Mb-gama78gpm-ds2h Equivalent For Atx Case

[BruceG]

Good afternoon.

I am leaning towards the Silverstone LC17 case.

2 mobo questions:

1) Will the MB-GAMA78GPM-DS2H fit easily/simply into the LC17 case ? (I am guessing it will)

2) Is there an ATX equivalent to the MB-GAMA78GPM-DS2H ??

Thanks

BruceG

[dalemissen]

Originally Posted by BruceG

Good afternoon.

2) Is there an ATX equivalent to the MB-GAMA78GPM-DS2H ??

Thanks

BruceG

BRuce,

I have just bought the Silverstone LC16b-MR and the new version of that mobo can be found here its the MA790GP-DS4 has onboard optical and HDMI. Good onboard graphics and sound.

All components are in the post at the moment. Will let you know how it goes once it is all put together.

[BruceG]

Hello Dalemissen

Thanks for this update.

A bit earlier today I found the ma78g-ds3h, which was an ATX equivalent to the ma78gpm-ds2h, but it did not have support for Dolby Home Theatre.

But, the mobo MA790GP-DS4 recommended by you does have the Dolby support.

I have yet to make other comparisons between these 3 mobos, but I will look forward to your feedback on your new mobo.

I wish Gigabyte would give their mobo's better/easier product numbers!

Thanks from a wet Sydney.

BruceG

[TiggerK]

HI Bruce,

both boards will fit in the LC17 case, got one myself, excellent choice of case.

If you're using the digital output, the Dolby HT feature is irrelevant, and on analogue it's only of minor benefit IMHO. But having said that, the 790GP-DS4H board does look very nice, bit more money, but I'd say certainly worth it.

Wet indeed....

Cheers
TiggerK

[dalemissen]

Only problem with the 790 board with the dolby, is that Vista doesn't support it yet apparantly. I have been told this onl WP forums, but in my case, I wont be using this feature until BR burners come down in price. I will continue to use my PS3 for BR until then.

So i think the only alternative at the moment is XP?

[bobafett_h]

Originally Posted by BruceG

I wish Gigabyte would give their mobo's better/easier product numbers!

I personally find the Gigabyte model numbers lately to be a lot easier to understand than they used to be, and certainly easier than with other brands such as Asus.

You just need to know what all of the letters represent:

The M at the start indicates that it's for AMD and the A after it indicates that it is an AMD chipset. The 78G of course means it is using the 780G chipset while the M after the chipset number indicates that it is a micro ATX board. The P in the case of that board refers to the SidePort memory as far as I know.

The D means it is Ultra Durable (solid capacitors), the S is simply because it is an S series board which most Gigabyte boards have been for a few years now (other than the top end Q series boards). The number after that is the level within the S series. S2 is typically the bottom of boards with that chipset, then 3 is higher and 4 is even higher still. The H on the end of means it has HDMI support.

Other letters sometimes seen in their motherboard models are a P, C or R on the end after the DS3 for example. P means performance and usually indicates that it has better cooling on board and dual video card support. C indicates it supports combination RAM such as boards with DDR2 and DDR3 slots (I would never recommend these boards). R indicates RAID support which may not normally be included on boards with that chipset.

[BruceG]

Thanks kindly for this update.

More to learn = more to forget.