dont do something else although your playing, slap in a 1x PCIE card and you are gold. Lack of selections in bios for OC and mem timings, but for ITX at this price what do you count on, it does precisely what it is made for and does a fine job. I hate to have to say this but some gamer may consider it is cool to run an ITX machine and do it cheaply, DO NOT get this board for gaming, get a single of the 贬 boards with PCIEx16 or be a genuine gamer and get a complete ATX mobo and develop it appropriate.

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is remarkable how small it is and boots up on a new method build ..no problemo could use a sensible fan solution ..a pcie 16 slot rather of the pcei 1 slot download the newest nvidia driver for the 6 seriesit increases the win 7 scores from 3.three aero and 2. graphics ...to 3.4 aero and three.three graphics

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Zotac forum would respond to my posts in their forum about every single other week or so for about a month DOA I narrowed my selections of mini itx down to an Asus and this Zotac. Should have listened to my gut feeling. I just threw the Zotac board in the trash after trying to get it to perform for more than a month.

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Fired ideal up, no troubles, excellent for what I bought it for. Produced a small laptop or computer for my grandson to play pre kindergartener games, operating XP pro. sempron 140 cpu. 2g ddr2. GF6100 video is a small weak but does a wonderful job for what I wanted. My second ITX create and it is a lot of fun to create. Both had been ZOTAC boards, I'm quite impressed by them

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It's low cost and tiny I went by way of two of these boards attempting to get rid of annoying line noise/ground loop noise to no avail. I could hear the cpu whining by the rear audio output on this board, anytime I moved my mouse I heard buzzing/humming. The speakers had been fine ahead of hand and fine with my new mobo (not Zotac!). I attempted to isolate the line, switch outlets for laptop or computer and external speakers/amp. I went crazy with this board. Zotac help was tiny help... I didn't want to invest alot of money as this construct was for an office computer system only. Considering that the next closet mini itx mobo is a lot more than double I switched to mATX. The new board Asrock 785gMH quickly relieved the annoying ground loop noise. My cpu is running about 5C's cooler also (don't know if Zotac board was reading incorrect). It did seem odd that my Phenom x4 was operating at 39C's regularly and my Athlon 240 Regor was running in the high 40C's under light loads.. CPU runs significantly quicker now on my new mobo. I seriously wanted to like this board but noise was an problem. Ended up RMA my Lian LI Q07 case which I like as nicely due to double the cost of mini itx board. Anyhow if you have to go mini itx go with a greater board bring about this ฽ mobo is not worth the aggravation. Manufacturer Response:For issues with your board please contact our Technical Assistance. Nevertheless, if the situation can\'t be resolve, you can opt for to RMA the board straight to ZOTAC and we will be able to replace it for you via our Extended Warranty*. *Please verify our web page for facts regarding warranty policy.External Link(s): ZOTAC USA Help| ZOTAC USA RMA Request| ZOTAC USA Warranty Data|

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Affordable, decent performance and expandability. VGA only, no Pcix16 slot...would have to go with a PCIx1 discrete solution to get HDMI or DVI. General this is a great value for basic computing. Don't get it with the expectation it will preserve up with the Jonses. The memory card reader concern the reviewer ahead of me pointed out seems to be universal or at least batch related.

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Low-cost. Got a good combo deal.Every thing operates wonderful except, read beneath. There are 3 USB connectors on the MB, when a card reader is attached, it doesn't matter what brand, it hangs the boot process. When you disconnect the card reader it boot-up instantly. I will rma this and hope that the subsequent one particular will work fine.

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I got this and a mini-itx situation on an low-cost combo deal. Should have read the critiques and the Zotac forum. These boards arrive DOA. They just won't post. I tried to function with Zotac customer service on their forum. They take forever to respond to every post. It took eight days on one particular of their responses. Not worth the hassle and delay that Zotac makes you go by way of to get a RMA. I ended up throwing it in the trash can. Don't do it!devote just a small much more and go with a larger brand like Gigabyte. Don't say I didn't warn you when you throw your pc case across the floor in frustration.

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Affordable. Got an exceptional combo deal from who else, Newegg. No HDMI, DVI. Wished it worked the initially time like most of my other builds, but not this 1.See beneath. Regrettably, I had to RMA this MB, the USB header ş & 2, when a card reader is plugged-in ( Rosewill and other card readers ), it hangs the boot-up approach, it take more than five-8 min to boot-up. When NO card reader is plugged-in it boots-ups virtually instantly.I hope that this is an isolated difficulty w/this MB only. I will uncover out when I get the replacement.My set-up Apex MI-008 situation w뢒 watt PS, AMD Athlon II X2 250 CPU, 4 GB ADATA PC6400, Rosewill card reader. All bought from Newegg.

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Incredibly tiny. Fantastic assistance for CPU's. USB wireless network adapter results in hang in the course of boot. Eliminate USB wireless adapter and reboots OK. Other feedback suggests this desires a fix. Possibly a BIOS update is required. Very first time I have purchased a Zotac board. Am awaiting my rebate verify, before I'll commit to one more acquire. But so far, I'm impressed sufficient to give it an additional attempt.

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Assembled easily, worked at bootup, award bios is relatively easy to setup. Excellent for the typical user. If you are a gamer appear elsewhere due to limited video. I have mine paired with a Sempron two.7ghz. This board would have rated greater from me if they had elected a PCI Express 2 video slot. Selections to upgrade the video are really limited with the PCIE 1 slot given. For a combo deal, newegg need to have paired this with a situation not a cpu. Choosing a cpu would be less difficult. Due to the fact this is an ITX board, a situation offering would have been sweet.

