GIGABYTE GA-Gaming B8 LGA1151 Intel ATX 2-Way Crossfire DDR4 USB 3.1 USB Type-C RGB Fusion M.2 Smart Fan 5 Motherboard

I'm running two rigs flawlessly using these boards. Both running Windows 10 Home. One rig has 10 RX 580 cards mining ethereum and the other has 12 nVidia cards (mix of GTX 1070, 1070 Ti, and 1080) mining ZCash. Setup was painless since the BIOS was already tweaked for mining with multiple GPUs. It comes with extras out of the box to simplify setup for mining rigs: 1) an integrated circuit board with the power and reset buttons to install directly on the MB and 2) adapter cable for connecting multiple power supplies (necessary when connecting more than 5 GPUs). Use a 7th generation Celeron processor (Intel BX80677G3930 7th Gen Celeron Desktop Processors) so it's compatible with the 1151 socket and the chipset on this board.The rigs have been running for months without any issue. I occasionally remote into them to check status. In the months I've been running these, I think I had to reboot each rig only once. I highly recommend these boards for mining - the price is great and they are easy to setup and super reliable.

Finally, a MB that works with core intel I5 Kaby Lake CPU!!! I'm a new builder and did not get the public service announcement about Kaby Lake until the 3rd MB in. Had me thinking I was crazy! Otherwise, the MB works great. Has plenty of expansion promise and is easy to install hardware. I'm not crazy about the lack of a detailed manual but online provides all the resources. Its something about having a hard copy manual that I like. Bios is easy to understand, especially being a newbie. It was decently priced, seeing as how I cant tell the difference between high end just yet besides price. I think this puppy will take me far!!

If you are a person who is new to building computers or are just looking for a good motherboard, the GIGABYTE GA-B250-HD3 is a solid starting point. Not only is it affordable motherboard compared to other motherboards, it’s durable and has many different qualities that you would look for. It comes with a dual channel non-ECC unbuffered DDR4 with 4 slots, 2-way crossfire multi-graphics support, and a M.2 SSD slot. Something that you should keep in mind is that since this motherboard is equipped with a B250 chipset, you can’t overclock it. However, there is zero power throttling and the M.2 NVME SSD’s can be easily overclocked flawlessly to 3200Mhz. The motherboard also comes with 4 fan outputs that will allow your new build to be kept cool and functioning without any worries about overheating. This motherboard is also on the lower end of scale when it comes to energy consumption, so it is perfect if you are looking for a reliable motherboard that consumes less energy.This motherboard is also user friendly, and it comes with everything that you would need to install it. This includes a full set of screws, a M.2 SDD screw mount, and a well pictured guide about the different things on the motherboard itself. It will clearly tell you what every slot is used for and the type of screws that go into the motherboard itself. This will help you resolve any confusion that you might face if this is your first time building a computer by yourself, or if you are just new to this type of motherboard.This motherboard also comes with software that you can use to change its core settings with ease. You can get this software online, or through the CD that is included with the packaging. You can use this software to monitor many different things like the temperature of your motherboard, how much memory is in use, or even how fast your fans are running. It also comes with free software updates from the official Gigabyte website that provides BIOS upgrades as soon as they are available.Overall, if you are a person who is building their first computer or you want a reliable and affordable motherboard, the GIGABYTE GA-B250-HD3 is the motherboard for you.

It's cheap and does its job. The bios was easy to navigate through and it filled my needs as a low end motherboard. It also has enough usb ports for all my random crap. Finally, i'm no audio expert, but to me, low end sounds seemed to be more dominant than the mids and highs. But that's just my feelings.HOWEVER! I want to be specific to those who are looking at motherboards, this mobo does have it's issues. While they didn't affect me as much, they may affect you!1. This is NOT a full size matx board, and therefore it only comes with 3 pcie slots. This means that if you have a large gpu, then you will NOT be able to use any sort of pcie 1x gear like wifi adapters, sound cards, etc.2. There are only 2 fan headers, meaning one for you cpu cooler, and 1 for you case. If you have more fan cases, then you'll have to use a splitter or use a case fan controller. I should also note that the cpu fan header is located on the top side of the board, which is a bit inconvenient depending on your build and case fan placement.3. If I remember properly, it only comes with 2 sata cables. It was enough for me (ssd and hd), but if you have more drives, just keep that in mind.

Did not work well and died after only three weeks of purchase if I was you, I would get myself a cheap Asus motherboard

The GA-B250M-DS3H motherboard is a nice entry level system board for a standard desktop. It took only a few minutes to unpack and install when building a new system. One potential drawback (in my opinion) is the documentation. Even after referring to the manual available on the website, it was still not clearly identified in print what pins on the board were for which front panel indicator lights. The printed labels on the motherboard are tiny and the manual doesn't seem to help. The ATX power 24 pin connection was obvious. It wasn't so obvious I only needed to connect a 4 pin power connector from the power supply to one end of the 8 pin ATX 12v connector on the motherboard (for CPU power).