Was planning to build a steam machine on a budget, this find was a Good start.
Latest comments (20)
zoomee
25 Dec 15#20
Be careful chaps - this is cheap for a reason.
I have this board - revision 1.1 of it. There are apparantly three different revisions of this board - just check out the gigabyte website to evidence this.
Looking at the pictures on ebuyer - It's VGA and DVI only so its probably revision 1.0 - theres a reason why gigabyte made so many revisions of this board! Some major hardware website has pulled gigabyte up on this as they didn;t mention the different revisions to retailors so some consumers played up about it - minor differences but obviously required for some unkown reason - hmmmm....
just an fyi - mine seems to be working fine with a 4440 cpu and a 7950 gpu - its in my daughters rig and plays minecraft perfectly.
USB 3 ports are a bit slow - don't get full speed and the NIC isn't the greatest either - but I suppose for the price we can't complain :smiley:
JimJamJamie
25 Dec 15#19
£44 and OOS now :/
PinkyPonk Driver
24 Dec 15#18
Yeh my Z97 soc force died aswell for exactly the same reason, changed cmos battery and super sweet since. I thought it was a bit odd. Not had any cmos battery problems for years and years up until then. Thought it must've been a one off, but obviously not.
cbharrib
24 Dec 15#15
Can anyone recommend a suitable processor for a budget steam build circa £40-£60.
Thanks in advance.
Gze to cbharrib
24 Dec 15#16
Get the Pentium G3258, overclockable too.
stonebear to cbharrib
24 Dec 151#17
I would go for an i3 from Ebay, some modern games will benefit from the 4 threads, for example I had Dragon Age Inquisition and it wouldn't even play with a dual core, so I would avoid Pentiums.
I have been watching i3's on Ebay for a while and you should be able to get a 4130, 4150, or even a 4160 for under £60. I have never known a CPU breakdown so it's the one thing I would buy second-hand for a PC build.
Spikecast
24 Dec 15#7
I had no end of problems with my Gigabyte board a few months back and vowed to never touch them again. Brother in law had loads of issues with his GB board as well. Good price but their reliability is a big question mark for me. Real shame as their graphics cards are excellent.
royals to Spikecast
24 Dec 15#14
agreed my z97 soc force lasted a few weeks. Replaced board via Amazon. Son had same board and seemed to fail too. After checks, changed cmos battery and been fine since. I guess gigabyte are shipping them with near dead cmos batteries. Pathetic and shame on gigabyte. Their warranty is pathetic too. If board fails you have to pay shipping to Holland I think. What a joke. These boards are not cheap. Other board manufacturers are worse though.
neoboy
24 Dec 15#13
Yeah they normally support most CPUs, just a case of not knowing which BIOS the board will ship with.
GAVINLEWISHUKD
24 Dec 151#12
Well if you look at 2013 and 2014 board stats it should be very reliable! :smiley:
neoboy
24 Dec 15#4
Will this work with Haswell Refresh CPUs out the box without BIOS update?
Quite often the answer to these questions depends on the BIOS been shipped on the board. Safe bet; relay your question to ebuyer directly.
thekanester
24 Dec 15#10
Good to know, thanks. Merry Christmas too.
neoboy
24 Dec 151#9
Probably i5 4460, remember having this problem before when I was building a budget PC for my sister and board didn't support the G3258 out the box so had to buy another board with a newer chipset. Only other option would have been to buy an "older" Haswell to update BIOS.
krisward7955
24 Dec 15#8
I work for a Big online retailer and this is one the most returned board we have.. Return are for a number of reasons, most are fail to post. Some are Ethernet failure. Some are PCIE failure
krisward7955
24 Dec 15#2
Good price for a **** board.
thekanester to krisward7955
24 Dec 15#6
What are the downsides to this board or is it just the lack of features?
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Was planning to build a steam machine on a budget, this find was a Good start.
Latest comments (20)
I have this board - revision 1.1 of it. There are apparantly three different revisions of this board - just check out the gigabyte website to evidence this.
Looking at the pictures on ebuyer - It's VGA and DVI only so its probably revision 1.0 - theres a reason why gigabyte made so many revisions of this board! Some major hardware website has pulled gigabyte up on this as they didn;t mention the different revisions to retailors so some consumers played up about it - minor differences but obviously required for some unkown reason - hmmmm....
just an fyi - mine seems to be working fine with a 4440 cpu and a 7950 gpu - its in my daughters rig and plays minecraft perfectly.
USB 3 ports are a bit slow - don't get full speed and the NIC isn't the greatest either - but I suppose for the price we can't complain :smiley:
Thanks in advance.
I have been watching i3's on Ebay for a while and you should be able to get a 4130, 4150, or even a 4160 for under £60. I have never known a CPU breakdown so it's the one thing I would buy second-hand for a PC build.
http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=4668
Quite often the answer to these questions depends on the BIOS been shipped on the board. Safe bet; relay your question to ebuyer directly.