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ITemplate   08-19-2009 at 11:45:33 AM

Hi,

Looking at these 3 MB's:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Product [...] ,3134,2605

I cant seem to find any differences. Which is the newest? Which of those has the lowest power consumption (watt)?

Thanks.

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masterjaw   08-19-2009 at 12:06:25 PM
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There's no real difference between them as they all use ICH7 controller and G31 chipset. According to Gigabyte, GA-EG31M-S2(rev. 2.0) is a much more power saver among the 3 (although you won't be able to actually feel the difference).

I say get the one who has better deal.

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ITemplate   08-19-2009 at 12:11:10 PM
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I have the best deal with the GA-G31M-ES2L.
Do you by any chance know what we are talking about in watt? 1watt, 20watt difference?

 

Thanks.


Message edited by ITemplate on 08-19-2009 at 12:15:22 PM
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baddad   08-19-2009 at 04:02:37 PM
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That's a micro ATX board http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] pk=GA-G31M and they usually lack some features, what are you looking for in a mother board.

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ITemplate   08-19-2009 at 04:29:28 PM
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baddad wrote :

That's a micro ATX board http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] pk=GA-G31M and they usually lack some features, what are you looking for in a mother board.



First of all I need low power consumption. Support for Core 2 Duo E7200. Integrated graphics. 4 SATA. Lots of USB. Quality.

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Silver Motherboards badge bilbat   08-19-2009 at 04:40:38 PM
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Just points out the fact that GB is making way too many boards chasing picayune niches in the marketplace to be able to provide decent support for any of them; I count 125 different socket 775 MOBOs alone, on their selection page here:
http://www.gigabyte-usa.com/Produc [...] ntel%20X48

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ITemplate   08-19-2009 at 06:56:42 PM
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bilbat wrote :

Just points out the fact that GB is making way too many boards chasing picayune niches in the marketplace to be able to provide decent support for any of them; I count 125 different socket 775 MOBOs alone, on their selection page here:
http://www.gigabyte-usa.com/Produc [...] ntel%20X48



Yes I noticed this myself and I dont really care if its GB - Im just trying to get a MB that looks like the one in this article: http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] ,2069.html

The Gigabyte was just the first I found with the G31 chipset.

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Silver Motherboards badge bilbat   08-19-2009 at 07:23:39 PM
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Don't get me wrong - GB makes excellent MOBOs - just too damned many of 'em!

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Im just trying to get a MB that looks like the one in this article:



I'm not clear here - are you looking for something with the Atom CPU, a mini-ITX board, or what?

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ITemplate   08-19-2009 at 07:32:48 PM
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bilbat wrote :

Don't get me wrong - GB makes excellent MOBOs - just too damned many of 'em!

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Im just trying to get a MB that looks like the one in this article:



I'm not clear here - are you looking for something with the Atom CPU, a mini-ITX board, or what?



Oh my bad. I'm trying to construct a system that looks like the G31 setup in that article - see here: http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 069-7.html - in there he's testing a Foxconn G31MG-S motherboard.

It hits 30 watt in idle - which I really want :)

I havent found that motherboard in Denmark, but I have found the Gigabyte I wrote about. Secondly I havent found the Fortron FSP220-60LE, 220 W power supply but I have found a 330W Seasonic (80+).

So thats my status - I hope that Gigabyte is the right for low-power consumption - but it is just a guess...


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