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Intel DG45ID Media Series G45 uATX DDR2 800 Intel Graphics HDMI+DVI 1333MHz FSB LGA775 Desktop Board - Retail
Studio : Intel
by Intel
Brand : Intel
Model : BOXDG45ID
Publisher : Intel
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN : 0735858200387
UPC : 735858200387
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 2 reviews)
List Price : $136.99
Our Price : $114.99
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Form Factor uATX
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Memory Slot 4
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Slots 1 x PCI-E x16 ; 2 x PCI-E x1 ; 1 x PCI
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Max Bus Speed 1333 MHz
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Supported RAM Technology DDR2
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The Intel Desktop Board DG45ID is designed to bring you the next level of quality home entertainment experience with integrated HDMI display output and hardware accelerated decode during high-definition playback. With support of Intel Core 2 Quad processors and up to 1333 MHz FSB, this desktop board truly brings joy to your living room. |
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I use this board for an HTPC setup, and as such the HDMI port was a must. I run this system through an Onkyo HDMI 1.3 receiver, and find it syncs well and provides multi-channel audio with easy. Upgraded drivers (vs. what was included) help the stability. There is little legacy with this board, but I don't need that. This one does all that I need at a reasonable price. |
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Old technology need not apply |
I bought this to upgrade my 6-year-old PC after reading some good reviews on the integrated graphics technology the G45 offers. It seems that gamers and overclockers are not too fond of this board, but I don't really do either of those things, so it seemed like a good solution for me. This board will support Quad Core processors, but I went with a Core2Duo E8400 3.0 GHz chip. Overall, I am very pleased with the performance, however I had a very hard time getting the system up and running. I've been assembling systems for 21 years and have never had so much trouble. Had I been paying closer attention when I ordered it, I would have realized this board has NO SUPPORT FOR IDE Drives, NO SUPPORT FOR Floppy Drives and NO BUILT-IN VGA. The built-in graphics uses DVI or HDMI only. Fortunately, my monitor supported DVI, so I just had to buy the cable. There is only one PCI slot, and one PCIe slot, but if you use PCIe, the onboard graphics are disabled, so you can't have both.
I thought I would use my existing optical (CD/DVD) drives, and located some SATA-to-IDE adapters online (which I had to order and wait for). There seems to be a problem using CDs booted on optical drives with SATA-IDE adapters to format the new SATA HDD I bought for this system, as I could never make the drive bootable and Windows install would typically fail in the middle. After buying a SATA DVD Drive and running the setup from there, everything worked fine on the first try. I would recommend this board as long as you buy all SATA Drives and forget about floppies altogether. The SATA-IDE adapters seem to work on the older HDs from my old system. I can read and write to the old IDE drives although they would not boot. I was able to copy all my data from the two old HDs to the new SATA drive and put the old ones out to pasture.
Even thought I bought it over a month ago, I've only been using it about 10 days, so it's hard to gauge reliability at this point. The benchmark tests are pretty impressive for the completed system and Intel has all drivers and documentation readily available on their website. It seems to run cool, too. I'm only using the stock Intel CPU fan that came with the chip and the fan built in the the Power Supply, although there are hookups for two more internal fans, they don't seem to be necessary. temperature seems to be stable.
As usual, Americancivilwar shipped the board fast and well-packed. It was brand new and factory-sealed.
To sum up, the board has all the new features, but none of the old so it's probably best to plan on a total system rebuild with this one. |
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