Customer Reviews

Intel Desktop Board BOXD975XBXLKR ATX Motherboard with Intel 975X (Socket 775)

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I purchased this board to build my Intel Core 2 Duo based dream machine. The price is right and it has great specs. It came to me as a surprise that this board was not compatible with a Core 2 Duo processor. Although the specifications on the Intel website state that the Core 2 Duo is one of the compatible processors, this board may come in different flavors or "revisions". The one I got did not boot (to my surprise) and I thought that the video card was faulty. It was not after I tried out a second card that I realized something else was wrong. The merchant bluntly told me that the revision I got was listed as incompatible with Core 2 Duo, but this is not evident because of the information on Intel's website.

The next model, D975XBX2 (with a two at the end) is my recommendation, since it has the added benefit of natively supporting not only Core 2 Quad processors, but also PC2 6400 (800MHz) memory. This board only supports PC2 5400 (667 MHz) memory and up to Core 2 Duo (depending on the revision). You can get it here: Intel D975XBX2 Intel Core 2 Duo Ready Socket 775 ATX Motherboard

This is a seemingly great motherboard. Just beware though; IF you have an Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.46Ghz processor, this board WILL NOT WORK! It just took me 2 days to realize that, after digging through support documentation and UPGRADING my 3.46Ghz P4 Extreme Edition processor to a 2.4Ghz processor that I was going to use for another computer. haha (2.4Ghz processor = a Core 2)

So now, I have a 3.46Ghz P4 Extreme Edition processor, that I paid over a grand for in late 2004, that doesn't have a motherboard... All because another earlier Intel motherboard broke down on me... :( (but I still stick with Intel motherboards because I'm either stubborn or just too forgiving...)

It just would have been nice if there's documentation that this board does NOT support a Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.46Ghz processor on the product description. (no retailers, that I know of, mentions it.) So just because it says Extreme Editions are supported or whatever else, do NOT assume that! Research through Intel's support site to confirm that. Because with stuff like this, ignorance is NOT bliss when something does not work when you're building a system.

2 thumbs UP for the engineers of this product and 2 thumbs DOWN for the marketing team (or whoever needs to take the blame for providing misleading/insufficient information for this product)... because with this supposedly supporting an Extreme Edition processor is more like an Extreme Headache. NOT ALL Extreme Editions are supported, apparently.

I have been happy with this board now for two years. But lately, I tried capturing audio from the Internet and am unable to do so. There is no way to use "Stereo-Mix" for the sound source with the Sigmatel sound drivers. It appears Intel deliberately had Sigmatel leave this option out. Only three solutions available to user, Mic in, Line in and Line out. And because there is few PCI slots, a sound card addition is difficult.

You need this to be a written review...lol. I would crash the servers with people running away from their monitors.
This product was beyond compare in my opinion. I used this board in my own build, No overclocking,although it will overclock quite well, because I was trying to build a problem-free computer I can count on to have working all the time, and with no blue screens -ever. I got what I was looking for. If it wasn't for the idiot that I allowed to work on it I would never have required purchasing a replacement. The Mac idiot in those commercial is not talking about my builds. The money I spent on TrendMicro Internet Security 2009 has defeated those virus's and worms completely, although a little intelligent thought in what gets downloaded in the first place doesn't hurt, was a small price that easily deferred the Mac garbage you pay twice as much for at a store...but I BUILT exactly the computer I WANTED... WITH MY PROGRAMS. I can take advantage of programs when they first come out, not wait for the Mac God to allow me to play there. This board is solid, well featured and was state of the art at the time I bought it. Great choice IMO.

So far I have found this product to be garbage.

I bought the retail board from DealStop. The boards PCI-E slots didn't work properly (no video with a pci-e 2 card) DealStop RMA'd the board (thankyou DealStop for that).
The second board has working PCI-E slots, however the onboard floppy controller doesn't work, the built in raid controller sometimes works and sometimes says it doesn't exist. And the bios seems to go off for a walk occasionally.
DealStop doesn't even want to deal with it anymore as they would prefer I contact Intel.(can't blame them to much, as Ive had to order more parts ie: video cards, floppy drives, more new cables,another processor, ram ect. to troubleshoot these problems with, its taken about 3 months and about $500.00 so far.)

So, now to deal with Intel's support.
Maybe I'll just cut my losses and take up something less costly and frustrating ...like stock speculation or investing in icecubes for poor eskimos.

The 975 is an excellent board and the price was good. The company shipped it fast and I was up and running in no time. However and this is no reflection on the company, but if you are a first time builder working with a socket 775 chip. I do caution you concerning the force it takes to get the fan seated. The board will actually bend a little from the force you have to apply to seat all four connection points. I also suggest that you buy a up grade to the stock fan as these chips run hot. all in all I will be buying from this company when I build my next monster as they have good product and great customer service. THank You for the effort.

Excellent Systemboard! I need a copy of the invoice... Please, send me a copy of the same :)

Thanks Amazon!!

Good M/B for a few years back. Still one of my favorites even in this day and age. Easy to configure.

this motherboard never failed or showed any glitch in performance, well right now go for the X38 mainboard coming from Intel

Hello.

When I buy this motherborad just 7 months, I carried a big surprise. When I buy also an Intel Core 2 Duo processor 6400 2.13Mgz up there all very well when it comes to install the processor on the motherboard did not want this boot, which was looking at my surprise that the product specifications this motherboard not match the BIOS to withstand this kind of processor, but when you buy it on any part of this page warned, by contrast motherboard that was compatible with this type of processor. Fortunately the techniques that helped me to assemble the team to consult INTEL and tubes to update the BIOS of the motherboard. I believe that when a product is sold as the motherboard should report on the BIOS versions available to the product and therefore important thing the year in which manufactures the product. I write this with the purpose that if someone happens you know something like that should review carefully before buying and for the team marketing the store that sells the product of all the correct information that is selling the product.

Thank youIntel Desktop Board D975XBX ATX Motherboard with Intel 975X (Socket 775)

Hola.

Cuando compre esta motherborad hace unos 7 meses,me lleve una gran sorpresa. Al comprarla también compre un PROCESADOR INTEL CORE 2 DUO 6400 2.13Mgz, hasta ahí todo muy bien a la hora de instalar el precesador en la tarjeta madre esta no quiso arrancar, cual fue mi sorpresa que buscando en las especificaciones del producto esta motherboard no esataba configurada en su BIOS para soportar este tipo de procesador, pero a la hora de comprarla en ninguna parte de la pagina advertia esto, por el contrario decia que la motherboard era compatible con este tipo de procesador. Por suerte el tecnico que me ayudo a ensamblar el equipo consulto a INTEL y tubimos que actualizar el BIOS de la tarjeta madre. Creo que cuando se vende un producto como las motherboard deberían de informar sobre la VERSIÓN DE BIOS con que cuenta el producto y algo muy impotante el AÑO EN QUE SE FABRICO EL PRODUCTO. Escribo esto con el proposito de que si a alguna persona le sucede algo parecido ya sabe que debe de revisar bien antes de comprar y para que el equipo de mercadeo de la tienda que vende el producto de toda la información correcta del producto que esta vendiendo.

Gracias