I bought this MoBo after the Asrock MoBo I bought arrived dead from Newegg. I'm glad it did though, because this is a great MoBo. It came with a lot more outputs for peripherals than the Asrock did for the same price, and all of the USB slots are 3.0, while the Asrock had only 3. It also has a USB C slot. It looks great and the build quality seems much better then the Asrock.
Probably the thing I appreciated the most for this MoBo was that it was much easier to plug in all the components, compared to the Asrock. I had no issues or instances where I could no fit a component because it was physically blocked by another component. For instance, with the Asrock, one of the PCIE slots did not line up at all with the PCIE expansion slots for my case, so I had to use the PCIE slot that I didn't want to use. This slot was too close to the CPU heat sink and was blocked by it, so I had to undue the heat sink and turn it around into a position I wasn't fond of. Even plugging in fans and power cables into the MoBo was a huge pain in the ass.
This MoBo was infinitely easier. The PCIE slot lunged up perfectly with my case and has sufficient room to work in, even with my huge hands. And from what I've read, gigabyte has excellent customer support, should you need it.
For what it's worth, I ended up going with this MoBo over asking for a replacement for the Asrock after reading that gigabyte is known for giving you more for what you pay. For instance as a mentioned before, many more USB ports and all of them are 3.0.
| Processor | core_i5 |
|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 2400 MHz |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 2 |
