GIGABYTE GA-770T-USB3 ATX AMD Motherboard

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Looks fantastic on paper - versatility, attributes, speed. Reliability: This was my 1st ground up computer construct, so I was fairly pleased when I connected power and all the lights went on and it booted to BIOS. I set the memory to the appropriate voltage Ƒ.65) and went to load Windows 7. Soon after overcoming Windows 7 inability to see the SATA drive (chkdsk, reformat) Windows loaded and I was running. Except it gave me frequent BSOD for several troubles. Tried to reboot the next morning and absolutely nothing but a 2 second beep every five seconds. Immediately after talking to Gigabyte tech assistance I swapped my memory sticks in the different slots. It was in a position to boot a couple occasions, then absolutely nothing for excellent. Based on Gigabytes conclusion that the memory was negative I RMA'd the memory with Newegg.com, and a week later (sound of warranty clock ticking in the background) I get the new memory loaded in. I'm skeptical that it was in fact the memory, so I load in 1 stick at a time. Extended story somewhat shorter, if I load memory into slots 1 or three it won't boot. Memory in 2 & four ok Power Supply: Cooler Master eXtreme RS-500-PCAR-A3-USMotherboard: Gigabyte GA-770T-USB3Memory: Crucial Ballistix 4GB ƒx2GB) BL2KIT25664BN1337Difficult Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB ST31000528ASVideo: Sapphire 100287VGAL Radeon HD 5670 鹀MB)CD/DVD: LG DVD burner - Bulk Black SATA Model GH24NS50 Manufacturer Response:Dear Customer,Thank you for your comments. We apologize for your difficulty with your Gigabyte product. Please speak to us at newegg-support@gigabyte-usa.com with the case number 68084 in the topic line. We will provide personalized service and analysis to aid solve your concern ASAP. If the matter is urgent, please send us your make contact with number, and we will contact you.Gigabyte VIP Assistance Team

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-Low cost Value!-No onboard video.-Speedy create-Room for upgrades, AM3 socket aids.-Set my RAM Timings manually to 9-9-9-24 @ 16000MHz.Overall is a superior motherboard for my desires. -North/South bridge heatsink was a small flimsy and felt a lil inexpensive.-Onboard port for additional USBs is kinda close to video card.-No heatsink left of CPU, for all those capacitors n such. :\ OCZ Obsidian 2x-2Gigs 16000MHzGIGABYTE GA-770T-USB3 AM3 USB three. ATX AMDBFG 550W Power SupplyH.I.S Radeon HD 5670 1Gig GDDR5 1 TB Samsung HD2.6 AMD Phenom II 4X AM3 Quad 810

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Plenty of expansion capabilities, nice layout. None

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this mother board seemed awsome specially with the "amd's new gen of 6 core cpu help" and i bought a phenom ii x6 1090t juts for it. turns out the mother board requirements a bios flash to help 6 core processors and i want to acquire one more cpu just to flash, thats money down the drain. Im positive the board functions fine with the bios update.

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great value, great layout, effortless setup, windows 7 prepared usb 3. none wanted a motherboard that was released this year immediately after seeing a lot of poor critiques on last years boards expecially on the cheaper boards, spent a small much more and purchased this, no troubles

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Geat cost MB /w USB 3.. Runs super smooth. Greatest MB if you don't require two video cards. none

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Easy setup. drivers installed with no complications. Detected Athlon II 620 x4 CPU just fine. Computer is operating stable. I like it when an upgrade goes straightforward and smooth like this one. According to the manufacturer's webpage (under FAQs), if you are having difficulty with USB3 compatibility, there is a USB3 firmware update, but the update only functions on Windows Vistaǝ. This MB does ship with revision "F1" BIOS, and as noted by others it will not recognize a six-core CPU with out a BIOS update to revision "F2". Not a issue for me as I bought an affordable 4-core CPU.

