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The board is laid out in a nice pattern of blacks, grays, and blue which is far better on the eyes then some of the other garnish colors some manufactures use. |
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A shot of the 4 Dimm slots providing a maximum size of 16gb of DDR3 Ram. Channel 1 is on the inside (blue) and channel 2 is on the outside. The board doesn’t care if you use channel 1 or channel 2 for booting unlike some boards which require you to use channel 1. |
| Th rear I/O panel, as you can see with the inclusion of both DVI and HDMI this board would make a great media center board. USB3.0 is labeled with a sticker and the connectors being blue, all remaining USB ports are 2.0. |  |
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Left Hand side is the debug LED which comes in handy when your system is throwing fits and you are trying to figure out whats happening, the LED codes are in the back of the manual and a pretty detailed. There is both an on-board power button as well as a reset button which is becoming increasingly common thankfully. The USB headers are aligned with the bottom of the board for ease of placement. |
| On the top right lies the 8pin 12v ATX power connector its hidden right behind the stylistic heat sinks surrounding the socket. In practice this placement is a bit of a pain for most cases especially if you have a large heat sink it can be difficult to get this connector in. While not a deal breaker its a minor annoyance. This board can comfortably fit huge graphics cards as long as your willing to give up a standard PCI slot on the bottom. | |
I bought this MOBO back in march for a custom build and have had nothing but issues with it. I originally installed a dual-boot windows setup and would get freezing, black screens and BSOD’s randomly. This is with all official drivers and compatible hardware, recommended ram voltages and no over-clocking at all. I decided to RMA it a month later and got nowhere. I have changed out the CPU, ram, and even the HD and PSU with the same results. Now I can’t even get Jetway on the phone anymore to pursue further recourse. Steer clear!!!