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Product ReviewsGIGABYTE GA-78LMT-S2P Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
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 Rating: Review Date: 06/26/12  |
Cons: Minimal ports
Pros: CostQuality |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/29/12 |
Cons: sata 2
Pros: small M atx :)oc'd my x3 455 to a x4 b55 Comment:
great little mb, cheaper then the others and unlocked my 3 core to its maximum potentual. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/31/12 |
Cons: no usb 3, rev 4.0 (am3+) is only 3+1 phase, IGP = radeon 3000, only 2 DDR3 slots
Pros: Works with AM3+ processors out of the box, gigabit LAN, raid support Comment:
Got this motherboard for a budget bulldozer build. At first I was not sure if I would receive rev 3.1 or 4.0. The first one needs to have the bios flashed prior to getting bulldozer support while the 4.0 revision generally has support for it out of the box. For some reason, rev 3.1 has a 4+1 phase VRM and supports processors with a TDP of up to 125W, while the newer revision (rev4.0) only has a 3+1 phase VRM and CPU support for up to 95W TDP (per gigabyte website).I did not really need USB 3 since this machine was going to obtain shared date via network / NAS, therefore, the build in GB LAN was more important and it worked without any issues (just make sure you have CAT5E or CAT6 cables). Sata II should be more than sufficient while the onboard radeon 3000 was supplemented with an HD6570 which I had lying around.The board only has 2 memory slots. Memory is relatively cheap and I paired this motherboard with 8GB of DDR3-1600 corsair low profile memory. This build isn't going to be overclocked but just for kicks I tried how stable the combination was. Oc'd the FX4100 (3.6GHz) to a stable 4.6GHz using only air cooling. However, instead of using the cooler that came with the Fx processor, I used a stock X6 heat pipe based cooler. Ran the combination for more a few hours with both prime and seti running simultaneously without any issues.Overall this is a good budget board. Something that would be a good pick for future builds. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/20/12 |
Cons: Doesnt come with any screwsNo USB 3.0
Pros: Easy To InstallCheap Comment:
Bought for myself after giving my brother my old PC. Gets the jobe done for a half decent price. Would buy again. |
An excellent quality budget motherboard. No IDE port if you want to plug an older CD/hard drive and only 2 onboard USB connectors (plus four ports on the back panel). Wakeup on sleep via keyboard is disabled by default in the bios and needs to be set to "Any Key" to wake up from a keypress in Windows.