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Solid Capacitor Motherboards Introduced

Posted by kdawson on from the charge-it dept.

jckrbbt writes with news that Gigabyte has introduced solid capacitor motherboards in its Intel 945 chipset products. From the article: "[S]olid capacitors have a higher tolerance for higher temperatures and they also perform better with higher frequencies and higher current than electrolytic capacitors. The superior heat resistance and better electric conductivity will allow PC enthusiasts to tweak the highest levels of performance from their system without fear of excessive capacitor wear or exploding capacitors."

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  1. In Soviet South Central by srussia · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mofo pops cap in YOU!

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    Set your phasers on "funky"!
  2. Gigabyte has other problems by DigitAl56K · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just bought a Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 board. It was not even possible for me to install the Intel chipset drivers on it without it locking up Windows. I found others online reporting exactly the same symptoms with no solution, *five* BIOS revisions previously.

    Needless to say it's going back to Newegg, and that this will be the last Gigabyte board I buy in a while. Good job Gigabyte for progressing the technology, but how about making your boards' basic features work to begin with?