New Intel X79 Motherboard LGA 2011 mATX DDR3 or ECC/REG USB 3.0 WiFi OC

This board arrived promptly and the packaging was intact. Last week I obtained a PC that had a full-size ATX motherboard (ASUS P9X79 Pro) which was inside this GIGANTIC red case (NZXT Phantom 410). The PC was just way too big. I came across this motherboard, which allowed me to transplant my i7-4820K into a smaller case (Thermaltake Core V21). At first the system powered on, but nothing was displayed. I was quite worried that the board was a dud. I checked all the connections and swapped out the video card but I had no luck. I was starting to lose hope. I then took out one of the sticks of RAM, and it booted up properly. I put the stick of RAM back in, and it booted up fine. Perhaps the stick of RAM wasn't seated properly. Regardless, there was no beeping noise or blinking lights to tell you something was wrong. I'm not a fan of the DIMM slot locks or the PCIe lock but I don't plan on adding/removing components so they should hold up. There is only ONE 3-pin fan connector on this board. I'm going to have to use a molex to 3-pin adapter to connect the other fan I have. Wish it had more than 2 DIMM slots. Came with a tiny USB WLAN dongle (that I almost threw away!) which is a nice add-in. I hope this board holds up.

No frills, intel layout motherboard. Don't expect much support, the manual was a photocopy of something I'm not sure was this motherboard, but if you are looking at this board you are desperate and already know what you're doing. Comes with a wi-fi dongle which you can throw away. Built it with an old i75820, old msi r9 390 and some old (partially bad) ram, 750 watt in a brightly lit cosair case with cosair water block. Colorful and gets my daughter 60 fps in fortnite and gets her off my computer.

This motherboard came on time and in good shape. It was a very cost effective way of continuing the use of an older i7 processor rather can go to a completely new computer. Since the chipset was the same as my older board I was able to simply transfer the hard drive and boot right up. Simple, cost effective, and time saving solution.

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