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Strong build Looks like a nicely built board.Great deal got it for ฮ following a บ MIRThat is if my rebate comes in Dead on Arrival Sadly I didn't get to test the board until a month after I purchased it.Now I have to go through Zotac.I will Post my knowledge with them afterwards. Manufacturer Response:For inquires concerning rebates, please contact our rebate department at rebate@zotacusa.com or fill out a Assistance Ticket. Thanks!External Hyperlink(s): Assistance Ticket Submission|

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It's low profile, but has some nice functions. 4 sata ports and a decent TDP allowed ࿡ watts) indicates that it's ideal for property server or htpc duty. A pcie x1 slot will allow for some expansion. 1 pcie x1 slot. This board doesn't have hdmi, so it isn't feasible to get a tv tuner and hdmi output. It's a tiny gripe, but indicates server duty is where this board will shine. Even at a 65 watt TDP this board gets hot. A low profile heat sink barely keeps it below 50 degrees idling, and it reaches 66 degrees throughout heavy processing. Two makes use of for this board; remote dvr or house server. In either case, the pcie x1 slot will most likely be filled. You could do a video card and usb tuner to get a htpc, but there are other much better solutions in the micro atx form aspect.Get a bigger case, or be ready for the course of action to go molten on a hot day. This board is suggested, but there are a few caveats to look at before you obtain it. If the opportunity was presented once more I'd almost certainly have gone with a slightly larger micro atx board, rather than this mini itx form.

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The board itself I have no issues with. I like the size, the attributes, (DVI would be nice, but for 50ish bucks, hey, whatever)The onboard video is weak but not also negative. No voltage controls, and my Athlon II seems to run genuinely hot in this develop. Even with the case off, and stock cooling it idles around 40c. Not certain if it's the board of I got a weakly binned processor. Attempted reseating a number of times, Tried 2 HS/Fans, Artic Silver 5, Bottom line, the processor just runs hot. Once again, not positive if the board doesn't throttle the processor well or not. Eh...still works so I Shouldn't complain I guess.

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I thought that this motherboard would be an inexpensive remedy for a household member, but it has expense me much more in time and grief then it's worth. There are no pros to be stated. The technique halts regularly leaving just a scrambled image behind on the screen. Obviously, the chipset/bios combination wasn't appropriately believed out for the duration of the analysis and development process. Also, despite my meticulousness through the rebate course of action, my rebate was marked as invalid on their website, so don't anticipate to get a rebate from this corporation. Next time go with one more manufacturer. Foxconn, Biostar, ASUS, MSI and Gigabyte make fantastic solid motherboards. Stay away from Zotac!

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Gigabit LANHD audioCan boot from USBGot and mini ITX case on combo deal for about 50 bucks4 SATA ports with RAID assistance No jumbo frames (take this into consideration of you're going to use it as a NAS or iSCSI box for testing)PCI-E x1 slot, x16 would have been niceNo voltage control for CPU (considering the cost and intended use, it's not that a lot of a con)No core unlocking, but when once again, for the value, it can't be expected Runnng OpenFiler NSA on this beauty with two drives in computer software RAID with a cheapie Sempron 140 that I did a mild OC to 3. Ghz with. 1st board that shipped with the combo deal only had 10럼 LAN and was DOA, and wouldn't POST. I program on finding an Intel Gigabit NIC to location in the PCI-E slot for better iSCSI performance.

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Superior Price tag point. Looked to be produced with top quality parts. Worked for about one month. Now it just sits there at post with the huge Zotac logo. Doesn't go any further. Judging by all the other reviews it would not be worth attempting to get it fixed. I would most likely just get a different dud that an individual else returned. Since I owned this board for a tiny over a month, I can't return it to Newegg for replacement. Bummer.I tried 3 dfferent sets of RAM of numerous brands. Absolutely nothing would right this problem. This is the very first and final Zotac motherboard I will ever obtain. Manufacturer Response:Sorry to hear you are experiencing issues with our item. ZOTAC has technical help readily available 24ǝ to fully assist you in diagnosis and possible replacement if required. If you believe your item is defective, you can also request a RMA straight to ZOTAC. Motherboards are covered beneath a typical a single year warranty, extended with registration inside 30 days.External Link(s): ZOTAC Technical Help| RMA Request|

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It is smaller, takes two DIMM's, and it has Video & 1Gbps LAN. No PCI-Express I initial registered my product at the Zotac's web page as advised, and sent in rebate form. The web page says that it accepted my rebate, and it has never processed the rebate for 10 months.I don't assume I'm going to get the rebate. Do not obtain based on the rebate amount from Zotac. Buy only if you consider it's nonetheless a deal, with out the rebate. Manufacturer Response:Hi PenPen,Sorry to hear you have not obtain your rebate. Please speak to our rebate department at rebate@zotacusa.com (or by way of help ticket) with your rebate facts and 1 of our representatives will appear into the concern for you.External Link(s): Support Ticket Submission|

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superior quality, with sempron CPU perform far better than ATOM N330. video chip is so so, NO E-PCI X16, it's not uncomplicated discover a superior deal for video card with PCI-E X1 great deal immediately after MIR, received rebate check less than 4 weeks.

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*Low Power*Works right out of the box with a dual core x2 AM3 Regor 65W*All that is necessary for a household desktop is included with the board.*Perfect fit with this case:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147133 None whatsoever Client wanted a little case for his family members for browsing/homework what have you. For the cost of this board you can't go wrong for light desktop usage.