Product DescriptionGIGABYTE Technology latest S series motherboards for AMD socket AM2 platform feature two innovative features - Safe and Smart Technologies. The new S series motherboard GA-MA69VM-S2 supports AMD new generation AM2 processor with dual channel DDR2 800MHz high frequency memories, providing reliable and user friendly computing and reaching the maximum system performance easily via personalized software settings. GIGABYTE S series motherboards, the champion's choice for AMD Socket AM2 platform!
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Rating: - Rock Solid
First of all you should know what are you buying, so don't set high expectations for such budget MB. However it was a very good performer for a price of $57. It has a feature like RAID 0,1,0+1 which you can find it in Intel chipset based MB from $120 and above. I used two of them with Athlon X2 4400+ and OCZ DDR2-800MHz 2Gb kit (5-5-5-15 @ 1.9v). In one system I used a discrete VC (EVGA GeForce 9600GT 512 Superclocked), and RAID0 setup (2 x Seagate Maxtor 160GB SATAII 7200RPM 8MB) and run by Vista. ... Read More
Rating: - A great disappointment from a once favorite brand
For a long time I've considered Gigabyte one of the most reliable motherboard manufacturers, so I was extremely disappointed when I installed this board, which I purchased for my secondary system. For starters, Gigabyte doesn't include the mini PC Speaker, a small and very cheap component, but essential to a computer's operation, as it emits sounds which help indicate a series of possible problems with the system, like hardware problems when the computer is turned on, CPU fan failure and CPU overheating. ... Read More