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(More customer reviews)Among Intel motherboards, this is ideal for an upgrade of older ATX chassis on a budget. It runs Windows 7 w. Media Center and a Hauppauge TV tuner flawlessly, including HDTV record and play, as well as all of the traditional Windows applications I tried, all with a single 2 GB DIMM.
The box came with 2 SATA cables (20-inches long w. locking clips), 1 ribbon cable for older ATA drives (17-inches), a DVI-to-VGA connector adapter, CD with Intel utilities, and RF shield. The included cables are long enough for a mid-tower chassis, but might not reach in every full-size tower. A power cable adapter for SATA drives is not included. See Tripp Lite P944-06I Serial ATA (SATA) Power Cable - 6in
Every "legacy" component worked fine, including an old ATX 1 power supply, PS2 keyboard, speakers (via the old Line-Out) connector, and VGA monitor, using the DVI-to-VGA adapter.
Other useful info:
The MB is relatively low power. The Intel manual allows use of old ATX 1.x power supplies with a 20-pin connector (the high-order pins, 21-24, remain open, an adapter is NOT required). A 350-watt ATX 1 supply was adaquate for the motherboard with a Core 2 Duo processor, 2 GB RAM, 2 hard drives (one each ATA and SATA), 2 DVD (ATA and SATA) drives, and a couple USB loads.
Memory can be added one DIMM at a time or in pairs.
The PS2 connector can support a keyboard or mouse, NOT both, so I opted for PS2 keyboard, and USB mouse.
To learn all details download the manual and the technical product specification (2 separate documents) from the Intel web site, the short product description really does not do it justice. New video and audio drivers are also available from Intel.
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