From: John Doe on
"For such a wonderful software, how much it costs? Impossible!
It�s free! Now, if you buy a Gigabyte�s motherboard, you could
find this amazing software in the attached driver CD. But please
remember, connected to internet at first, then you could have a
internet BIOS update from your Gigabyte @BIOS."
From: John Doe on
After more reading, most of their stuff is IMO very well written.

Wondering why a USB keyboard is Disabled by default.
> USB Keyboard Function
> Allows USB keyboard to be used in MS-DOS. (Default: Disabled)

From: John Doe on
"nobody >" <usenetharvested(a)aol.com> wrote:

....

> (Damned near "every" manufacturer got caught in the "bad caps"
> thing)

Maybe, but I would not discount a maker promoting good capacitors.
Of all the circuit components on a MB, capacitors are the most
phisical and therefore probably most likely to fail.
From: John Doe on
Amazon's "Super Saver Shipping" was taking forever. That shipping
method is like a pre-order, except that they charge your card
immediately, sometimes long before they ship the item. So I canceled
the order. I might go for a Gigabyte GA-EP43T-UD3L DDR3 1600
mainboard/motherboard, starting with 2GB of RAM, probably from
Newegg. I hope the jump from DDR2 800 to DDR3 1600 is impressive as
it sounds.
From: Fishface on
John Doe wrote:
> I might go for a Gigabyte GA-EP43T-UD3L DDR3 1600 mainboard/motherboard,
> starting with 2GB of RAM, probably from Newegg. I hope the jump from DDR2
> 800 to DDR3 1600 is impressive as it sounds.

Don't expect too much of a kick in the pants:
http://techreport.com/articles.x/14882/

Interesting chart showing relative bandwidth of some current offerings:
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3704&p=2