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Fantastic price.Quickly!Stable!Overclocks nicely.Solid attributes.DDR3USB3Excellent looking.Great accessories and documentation.Supports new hexacore AMD CPU'sDual BIOS! Not Crossfire.Southbridge constantly runs hot ࿯C-81C)Have to apply for a rebate instead of being discounted. I was utilizing the AM2+/DDR2 version of this similar board (without the USB3.) It was a wonderful board, but when my wife required a newer (non-gaming) PC for photographic editing, she got my older mobo and I got this!The only factor I could say negative about either one of these boards is the Southbridge temperature is constantly high, but so far they've by no means died or even seemed to suffer any ill effects.I extremely advocate this motherboard and would not hesitate to buy again.

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USB3, AM3, DDR3, lots of ports and lots of slots, SPDIF input, Good BIOS backup program. Capacity to go to 16GB of memory, fits well in the Antec 900, Excellent overclocking options, and so on, and so on. I am really impressed. None and I don't expect any. This is a great way to get USB3. on a spending budget!

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two bios chips in case u muss up the bios OC'in, durable create, lots of nice OC choices in the bios if ur in to that kinda thing, effectively labeled for straightforward creating none so far, this mobo is a sweet deal! north bridge runs kinda hot... sits about 80c! but doesn't flux much and ive heard of em running way hotter so i'm guessing its fine

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None.One very good note is that Newegg Rma' d all the bad boards with no difficulty. Received 3 of these boards all bad finally i bought a MSI 770-G45 AM3 AMD 770 and all was ideal no problem?I have generally utilised Gigabyte boards with no complications but this board i had nothing but troubles. Gigabyte tech support tried to support but the boards were bad. I won't take a likelihood with gigabyte once again for awhile will stickwith what works Manufacturer Response:Dear Consumer,Thank you for your comments. We apologize for your difficulty with your Gigabyte item. Please contact us at newegg-assistance@gigabyte-usa.com with the case number 59559 in the topic line. We will give personalized service and analysis to support solve your problem ASAP. If the matter is urgent, please send us your get in touch with number, and we will get in touch with you.Gigabyte VIP Support Team

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Really stable board. Haven't had a single hickup with it yet. Only 1 PCI-E x16 slot... but it's no biggy, at least for me. I applied this board for my initially develop not too long ago, and it has worked wonders for me so far!Coolermaster Centurion 5 IIGIGABYTE GA-770T-USB3G.SKILL Ripjaws Gaming Series DDR3 4GBAMD Athlon II X4 645 @ three.1GHzMSi Cyclone GTX 460 齀mb)Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB

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Works excellent paired with my six core Amd no need for a bios flash.four Ram sockets.no on Board videoGood on board sound None but Runs wonderful Built a 6 core񓐿" amd on this board with 8 gb's of rip saw ram,Gigbyte gtx430 video card.The on board sound is out standing and this factor Runs wonderful would have price me more than 1k to buy this built.Be sure you get 64 bit windows.

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specs looked great! specs lied."Supports new generation of AMD Phenom II X6 processors"They forgot to mention that you have to flash new firmware to the motherboard in order for it to recognize X6 processors. It does NOT natively support X6 and you Need yet another processor in order to flash new firmware. Manufacturer Response:Dear Consumer,Thank you for your comments. We apologize for your difficulty with your Gigabyte product. Please get in touch with us at newegg-assistance@gigabyte-usa.com with the case number 64363 in the topic line. We will present personalized service and analysis to aid solve your concern ASAP. If the matter is urgent, please send us your contact number, and we will contact you.Gigabyte VIP Support Team

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Worked quite beautifully while it lasted.Type of a fairly blue color. Completely shut off and refused to perform immediately after 16 hours of use. Will not even turn on. Right after attempting to fix this irritating concern, I realized that Gigabyte's consumer service fairly substantially sucks. Keep this in mind ahead of invest in.

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-Lots of attributes.-Nice OC capabilities.-Installed without having a hitch.-Fairly low cost for such a nice board.-Dual BIOS chips in case you mess one up. Despite repeated requests, it will not wash my car. The north bridge seems to run fairly hot. 80-81C from what I've observed so far, it doesn't fluctuate much. Hasn't affected performance in any way, and it hasn't melted but so I'm going to assume that's what it was developed to do. Just appears a tad warm.

