Bought this to replace the Rampage v MB that I ...
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Bought this to replace the Rampage v MB that I was having problems with. So far everything works the way it should
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Bought this at Newegg due to their competitive price 130 USD limited promotion and only Gun Metal. I went in and picked it up lucky I live close; never trust shipping company of any FedEx, USP, USPS they're monkeys.
Size issue: document claims it will fit 120mm Radiator however it will be a really tight fight almost touching the fan to the back of the case. Despite that tube may be harder to manage major issue remains depending on what motherboard you own. Myself having Asus Rampage IV Black/AC the back IO heat sink is a beauty for many so heart breaking to have it removed. (I left it in the end on the bottom case. This will seize the room for PSU laying flat as designed, so mine will have to stay at it's side somehow)

Others reported their customer support will not send you replies so I didn't even bother to try.

Quality sure it's is full metal or aluminum as claimed. It is very thin not better than my Thermaltake LCS made years ago. Fan filter upon light screw crack and even came lightly bent out too. Toolless latch made cheap but awesome design Nzxt recommend put screws other side I only mount reservoir did not find the need as is. Small issue fan control IO is very hard to flip even oiled. Power button for mine stay depressed when pressed 0_0

Front IO, fan control, cable management features I applause but I need to test to verify it working. (sorry too busy and dealing too much trouble to finish the build)

Other issue:
200 mm fan included is not 200mm fan and will wobble some reports even loud swap if you care for this. Tip I use to reduce noise and increase it's life is oil it. Pop the sticker where the wires connect you will find a rubber disk. Simply pop that rubber then give it 2 drops.

Conclude:
Unless you want to build one yourself probably not hard if you are handy with tools. I'd say small radiator no problem, modders no problem, 130 USD bottom price found on Apr/2014(pickup only) it is a quick go if that's your your hardware spec.

Extra: What would it take to please me? Better customer service, at least workable quality 2% defect rate, and a much larger mostly wider case will be for the future. Radiators are cleaner kept in filtered case then out.

Want update it will depend if I can squeeze time. Not much other than to see if this is a defective case. Other than this I would answer questions if I can.

Happy shopping hope you get a fitting case and thanks for your time.
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I have owned this board for 3 months now. I just encountered the 'endless boot loop' issue that others have been reporting and was able to get it to function after about 15 or so reboots. I was unaware of this issue when purchased. Now I am stuck and would need to rebuild with a more reliable board. Very upset - it won't be a Gigabyte!

I was never impressed with this board anyway. Boot time was average at best (compared to other boards I own). Build quality seems a little cheap/flimsy. Otherwise, it worked fine - nothing special.
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Bought this (16 GB) for my new build, an ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe Intel Ivy Bridge i7-3700. Yes, these memory sticks are listed on the QVL; specifically approved by ASUS for this mobo. After a week I started getting random BSOD's showing "memory management error". After tinkering for a while with everything -very aggravating-, I pulled out 2 sticks (Bank 0) and BSOD's went away, put them back and BSOD came back. Conclusion: POS memory. Confirmed with Memtest86+, 2 bad sticks. Never again will I buy Corsair memory. Ended up getting Kingstons HyperX's, a bit more expensive but no problems at all and they do have lifetime warranty unlike Corsair (wonder why?) Once more: YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!
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Worked great when I had 4 sticks in my puter.  I couldn't get all 8 to work initially, so I reset my bios to default, and they all worked.  Then my puter froze up, and said I only had 24 gigs, so I sent an email, they told me the voltage should be at 1.5, my bios was set to auto, set that to 1.5, and it hasn't froze up yet.  What I need 32 gigs of ram for I have no idea, but I have 8 slots, might as well use them.
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Beware, there are two versions. Rev. A is drilled to be mounted in place dedicated to FDD, rev. B is drilled to be mounted in HDD bay.
Picture corresponds to version suitable for FDD place - and that was what i needed. But actually i get version suitable for HDD bay only.
It is a mystery, why not to add (not replace) one hole in rev. B  to be compatible with both bays.
So this is not compatible with my case. Goes to trashcan.
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This blaster is just amazing. The accuracy is great  and the slamfire is awesome. I can slamfire faster than a stampede!
The drum mag does jam from time to time, and is hard to load, but its worth it. If you want my advice, buy the rampage, and if you have enough money, buy the alpha trooper to. I will!
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Had to switch to different model after grab bee style no longer available. So I went with this no need for new drivers
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I like the high capacity magazine, but this model jams way too much...only really got one day out of it...slam fire didn't work either it kept jamming...i bought a surgefire which was much more reliable...i would not recommend this model.  I bought two elite rampages.
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Needed some cheap DDR2 to do an upgrade on an older machine.  As DDR2 is harder to find these days many suppliers have very uncompetitive pricing for it.  Luckily I had already had good luck with Komputerbay memory from a previous purchase as was willing to give this stuff a shot.  It dropped right in, the SPD was read correctly and I didn't need to tweak any settings.

