What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
Motherboard has all the bells and whistles that you would expect from a higher priced mid-tier micro atx. Using with benq projector and streaming/bluray optical drive 130 movie screen is awesome. Good for office and light gaming use.
It has 1 cpu fan connector and 3 fan connectors which you can control the fans in the bios. The bios is easy enough to navigate and tweak in both standard and advanced modes. It has a 2nd and 4th ram slot.
Cons
Pc refuses to boot when plugged in. Windows 10 closes and says inaccessible boot device. Bios is clunky, slow mouse support, and menus are downright not organized. Saving bios settings broke them again.
Amazon service is outstanding as usual, but it's enormously frustrating when two boards were doa and you have to disassemble. Filed for refund.
Highlights
Quality
Very happy with the results of this repair.
Amazing for the $100 i paid for it.
Issue 1: couldn't install windows 11:i'm not sure if its a windows 11 issue or an issue with the 13th gen intel core i3 process... Read More
I believe the problem was with the older ssd.
Competitiveness
While there are some limitations to this motherboard, its price and performance make it a worthwhile investment.
Works with 13th gen intel processors (after bios update) and you don't even need another computer/cpu to update the bios!
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- This product had a total of 1,982 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 12 2023.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Looked like the motherboard was totally dead on arrival
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The reality of it is 12 gen cpus are supported but for 13th gen a bios flash is required
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Problem is documentation is not great and it took me an hour to figure it out
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you use a 12th gen cpu then you should be good to go out of the box
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For 13th gen you could use a 12 gen cpu then flash and swap out cpu to 13th gen or use flash back
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
To use flash back format memory stick with fat 32 copy across only the bios file nothing else and rename it gigabyte
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It should start to flash and will stop flashing once bios has been updated
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Any ways for the bios update you have to get a empty thumbstick and install the latest bios of of gigabytes website
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