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Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 AMD 770 Socket AM2+ 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
- £57.01ex vat
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- manufacturer #: GA-MA770-DS3
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Awesome!
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Not ApplicableThis is a fantastic board.
Everything a casual gamer would need.
PCI-E 2.0 graphics slot for nice future-proofing.
4x SATAII's, support for AM2+ and Phenom X3 CPU's.
Powerful AMD770 soutbridge chipset, Gigabit LAN, Firewire, Tons of USB's.
An AWARD BIOS, which some would say is probably the best for tweaking etc.
Dual Virtual Bios for easy recovery. You can overvolt this thing, overclock it, and the list goes on.
You can't go wrong buying this board, you really can't. Not for the current price!
Needs more juice
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Windows XPFantastic motherboard, installs all hardware with ease and the bios is very straight forward, easy board to overclock too, when i ordered the system, the set up was -
GA-MA770-DS3 M/BOARD
AMD ATHLON 6000 X2 CHIP
2Gb OCZ RAM
320Gb SATA HDD
SONY SATA DVD-RW DRIVE
ATI X1950 Pro GRAPHICS CARD
500w PSU
Set the system up with ease, although i had to change the memory timings and voltage as OCZ ram requires 2.1v, the system was running really well i decided to add another 2Gb ram, booted first time then the computer ran unstable, it kept restarting etc, so i took the original ram out to check the new ram was ok and it was, stupidly i should have realised that a 500w power supply wasn't enough (doh), still though well worth 5 stars and recommend it to everyone.....
P.s Thanks ebuyer for a superb and reliable service...TOP NOTCH
its a good board
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Windows XPbought and recently installed this board with the new 9550 phenom with 2gb of 1066 dominater memory and pioneer 215,both board and chip picked up the 1066 setting straight away and has been running like a dream,installs vista no problem,but i have stuck with xp,no need to play about in bios,unless you want to,i give 5 stars for all
Awesome
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Windows XPBrilliant motherboard. I have AMD Phenom 9750 quad core installed on this with an 8800gtx and i couldn't be happier, can run any game on max, armed assault, flight simulator 2004, bf2 no probs, 'tis simply *awesome* I can't get over how nice the presentation is on instructions etc aswell.
Good value, some spacing issues
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Windows XPGot this running with 2 gig corsair xms 2 800, x2 6000, 8800 gt gigabyte.
Installation was fine, quite small passive heatsink on the northbridge but the temps are fine at 33'c, the floppy drive port is located under the first pci slot which could be a hassle for some and the usb headers are more central than i'm used to but it's stable and only a little slower than the 790x and fx and faster than the 780.
For some reason there's a type one com port too which is a bit old fashioned.
This motherboard is perfect
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Windows VistaThis motherboard is perfect. I really can't find a single thing I don't like about it.
A few comments:
-Documentation is thorough.
-Build is strong
-Has 6 USB ports (with connectors for four more on your case)
-Onboard audio is amazing (HD audio from the back as well as digital output and HD audio connector for your case)
-Has a COM port which is always fun to see nowadays
-Has an excellent and easy-to-use and modify BIOS
You can't go wrong with this. Here are my specs;
Antec Sonata III Case
500W PSU
AMD 9550 2.2ghz x 4
4GB PC2-6400 800mhz DDR2 Memory
Nvidia 8800GT Graphics
WD 500GB Sata2 16mb Cache HDD
All of these products work great and I highly recommend them with this board.
Just what i would Expect from Gigabyte Superb !!!
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Windows XPI've had this Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 AMD 770 Socket AM2 Motherboard running for about 1 month now with no problems. Installation was very straight forward and the bios is very easy to use and to modify the voltages. I have this running with,
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ (3.2 GHz) Socket AM2 L2 2MB (2x1MB)
4gb OCZ DDR2 PLATINUM XTC 800MHz CL 4-4-4-15
Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM
MSI Radeon HD 3870 XT 512MB GDDR4 2250MHz Memory Dual DVI TVO PCI-E Graphics Card
Hiper Type R 580 watts PSU
This CPU seems to run a bit hotter than my last.
Mine is running at about 36c idle and 50-55 underload gaming.
I'am using a Gigabyte G-POWER Cooler with a Thermaltake case and plenty of fans, and the room temp is about 28c.
Excellent
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Windows VistaI got this board after having problems with a new ASUS board. The ASUS was RMA'd (excellent service from ebuyer) and I decided to give Gigabyte a try. I must say that I will never buy another ASUS motherboard - it's Gigabyte for me from now on.
Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Socket AM2 Processor
4GB DDR2-800 Crucial ECC RAM
Nvidia 8800GT graphics
So 10/10 for Gigabyte and 10/10 for ebuyer for making the ASUS RMA very easy.
Budget Flyer!!
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Windows XPThis has got to be the easiest build ever!
Put it together as a rebuild into an old case and existing Hiper 500W power supply and GS7900S graphics card.
Temps average mother board 33 c and 35 chippy in the current hot weather. (stock cpu fan). I added a little fan 23880 for a quid and screwed its side onto the CPU fan block so it blows directly on the Nroth Bridge. No probs - no sweat!
The thing is really powerful and runs FSX at reasonable settings. I have not tried to overclock it - but the BIOS seems easy to fiddle with.
125202 chippy Athlon x2 6000+
119279 Crucial 2GB kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Ballistix
131214 250 Gig hard drive
45602 Linksys WMP54G 54mbps Wireless PCI
bargain!
nice stable performer
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Windows XPhad this mobo running for a month now and its not missed a beat.
Ok so you'll have to manually enter the ram timings to get most types of 1066 ram working at full speed, but its running Kingston 1066 in mine with no problems at all.
I've got a 9850 black edition phenom running in it and its very quick and stable.
It also has loads of over cloking and tweeking options for the technically minded out there.