*Note*
This memory is NOT for overclocking.  The timings aren't great but if bleeding edge performance is what you want, you wouldn't be looking here.  I have a small overclock on the CPU but have to adjust the memory separately back down to it's 800Mhz base clock or the system will simply hang.

I am satisfied with the purchase and would use these products again in the right project.
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Purchased as a replacement for Titan 12t for Stampede :( not good, ran half the speed as original, took it out and went back to original. This was on a standard Traxxas ID 3000 8.4v NiHM battery, not sure if a different configuration would be helpful, however I doubt it.
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I ended up not purchasing this on Amazon (bought on Newegg and saved $53.44, which I used towards the DDR4). My only "gripe" is that they should have used SO-DIMM (laptop memory) to free up some real estate on the board. Would love to see a Fatal1ty version with a heavy leaning on gaming needs (maybe with SO-DIMM slots or even HBM2 sockets).
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I purchased the gigabyte motherboard and I was looking for something really special and with the board. I have been nothing but happy UD5 rock on, but I also purchased this memory to go with the system. I didn't buy it at the same time, it was a little bit later when I had the money to get 16 GB I was so happy. But now that's all went south. The memory I purchased fell apart literally fell apart. First, I was having some problems booting into the system. I did the little check and the numbers on the gigabyte board told me that there was a memory problem. At first I thought maybe all I needed to do was reseat the memory when I tried to take the memory out and re-seated it fell apart in my hands. So I did have two sticks of 8 GB now I only have one and I am stuck until I can get another set, so I'm going to try and talk to the people at Amazon and see what they can do for me. Be careful this memory has problems. It also didn't go as fast as they said 2400 not happening. 1600,1866? maybebut 2400 know happening, but even at 1866. It was great since I had 16 GB I never bottlenecked out
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Upgraded to the 2x8GB (previously bought 2x4GB) for 16GB to my existing 8GB on Dell XPS8700 for a total of 24GB.  Unfortunately, Windows 7 Home Professional caps RAM recognition at 16GB!!!  Ouch!
Heads Up!
I had to upgrade to Windows 7 Professional, which does recognize 24GB RAM (and more), and it cost $$ to do the upgrade (fast, though).
Note, this has nothing to do with the Kingston HyperX FURY RAM.  That installed perfectly.  However, it was my own ignorance that didn't know about the Windows 7 Home Premium RAM limitation.
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30 July:

I was about to send in my MB when I had a thought.  What if it was the power supply.  It is hard to tell if the HDD is being powered on since it is an SSD.  With a mechanical HHD, you can hear the platters spin as it boots up.  Look story short, it was the PSU.  2 of the four SATA outputs was not working anymore.  The other two SATA power ports are working and the computer boots up like it should.  I am now working on having the PSU from Cooler Master returned under warranty.  Cooler Master has a weird RMA process.  According to their website, the defective item is to return to the retailer and the retailer will send it back for warranty service.  Anyway, my review stands on this MB, 5 Stars, and also requesting an RMA was very easy.

28 July17:
The MB SATA connectors stop working.  The BIOS no longer detects the SATA connectors.  There are 8 connectors and not one works.  The BIOS says that the SATA is not installed.  Went through the basic troubleshooting (replace hard drive with known working HDD, replaced the SATA cables, reflash the BIOS, etc...) and it is the SATA connectors.  Getting a RMA seems easy, requested via website.  I have to pay shipping one way, they pay for return.  I'll report back on how well the replacement works.  BTW I have version 1.0 board.

