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Intel D945GNT |
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ATX, i945G, LGA775 Socket, UDMA100, Serial ATA-300 (RAID), Ethernet,
FireWire - video - High Definition Audio (8-channel) |
ReviewsPosted on 26 / 01 / 2007
I have not yet worked out how to overclock it, but the connectivity and price were right and it supported most of the things I required. My previous Gigabyte model went on the blink and I never appreciated the poor bundle which came with it. Only a few ATA cables and a driver CD. Very disappointing. The cooling solution works well, with the complex system of heat pipes and heat sinks I've set making sure I get optimum performance. If you want your component to last long and perform to their best you need your board to remain at a cool stable temperature. Ideally without the need of a noisy fan which gives a headache if your at your computer for a prolong period of time. An onboard temperature of around 30 oC / which means ambient 25 oC is what I aim at, it's been stable at this level for a few weeks. If your clocking components a cool temperature is even more important unless you want to blow out your CPU. The layout of the board is simple and logical, and this meant the board was easy to fit. I fitted the CPU and heatsink fan before placing the board in the case. It's a fiddly job and difficult to perform in a case. I let you all know how my overclocking goes.............. to be continued Note. I always look at this site for clocking issues. User Rating - Posted on 19 / 02 / 2007
The only bad thing is you cannot Overclock it, no matter what u do in Bios ! User Rating - Posted on 26 / 04 / 2007
I bought this motherboard to upgrade from a P3-500 Mhz PC purchased several years ago. I wanted a Pentium D, 3.0Ghz processor and 1GB ram, and that is what I installed. As noted by others, you have to install the CPU & fan assembly before putting the board in your case. I am using a Gigabyte G-Power cooler. It keeps the CPU around 59 C at 1900 RPM and is quiet at that speed. The users guide comes on a CD and you have to print it yourself. It contains barely enough information to allow you to install the board and that\'s about it. The manual offers only a paragraph or two about the 7.1 High Definition sound that this board offers. For a component of this level, the manual should be more revealing. If you are using this motherboard in the first PC you are building, get help from an experienced freind. The manual takes for granted that you have basic to moderate PC building skills. Another thing I didn't like is that this board only has one IDE channel. I am using two DVD writers, and two 4 month old 100GB Western Digital IDE drives. So I had to purchase and ATA-133 IDE channel on a PCI card. I used the SIIG 0680, which works very well with this motherboard. But as a positive note, this board also supports several SATA II drives as well as support for a RAID set up. This motherboard also has up to 8 USB 2.0 ports and a 1394 Firewire port. This should be enough for most anyones purposes without having to resort to a USB hub. A nice feature. In initially used a ATI Raedeon XT300 SE PCI Express video board with this motherboard. Just for grins, I swapped it out and used the onboard Intel Graphics Accelerator video circuitry. I noted very little, if any difference at all. So unless you are into high end gaming, I would definitely say that the onboard video is fine and no additional controllers are needed. Just make sure you have a strong enough power supply for the job. I initially used a 475W power supply and overloaded it with the ATI video card and 4 USB connections. I am now using a 550W Power Supply with no problems. I have been using this motherboard for 8 months now and I find it satisfactory to very good in all aspects. It has enough expansion capabilities so that it can be used for quite some time before becoming outdated or overloaded. I am using this system for Web Graphics using Photo Shop, Web Design Programs and some light weight movie production. User Rating - Posted on 28 / 06 / 2007
The maximum transfer rates that Intel D945GNT Motherboard's SATA controller can achieve is 100 MB/s (UDMA mode 5) in windows XP. In Vista It stays at 33 MB/s (UDMA Mode 2). This is because D945GNT has an Emulated SATA controller. It means that the SATA controller will look like a Parallel ATA Device to the Operating system, and the Operating system will handle it as a Parallel ATA device. Windows XP handled it quite properly as a ATA 100 Device, but Vista planned to drop the idea, and Does not support many such Emulated SATA controllers. Even in Windows XP it should be ATA/133 (UDMA 6), but since Hard disks speed is 55 - 60 MBps, ATA/100 (UDMA 5) does not matter much to me. Vista says that Manufacturers will have to provide drivers For their Emulated SATA if they don\'t work with the Drivers in the Operating System. I searched on Intel website for the Drivers, but they have not yet released it. I was surprised to know that I was the only one to complain about it. I called Intel Support Center (Asia Pacific), I talked to a few people - but they had no idea what so ever! So they transferred my call to MR. Ayan (Intel Technical Support Engineer- Asia Pacific Region). To my horror even he had to search Intel and Microsoft websites to find an answer. Finally he said that Vista keeps it on UDMA 2 and there is no solution, and it was Vistas Mistake. I told him about Microsoft\'s Declaration that Emulated SATA controllers will need Drivers from the manufacturer, but he just kept blaming Vista for it. Intel Says that D945GNT motherboard is Vista Compatible, I asked him how could Intel say so even after this problem ? His Answer was terrible, he said that the Motherboard is compatible with Vista, but Vista is not Compatible with this motherboard. I told him it means the same thing, he is just saying it the other way around ! but he did not change his statement, if you call him up now and ask him, he will say the same thing. User Rating - Posted on 11 / 09 / 2007
I also have Intel D945GNT mainboard, I use dual ram 2 x DDRII-512
(Kingston - HyperEX - Bus 667); ext VGA 128Mb (Asus - x300). Sadly,
my PC runs unstable from I purchased it. Sometimes it show "Deathly
Blue" screen (twice a day) although I've changed the "Cooler
Master" power, same 2 another Rams, but it's still the same
problem!. Is this mainboard' quality bad? Any solution to fix it? Help me...
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