Gigabyte GA-7DXR

When I brought my computer, about 3 years ago, I shopped around for the best computer I could get. Checking out all the various makes, Compaq, Dell, etc, and eventually decided to do it myself, and have a custom made one. After parting with about 500 hard earned pictures of the Queen, I took home a top of the range AMD 333Mhz, computer, with a whopping 2.2 Gig Hard drive, onboard SIS chipset, the works. It was the dogs.. well it was good. Now, 3 years down the line, calculators have more power. Software is to advanced for it, the hard disc was to small, although I did replace that a few years ago for something a bit bigger. Its amazing how fast computers ...  Read the complete review

Unlike the "good old days" when all chip manufacturers worked to a common format (appearing under various names including Socket 5, Socket 7 and Super-Socket 7), Intel and AMD have gone their separate ways when it comes to the socket that their CPUs plug in to. What this means for the user is that whereas in the past you could buy a motherboard safe in the knowledge that you could fit either an Intel or and AMD chip to it, you must now decide which chip manufacturer you are going to support and buy a motherboard with the appropriate fittings. The Gigabyte GA-7DXR is designed specifically for the AMD Athlon/Duron series of CPUs, so if you have already made up ...  Read the complete review

I am not a 'computer techie' and apart from adding the odd SCSI card, modem and sound card, memory etc. to my ageing P166, I have not ever really been that interested on what's under the hood. This Board has changed all that. Going back to university as a mature student meant that I have had to be careful on expenses and therefore I decided to build my own PC from scratch. I researched all the various pages and eventually decided on the Gigabyte GA7 DXR. Why? I'll tell you. Firstly it has the new DDR (double Data Rate) memory function that means that the Ram is 'Read' on both the rise and fall of the CPU clock. (Still ...  Read the complete review