Finally built my rig:
This motherboard
MSI GTX 980ti 2x Armour
Kingston HyperX Black 16GB
i5-6600K
CM HAF EVO XB case
CM Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler
CM V750 PSU

Caveat:  This build is really for my son.  I guess Mac Gaming is no longer good enough for him.  Also, I haven't built a PC in over 12 years.  Same basic concepts as in the past but a lot of deciding what to buy.  i.e. a "Gaming MB" or a "General Purpose MB"

Great Board.  It has more than enough USB 3.0 ports and a thunderbolt port 3.1.  This is good for me since I also use a Macbook Pro which I have a Thunderbolt external HDD.  The built in Sound Blaster card is excellent.  I no longer need a external sound card which takes up desk space..  Works great with my Turtle Beach Ghost headset (had to use a headset / mic splitter).  I have the MB pulse during gameplay/music.  You can also have it steady.  I keep it at red but can do more colors or go through the rainbow of colors.  If you are a crazy over clocker, there is only 4 fan heads, so this may not be enough for you.  For my setup, it is more than enough.  I have two front intake which only take up 1 fan head and 1 in the rear for the exhaust.  You can really see the extra details that Gigabyte put in to the MB, like the reinforced PCI-e socket.  My setup has the MB sitting vertical but I would feel very confident that the PCI-e slot could hold a heavy GTX 980+ series GPU in a horizontal position.  I am not sure if the motherboard is a little thicker than other MB's but I could not use the suggested stand offs for the CM EVO 212 CPU cooler.  I had to use the longer stand offs normally meant for AMD MB.  Another feature I like is the onboard buttons to reset the BIOS (needed to use that once during the build), a on/off switch (used to do a pre-power up before connecting the front panel button connectors), and there is a OC button (which I haven't used).

I still haven't messed around with over clocking but I will do an update once I have time to mess around.
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I selected this by going to crucial's website and entering my exact motherboard model..The result was a perfect matched to memory already in my box, enabling me to go to 8GB.  DDR2 is a bit long in the tooth, these days so, not a lot of buying options. This stuff should be much cheaper now, but I actually think there is not much being manufactured anymore.
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I'm an IT Pro with a decent homelab and was looking to upgrade my main workstation from a Haswell Xeon build to a Skylake Xeon build.

Why do such an incremental, modest upgrade? Well, why not? I mean who doesn't like building a new computer? I sure do.

But seriously, with the pace of Windows 10 development, I couldn't afford not to upgrade. Specifically I wanted Skylake in order to understand and utilize TPM 2.0, which this board supports. Happily, another seller sells a cheap TPM 2.0 chip on Amazon, so after building out my workstation, I was able to use TPM 2.0 in conjunction with Windows 10 Pro + Hyper-V.

Enough about that: the board. It's great for the price. Though I'd prefer more PCIe3 slots + a second built-in Intel NIC, my budget for this upgrade was modest. Here's what I've got:

- Xeon E3-1240v5
- 32GB DDR 4 (4*8GB DIMM) registered ECC
- Toshiba/OCZ NVME SSD in the m. 2 slot on the motherboard (boot)
- AMD Firepro W5000 in the high-bandwidth PCEI3 slot near the top (x16 lanes I believe)
- Old-school but effective LSI 9211-8i which connects to 6x1TB WD RED 2.5 inch drives in a RAID 10 set (storage)
- Old-ass PCI 1GB NIC with a Keepin'-it-realtek NIC chip that can't even do jumbo frames (this card is not used for virtualization purposes)

I've had this board installed and running since January. It's had zero blue screens with Windows 10 1607 and zero bluescreens on Windows 10 1703. It's rock solid; was absolutely perfect for my home workstation.

If I had one complaint about this board its that Gigabyte chose to include a lame urine-colored LED accent that 'pulses' out of the words ULTRA DURABLE on the camouflaged heat sync. To what does it pulse? To the beat of music being played through the built-in HD audio chipset, natch. I can't underscore how lame this is on multiple-fronts....what the hell does ultra durable mean? Why does it pulse?!? And, why Gigabyte, why is it urine colored?

Other than that, I heart this board and would highly recommend it