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GA-M59SLI-S5 Motherboard (Athlon 64 FX / Athlon X2, Socket AM2, ATX, 16GB DDR2, 1GHz Bus)

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Pros

Feature-rich board
Bundled locking SATA cables

Cons

eSATA ports require use of expansion bracket

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Pricing - Average $170 (1/22/07)

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Performance - Very Good: 84 WorldBench 5 overall score - Very Good: 136
WorldBench 5 component results (in seconds) ACD Systems ACDSee - 416 Adobe Photoshop - 288 Adobe Premiere - 315 Ahead Nero - 187 Discreet 3ds Max DirectX - 237 Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL - 259 Microsoft Office XP - 505 Windows Media Encoder - 250 Mozilla - 280 Multitasking - 346 Musicmatch Jukebox - 417 Roxio VideoWave - 235 WinZip - 242
Graphics tests (frames per second) Doom 3 1024 by 768, 32-bit - 123 Doom 3 1280 by 1024, 32-bit - 121 Doom 3 1024 by 768, 32-bit (with antialiasing) - 102 Doom 3 1280 by 1024, 32-bit (with antialiasing) - 89 Far Cry 1024 by 768, 32-bit - 143 Far Cry 1280 by 1024, 32-bit - 141 Far Cry 1024 by 768, 32-bit (with antialiasing) - 133 Far Cry 1280 by 1024, 32-bit (with antialiasing) - 108
Features - Very Good: 82 Chip set - nVidia nForce 590 SLI chip set RAM sockets - 4 Maximum installable RAM - 16GB Memory type - DDR2 800 Expansion slots - 2 PCIe x16, 1 PCIe x8, 1 PCIe x1, 2 PCI Dual-graphics support - SLI dual-graphics support (16X) Storage connectors - 8 SATA, 1 PATA ports RAID support - 0, 1, 0+1, 5 Back-panel USB ports - 4 Back-panel FireWire ports - 1 Back-panel eSATA ports - 0 Ports on bundled brackets - 2 eSATA USB ports on optional breakout panels - 6 FireWire ports on optional breakout panels - 2 Back-panel legacy ports - 2 PS/2, 1 parallel, 1 serial Gigabit ethernet adapters - 2 7.1-channel (192-kHz/24-bit) integrated audio chip - Realtek 888 and 883 Back-panel digital audio connections - Optical out Parts/labor warranty (years) - Three/Two Weekday support hours - 9 Weekend support hours - 0 Toll-free support - No
Design - Very Good: 89