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SystemLogic has posted a review on the Gigabyte GA-7VM motherboard. Here a clip:



As I mentioned in the introduction, the motherboard is a micro-atx, meaning is about half the size of a normal atx motherboard. That has its advantages and disadvantages, but is mainly used for mini-tower cases in order to fit its size. Surprisingly Gigabyte was able to incorporate quite a bit of features into the small PCB. The slot A for the Athlon is located in the top corner as always, and there are three DIMMs for SDRAM.

There are only 3 PCI slots, 1 AGP slot, and no ISA slots. Before going out and buying this board, make sure you know that you´ll have to replace any products that use your PCI slot. If you´re not sure which that is, it´s the black one.
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