GigaByte Ultra Durable 2 GA-G33M-DS2R Desktop Motherboard - Intel G33 Express Chipset - Socket T...

Best matx out!

Strengths: Raid, overclock capability, solid capacitors, made in Taiwan as opposed to ASUS's matx's that are now made in China, has serial port, has firewire

Weakness: north bridge gets hot, install cd comes with various programs and some aren't compatible together

This motherboard has so many options and has boasted so much on durability. I used to be an Asus fan until I found out they started making their motherboards in China to gain profit. I have this with Intel dual core e6850 and it works right out of the box. Even though the pci is next to the pci express 16x, which may be rendered useless by a dual slot video card, I found that the pcie 4x may be...

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Micro ATX board

Strengths: Overclocking ability

Weakness: Runs a little bit warm

This is one great board for overclocking. It pretty much has everything you need, RAID and such. Memory voltage can go beyond 2.1v. If you want 1:1 memory divider, you will need to download a new bios.

Best mATX board out there

Strengths: Highly overclockable and completely stable when doing so, compatible with the new 45nm processors (1333mhz!!!), more USB ports than you can find things to plug into them

Weakness: none that I can find yet (I've been using it for about 2 weeks)

I bought this motherboard to replace the Abit F-I90HD, which had an issue that ends in the motherboard being completely useless (I read on some forum that it is caused by an avalanche breakdown in the semiconductors). Anyway, this motherboard is a dream. No stability issues, very compatible with all kinds of hardware, 6 SATA ports!!, and firewire (the F-I90HD does not have firewire, who knows...

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Great performance. Love this motherboard

Strengths: It overclocks easily and the configuration steps are simple. The CPU temperature is not increasing rapidly when overclocking. Tons of features for affordable money.

Weakness: I dont see anything till now

Awesome board. See the Manufactuers site to select the RAM and other components. A great motherboard, especially for mATX, just be sure to get the Bios update if you are wanting to run a 1066 FSB.

The best performing microATX Core 2 Duo boards out...

Strengths: This board overclocks very well,RAID support, plenty of connections SATA, USB, FireWire, PATA, parallel,serial, etc Ultra Durable 2 board chips.Quad core capable Supports 1333Mhz FSB and 45nm, not even out yet.

Weakness: Lack of ram divider/multiplier and voltage options.

Its Compatible with Future Intel Processors,Great! Overcooking a mere 2 Core duo 1.80Gb to 3.0 Gb with the stock cooler...If I put a water cooler what number will be? Rock solid motherboard.Quad core capable ,Just be sure to get the Bios update!Ok! I know that it more expensive that Intel G-33 but you can Run Twice as Fast.!:) ! It worth every Penny!!!