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Summary: alaTest collected and analyzed 43 reviews of Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H from international magazines and websites and compared these to 44659 reviews for other Processors & Motherboards. Experts rate this product 93/100 and users 91/100. The amount of rated reviews for this product is too low to calculate a reliable alaScore™.
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goodgearguide.com.au
Editors' rating: 70
Summary: This board is an inexpensive base for a slimline PC for the home or office. However, its inability to properly render a 1920x1080 resolution via HDMI means it's not the best solution for a home-theatre PC.
CNET editors' buying advice
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Socket LGA775
LGA775 (occasionally called Socket T) is a current processor socket used for Intel desktop processors and has been in use since mid-2004. As such, it is the basis of most current consumer motherboards and supports a variety of processors including versions of the Pentium 4, Pentium D, and Core 2 processors. As actual compatibility with a particular processor is determined by the chipset used on the board, it is still important to check the motherboard's actual compatible processors.
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Built-in Graphics
These motherboards feature an on-board graphics processor, alleviating the need to purchase a graphics card. This can be a good choice for a cheaper system that is not expected to need the latest and greatest in graphical processing power. Even better, many of these still have a acceptable graphics card slot on the motherboard, allowing it to be upgraded later.
Not all on-board graphics are alike. Some are versions of actual graphics processors, mounted on the motherboard with built-in video RAM, which can give decent performance; others are integrated graphics solutions, which are built into the main chipset of the board itself. These latter have been getting better, and can provide enough performance for standard office tasks, but still fall far behind any of the dedicated solutions.
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CNET product brief
Description: The GigaByte GA-73PVM-S2H is a nVidia GeForce 7100/ nForce 630i-based, compact motherboard.Compared to other compact motherboards on the market, it is relatively inexpensive at around $90.This motherboard supports Celeron, Pentium 4, Pentium D, Pentium Dual Core, and Core 2 processors that use the LGA775 interface.
Pros: Is built around a nVidia GeForce 7100/ nForce 630i-based chipset, which is somewhat more robust than some similarly priced motherboards.This board can be expanded to 4GB of RAM.This is enough to satisfy even the most demanding user.In addition you can take advantage of the onboard Firewire (IEEE 1394) to quickly transfer data to and from A/V devices such as MP3 players and camcorders.
Cons: None noted, given available product data.
Suitability: A compact motherboard, suited for small computers.
Value: Given its relatively inexpensive price, this motherboard has great features for the money.
Suggestions: (1) Be sure that you are using a LGA775-compatible processor with this motherboard.(2) If you want to take full advantage of the on-board SATA controller, you will want to consider a hard drive upgrade.Existing IDE hard drives will run on the ATA-133 bus.(3) For motherboard add-ons, check out the storage and components section of CNET's website.
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