Review: Gigabyte AMD 790GX mobo under the spotlight

by Michael Harries on 8 September 2008, 08:30

Tags: GA-MA790GP-DS4H, DG45ID, 790GX Chipset with ATI Radeon HD 3300 Graphics (IG, GA-MA78GM-S2H, Gigabyte (TPE:2376), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), AMD (NYSE:AMD), PC

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Bundle & warranty

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Items
  • Quick start guide
  • Drivers and utilities disk 
  • Backplate
  • Black flat IDE ribbon cable
  • Black flat floppy ribbon cable.
  • 2 right-angle SATA cables
  • 2 straight SATA cables
  • 2 Port USB2.0 expansion bracket. 


There are few accessories bundled with the board, but you get everything you really need.

The USB2.0 bracket plugs into headers on the board to provide an additional two USB2.0 connections, which is quite useful given that the board's four ports can easily be used up by even a modest setup.

Our sample was missing the user manual in either printed or digital form. The enclosed quick-start guide was very brief and not board specific. This meant that we had to go to Gigabyte's website and download the user manual just to find basic information, such as which memory slots to use for dual-channel operation. We would imagine that this is solely sample-related however, and retail boxes will ship with the user manual in either printed or PDF form.