VPN: GA-H57M-USB3GIGABYTE GA-H57M-USB3 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
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 Rating: Review Date: 12/24/10 |
GIGABYTE GA-H57M-USB3 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Cons:
Really weak software from Gigabyte. Not enough fan connectors
Pros: Lots of features seen in higher priced motherboards |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/21/10 |
GIGABYTE GA-H57M-USB3 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Cons:
CPU temperature in BIOS is 15-16 degrees Celcium, which makes no sence
Pros: do not know exactly Comment:
It seems to be good. Some other tests of CPU temperature showd more reasonable values of 41 degrees at 100% load to my Intel i350 processor, but the temperature in BIOS makes me really sad., because it will determine the rotation speed of CPU Fan (my coo;er is from Noktua, and I would strongly recomend it). I hope that BIOS update could resolve the problem. |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/08/10 |
GIGABYTE GA-H57M-USB3 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Cons:
could use sata3
Pros: usb3lots of sata2 ports and good placementplenty of display optionscrossfire support Comment:
Testing out this board for a system build and it seems to have good placement for the sata ports but would like to see more power connections for case fans. |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/19/10 |
GIGABYTE GA-H57M-USB3 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Cons:
-Not all DDR3 Ram compatible
Pros: -Very stable Comment:
This motherboard is good and stable so far, but you really have to check the gigabyte site for ram compatibility before you buy it because it wouldn't run my ddr3 1600mhz ram at stock settings. Perhaps a bios update will help, as I am in the process of trying that. |
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Rating: Review Date: 05/17/10 |
GIGABYTE GA-H57M-USB3 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Cons:
- SATA 3
Pros: + stable+ USB 3+ small form factor+ HDMI & supports DTS Master and Dolby True HD Comment:
This board is very stable with a older OCZ PWR supply, can't remember the model but it's the one you could asjust the voltages on, PowerStream 420W Adjustable PSU I think, Core I3 530 and 4 gigs of gskill (F3-12800CL7D-4GBECO) memory. This time like my last board I didn't just buy whatever memory looked good or was on sale I actually went to the motherboard web site and looked at what compatible memory they suggested to use with the board. Booted first time with zero probs. I'm big time in to Blu-ray movies so being able to bit stream the audio is important. I need full Dolby true HD & DTS Master audio. The stock fan on the processor is nice and quiet. I won't be changing it, or over-clocking. |
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Rating: Review Date: 05/08/10 |
GIGABYTE GA-H57M-USB3 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Cons:
- colour scheme- no SATA 6Gbit- no crossfire (2nd slot is only PCIeX4)
Pros: - USB3- great price Comment:
Using this for my HTPC and as such haven't tested any overclocking. Has USB 3.0 so a little future proofing (they are only in the back though but no case has 3.0 ports yet). Would of been nice to have some SATA 6Gbit ports. |
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Rating: Review Date: 04/03/10 |
GIGABYTE GA-H57M-USB3 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Cons:
No SATA 6G, No Crossfire.
Pros: Easy to install, USB 3.0(Never tried), solid design quality board. Comment:
So far I am using with i3-530 and overclocked to 3.5 from the start with Gigabyte easy tune software. I have installed F5 bios and this bios is easy to set up for overclocking. I am planning to use it for normal computing. (No heavy games, I have PS3) I am using old 400W Power supply but this CPU and GPU takes far less power than my other AMD 3800+ + ATI 4350 HTPC witch has 350W power supply. I am about to try to overclock to 4G and stick with it. Very happy with purchase. |
I pick the H57 over the H55 for the RAID support, and have been satisfied with its RAID-10 performance. I had nothing but trouble using all of the cool-sounding Gigabyte applications on Windows 7 x64. BIOS updates are relatively painless, and have been regularly released. There are not enough fan connectors for a reasonable amount of case fans. The design and layout are very nice. Would buy again.