GIGABYTE GA-G33M-DS2R Intel G33 Bear Lake mATX Motherboard Review

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Summary and Comments

The Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R LGA775 Intel G33 Bear Lake Micro ATX Motherboard is a very capable one indeed, as you can see from my testing results it hold it’s own against the latest from Nvidia. Considering all the other features with this board, all you’d have to do is throw in a decent video card and you’d have a powerful system in a small package.

DragonSteelMods gives the Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R LGA775 Intel G33 Bear Lake Micro ATX Motherboard a 4.5 out of 5 score and our Recommended Award as well.

Pros:

  • -Feature rich motherboard
  • -mATX form factor
  • -Supports latest CPUs and upcoming
  • -HD audio and video support
  • -Lots of connections
  • -Low price point

Cons:

  • -Onboard video is lacking
  • -Not enough fan headers
  • -Chipset heatsink is tall
  • -IDE/Power connectors too close together

 

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