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none New construct...After about a week I began acquiring BSOD. Updated to Windows 7, swapped out ram absolutely nothing seems to work. Already past the thirty day policy so i guess i will have to buy a new board and ship this piece back to Gigabyte. Dont purchase this board! It could be inexpensive but a little extra for excellent excellent will be worth! Manufacturer Response:Dear Consumer,Thank you for your comments. We apologize for your difficulty with your Gigabyte product. Please contact us at newegg-support@gigabyte-usa.com with the case number 61238 in the topic line. We will provide personalized service and analysis to help solve your problem ASAP. If the matter is urgent, please send us your make contact with number, and we will contact you.Gigabyte VIP Support Team

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-Price-USB three.-Trustworthy-Unlocked phenom II 555-Layout (smaller than ATX... you loose few screws, but excellent for tight situations) -"optional characteristics" (esata, sata3, pci-e x4ቬ, integrated GPU)-south bridge(?) I bought one for the loved ones pc and I am fully satisfied. I was able to unlock each cores of a Phenom II 555 and to run at declared timings an OCZ Gold 1600Mhz kit, at reduced voltage (quite superior, taking into consideration that OCZ memories are what they are...)I haven't tried any overclocking, but it's not the purpose of this board. With a RAID0 setup I got particularly deludent outcomes, but it might be a problem of the drives.

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Plenty of USB ports and USB three. firewire. Solid board. Don't think you can unlock Cores with this board due to the fact of the bios. Attempted but no luck perhaps someone else can. Had a poor sata cable came with the board. Hard drive acted flaky said tough drive error. Attempted my old sata cable and it worked like a charm. Good board but if you want to unlock cores do investigation prior to purchasing this board I still enjoy it but just can't unlock my Phenom II 550 black box. Believe AMD created Gigabyte disable that feature just something I read.

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Works, lots of connectivity Soon after 6+ hours of looking for driver rleated issues, can't solve Very low disk throughput issues with sparkling new WD Black 640. Also attempted a 1g version to rule out drive problems.Took FOREVER for W7 4 to install. Boot ups are two-3x compared to my I7 develop with Gigabyte board and exact same drive.Eztune software won't install so cant unlock x3 processor.Other subsystems are fine, but something needed disk I/O is painfully slow. Had a significantly superior experince with the i7 Gigabyte board used for my personal gaming machine. (This 1 was for my kid) Manufacturer Response:Dear Customer,Thank you for your comments. We apologize for your difficulty with your Gigabyte item. Please get in touch with us at newegg-support@gigabyte-usa.com with the case quantity 55113 in the subject line. We will supply personalized service and analysis to aid solve your concern ASAP. If the matter is urgent, please send us your contact number, and we will get in touch with you.Gigabyte VIP Support Team

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Intuitive BIOSAM3DDR3Has Handled everything I've thrown at it so far and my program temp hasn't gotten above ㅱc. Took me a couple of days to figure out why it wouldn't run my dvd drive, but that was me becoming stupid.

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A bang for the buck mobo. None. Regarding Phenom II X6 support, it appears that anyone that knows how to flash the BIOS, may well want to attempt the Gigabyte Q-Flash procedure, which would permit flashing using USB devices, in the course of the POST. "With Q-Flash you can update the method BIOS without having having to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or Window 1st". See page 62 of the manual for full instructions. This would be an option to making use of a non-X6 processor to flash the BIOS, first. In the past, I've flashed a BIOS on one more brand utilizing USB, so flashing using USB is absolutely a viable alternative. So for some, it may be a matter of merely downloading the BIOS update, loading it to a USB drive, booting up into Q-Flash, and updating the BIOS. If you want to update the BIOS, anyway, to get the board to support the X6 processor, it seems that going out to purchase one processor to get an additional 1 to work, is overkill. Of, course you ought to only update the BIOS, if you're experienced.

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Good build quality, good design, everything works easily.Recommended this product.

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I was dissapointed with finding out that this mobo is a terrible board matched with the X6 as I purchased a bundle deal thinking this was a good combo. I am going to be purchasing a new board within the 100 range.http://www.overclock.net/amd-cpus/943109-why-vrms-big-issue-why-choose.html

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bought this with a Phenom II x4 955 for a budget pc. I was able to plug everything, except some extras USB (only 2 ports on the motherboard, although there are plenty (6) externals).Cannot ask for more from a budget card.