VPN: GA-Q87M-D2HGigabyte Q87M-D2H mATX LGA1150 Q87 DDR3 PCI-E16 PCI-E4 PCI VGA HDMI DP SATA3 USB3 Motherboard
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 Rating: Review Date: 10/01/13 |
Gigabyte Q87M-D2H mATX LGA1150 Q87 DDR3 PCI-E16 PCI-E4 PCI VGA HDMI DP SATA3 USB3 Motherboard
Cons:Crossfire only
Pros:Price, Intel Components, nice dark color, PCI slot. |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/28/13 |
Gigabyte Q87M-D2H mATX LGA1150 Q87 DDR3 PCI-E16 PCI-E4 PCI VGA HDMI DP SATA3 USB3 Motherboard
Cons:- AMD CrossFire only, no Nvidia SLI- no IDE for legacy devices- PCI slots could have been better located
Pros:- standard motherboard: nothing fancy, but everything you need- 6 SATA 3 ports- on-board IGPU with many, many ports (DP, HDMI, DVI, VGA)- ON/OFF charging feature is very handy (charge USB devices when desktop is off/standby/hibernating) Comment:
A great hassle-free motherboard. Has all the necessary ports and features that you need, for basic users to budget power users and gamers.Supports Haswell generation Core i3/5/7 processors, as well as previous generations, so that means you can purchase this now if you intend on upgrading your processor later on.The only major problem that I had with this motherboard was the location/ordering of the PCI slots: because my GPU has a large fan/fin assembly, it only fit in PCI slot 2 rather than in PCI slot 0 as I was hoping. That forced me to pick up a low-profile sound card to replace my old full-size sound card as the limited space (2mm) between the cards meant my GPU's fans were not getting any air. |
As far as matx boards go, this one is pretty good for the price. It has a dark color, so it fits in with the rest of my build, where everything else is black. It has an intel nic, which is always a plus when it comes to motherboards. There is really nothing to complain about the board. The previous user's review about video card not fitting. That has nothing to do with this board, as it is STANDARD MATX. if you lack room, then you have the wrong case, or the wrong build for big video cards. Not a motherboard problem, a user problem. moving PCI-E slot no longer makes it mATX. All mATX boards will be that way.