Product DescriptionEssential Series. Single pack, mini ITX compatible form factor desktop board with soldered down Intel Atom Processor 330. The Intel Desktop Board D945GCLF2 with 945GC + ICH7 chipset supports 533 MHz System Bus, DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM Memory, Integrated10/100/1GB Network Connection, PCI connector, up to 6 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ports (4 back ports), 5.1 HD Audio, PATA and two SATA ports.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Great Board But Needs Some Help Cooling
This is a great board. I've installed Vista Home Premium and it runs great even with aero enabled.
My only gripes about it is that the small fan on the North Bridge heat sink is loud and high-pitched and wasn't sufficient to keep the board cool in a small case (APEX MI-008). I disabled the fan and added two 80mm case fans and it runs at an acceptable temperature of 45 deg. C
I liked it so much, I bought a second for another computer build.
Rating: - No love for this product, or Intel
S-Video (aka:tv out) does not work on this board if you're using linux (ubuntu, etc). Despite what the other poster said, it has a scrolling issue after linux loads, not before (why would there be an OS issue before the OS has loaded?).
I bought this board with the main purpose of using the s-video port. Even the Intel web site says it works with native drivers. It doesn't. VGA works fine, but if you plan to use it with your TV, it simple won't work. A bit of searching the web will ... Read More
Rating: - Mb fan is busted...
After two weeks the fan is louder than my new garbage disposal. The mb specs are great for the price point, but the fan needs to be replaced. Has anyone found a drop in replacement?
Rating: - A small board for a small computer.
First, let me state an obvious thing: this board is not for everyone. It is a small, low-power computer mainboard built, designed and made (although not in that order) to use precisely as that, a small computer.
It measures exactly 17 by 17 centimetres, five centimetres tall. It has an Atom processor running at 1.6 GHz, enough power to run various flavours of Linux and Windows XP, but you don't want to run Vista on it. Why would you want to run Vista at all, I wonder? Well, that's another ... Read More
Rating: - I am having a lot of fun with this board--no buyers remorse here!
You may need a couple of extra cables and such to build a machine with this board but once you get your computer up and running you will most likely be impressed by what you put together for under 200 bucks. I think I actually built a machine for about 210.00 including a used case and PSU w/o monitor.
My setup has 2 GB of Ram (the max amount), 60 GB SATA Hard Disk. Also, I used a 20 pin PSU to 24 pin Motherboard converter cable as the pins did not match up when trying to plug the ... Read More
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Electronics : Intel D945GCLF2 Essential Series Mini-ITX DDR2 667 Intel Graphics Integrated Atom Processor Desktop Board - Retail
- Great Board But Needs Some Help Cooling
- No love for this product, or Intel
- Mb fan is busted...