Customer Reviews

Gigabyte Core 2 Quad/Intel G31/FSB1333/DDR2-800/A&V&GbE/Micro ATX Motherboard GA-G31M-ES2L

5 star:		(27)
4 star:		(14)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Pro's:

Great board, easy to use & stable, overclocks E5200 up to 3.5 ghz...

Have auto-overclock feature for both processor & memory, adjusts voltages too.

Great safety features to protect for memory & processor damage.

Nice standard features. Basic board, but get's the job done.

Has plenty of room for Drive upgrades

Board is compact, so it's an easy install in most cases, reduces build time by 10%

For the Price, you're getting a bargain.




the con's:

* No extra usb hubs provided, and limited cables provided.
* Only has 1 fan terminal, so you'll be out of luck if you like fan stats.
* 1 Legacy IDE cable slot(pretty much common with all new motherboards, but 2 would be nice)
* Limited Ram slots So no room to upgrade, so buy 4 gigs now.
* Only has 2 PCI slots.
* Has VGA port but no DVI port.(what is this 2003?)

Excellent low priced board for a home theater PC. I just used a 7800 Gt PCI express video card instead of the onboard video, just popped it in the bios even disabled the onboard video for me. Easiest build ever, takes new Intel 45nm chips even, Intel Wolfdale 5200 overclocked from 2.5 ghz to 3.2 ghz without upping any voltages. Runs Blue-Rays movies easily with 2 GB ram. Been running solid for 3 months, 24/7 no problems. Buy one.

I've used more Gigabyte motherboards than any others over the past 15 years. I worked for a company that built custom computers. I've put together over 1000 pc's. They have always been a good performer and worth the money.

This is a nice little mATX board. I'm running my E2160 at 3.42 GHz. This CPU ran at 3.51 on my EP35-DS3R. I haven't tried to push it past 3.42 on this budget board, but it will probably go higher if set vcore above 1.5v Gigabyte said this board wasn't a good OC board, but I'm pretty satisfied for the $. The clocking features are very simple and easy to OC.

This motherboard is the best I have ever owned.Easy overclockable with many options in the bios. Am using it with a celeron e3200 dual core and is perfectly stable at 3.3 gig. and Idles at 23C.
I love Amazons promt delivery and courteous service.

I've built several systems with this board at the core. Would recommend it for anyone looking to build a Hackintosh.

Board works well and can overclock. Simple mATX board for cheap builds. Pair it with an Intel Pentium Dual Core e5200 4Gb of DDR2-800 and a decent gfx card and you've got a cheap and reliable pc. There have also been success with running OSX on this board.

Used this board on on a build for my parents. Posted on the first try. Windows 7 Professional installed perfectly and it's been running great for two months now.

EZ install and well made board. We used it to make a Hackintosh computer.... Worked fine... Making a Hackintosh is not for the timid or the shade tree hacker. But if you want a MOBO that works 99% with little Hacking.... This is a great choice.

This motherboard is inexpensive but is perfect for a replacement or a basic set up.

When my motherboard died on the PC, I did not have a lot of money for a new computer or an expensive replacement, so I just found the cheapest one with decent reviews and now I have to add to the positive reviews.

I have had no problems whatsoever with about half a year of use, it even seems to be performing better than the old one even though there might not be as meany features.

Nevertheless, it's a great value.