RayvinAzn

Might be behind the MOSFET cooler, I've seen some boards set up that way. Or maybe Bloomfield chips don't need an external power source? They do have a lot more pins...

And the only thing I'll say is that battery placement is horrible.

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Chunky_Chimp

It is, if you look hard at the back PS/2 keyboard/mouse port block, you can see the 8-pin connector in the reflection. Agreed on the battery placement, btw.

I don't mind Gigabyte's colors, really, since after putting all the cards/RAM/CPU and the CPU's heatsink/fan on and connecting your headers and whatnot, you won't see much of the Jackson Pollock painting that makes up the board's color scheme. Something like eVGA's 790i scheme would fit far better, only with red PCI-e slots.

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jamracing

Hey, it might look like a bad trip on 'shrooms, but at least Gigabyte boards work...oh wait, did i say that outloud...
Still venting after owning 3 Striker II Formulas...

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I went from 7057 to 7077...

7057: Like a dream, fast and responsive, smooth and trouble-free.
7077: Crashes at the drop of a hat, freezes, throws up, pees on itself, throws things, chases my cat.

I don't get it.

45nm

Thats why I say no Gigabyte. It's all about looks , performance , stability.

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RayvinAzn

The second and third Gigabyte is well-known for, and the first I'd hardly consider all that important.

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Chunky_Chimp

Isn't that why you'd go to Gigabyte in the first place, for the latter 2? Looks don't matter when you have something that just works, and works well. Unless you're showing off a completely bare board in an acrylic case.

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pauldovi

You know that overclocking has become mainstream and lots its niche status when everyone whines about how pretty the motherboard / videocard is not about the actual quality of electronics / features.

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RobRedbeard

Three notable changes:
1 - CPU is about 5mm further south, a welcome change (I had to file the side of my Vendetta 2 to get it to stop pushing against my PSU on X38)
2 - Memory and first PCI-E slot are much further apart (north-south), I had to mod my XTC RAM cooler to mount it on X38
3 - Second PCI-E x16 slot blocks the PCI slot (I keep my PhysX card there)

Rob

PS - I don't care about the colors, you can't really see my motherboard's colors underneath all my kick-ass hardware.

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savagebunny

Hmm, Pink...Have not seen that in a while on RAM DIMM's LOL

Going in my sig :P

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RobRedbeard

You might want to fix the spelling then, cause I don't know what Jimmy is doing puking at a pack of crayons. Maybe he was in the pack?

Rob

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