Highlights
Quality
All the components fit well and with the built in drivers, the board recognized them without any issues!
Using it with a cooler master water cooler and with the pump lead connected to the cpu fan header i could hear the pump running... Read More
Packaging/appearance
No issues, i have it incooler master elite 130 - mini-itx computer case, along with an i3-4360, 4 gigs of memory, a larger vide... Read More
Competitiveness
Msata slot:pros: easier to reach than asrock z97e or z77e.
Loved the fact that it has an msata slot for my msata ssd.
With 16 gigs of ram, ssd, and a 4ghz i7 in them they flat fly.
Installed max ram (16gb) and used a pico-psu 160w atx psu plugin along with a 10a 12v power brick.
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- This product had a total of 22 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 30 2022.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If the io shield was blacked out this would be the board to end all boards
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I started off with an i3 35w haswell then decided to upgrade directly to the i7 45w tray version hard to find 300
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Both linux and win7 have this issue so its not at the os level
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I changed to an intel pentium g3258 same cooler but fan reversed to blow upwards
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Cpu temps reached 9095c after 3 hours of prime 95 but msata was only around 45c
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You will need to update bios but this board has different revisions and not all gigabyte regional websites show the same board
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Great board comes with onboard wifi and bluetooth 4