Gigabyte M61PME-S2 Motherboard

Main features

Gigabyte M61PME-S2P main features are:

• Socket: AM2.
• Chipset: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 northbridge and nForce 430 southbridge (integrated).
• Super I/O: ITE IT8718.
• Parallel IDE: One ATA-133 port (supporting two devices).
• Serial IDE: Two SATA-300 ports, controlled by the chipset.
• USB: 8 USB 2.0 ports (four soldered at back panel and for available as internal headers).
• FireWire (IEEE 1394a): No.
• On-board audio: Yes, produced by the chipset with the aid of a Realtek ALC883 codec (ten channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 192 kHz sampling rate for outputs and 96 kHz for inputs, 95 dB signal-to-noise ratio on analog outputs and 85 dB on inputs). No SPDIF outputs.
• Onboard video: Yes, produced by the GeForce 6100 chipset.
• On-board LAN: Yes, Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) produced by the chipset with the aid of a Realtek RTL8201CL transceiver.
• Buzzer: No.
• Power Supply: ATX12V.
• Slots: One PCI Express 1.0 x16, one PCI Express x1 and two standard PCI slots.
• Memory: Two DDR2-DIMM sockets (up to 8 GB of DDR2-800 or DDR2-1066, depending on the CPU).
• Number of CDs/DVDs provided: one drivers/utilities CD.
• Extra features: Japanese aluminum solid capacitors, 4-phase voltage regulator circuit with ferrite chokes, dual BIOS.
• More information: https://www.gigabyte.com.tw
• Average price in the US*: USD 94.00

* Researched at newegg.com on the day we published this First Look article.