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GigaByte GA-M59SLI-S5 Motherboard

GigaByte GA-M59SLI-S5 Motherboard

(Athlon 64 FX/ Athlon 64 X2, Socket AM2, ATX, 16GB DDR2, 1GHz Bus - MPN: GAM59SLIS5)
Description: GIGABYTE Technology's S-series motherboards for AMD socket AM2 platform, featuring with five features: Safe, Smart, Speed, SLI, and Silent-Pipe Technologies. The S-series motherboards GA-M59SLI-S5, supporting AMD AM2 processor with dual cha.... Read More

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4.5 Star Review(2 Reviews)

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Date Reviewed:  11/28/2006
  • jnardello
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    Nov 2006

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Strengths: SLI, color-coded ports, included cables, dual-NIC, RAID controller, heat pipes
Weaknesses: Useless parallel port. Single IDE port.
Summary: This motherboard is simply amazing after upgrading from a several-year-old board. Dual PCI-E slots for video, 4 memory slots, a huge amount of SATA ports. I can't wait to make full use of both the SLI capabilities of this board and the SATA connections. The only problem I've found is it's not really designed for IDE devices, just has the one port - so a DVD drive and a HD, and you're done. Anyone upgrading from older gear should plan on buying some SATA drives at the same time and making use of the built-in RAID controller.

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Date Reviewed:  04/23/2007
  • apollo_8185139613
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    Apr 2007

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Strengths: Solid product by a solid company; quiet and reliable
Weaknesses: Pricey; outdated technology (AMD); lay out
Summary: 2007-04-23 11:01:06 Solid scores in benchmarks. Good brand, that produces a quality product. No additional onboard fans to generate unnecessary noise. Unknown whether it will support new cores from AMD. If not, will drop significantly in price. Have bought Gigabyte for personal use for the last four years. SLI with 8800s will leave little room for PCI or other expansion slots. IDE, FLoppy and SATA in same cramped location. Well caple to over-clock!

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