Still own Lga 775 chips and this is about as far as you would want to utilise old legacy boards such a G41. Its more refined than G31, but not necessarily better.
For those who like to overclock Xeons and the last of the quad core Q**** chips.
The board is so refined that it does only what it was supposed to and not much more.
The board can actually show 4GB of DDR2 ram and claims to have 2.0Pci-e slot for GPU usage.
Overclocking is probmatic due to the high voltages it uses to get a foot on the overclocking ladder.
To see results of 3.5Ghz+ your voltages on this board can easily hit over 1.3V whilst a G31 board can hit 3.7Ghz with ease around 1.2v. Dependent upon the Xeon or Intel chip squeezing speed is hard from the G41 boards from Gigabyte.
The bios is smoother and more user friendly but you will find auto settings are actually useless compared to G31 bios settings. The Bios on the G41 barks back and defaults to basic settings to save you from doing damage, which takes longer to establish a decent overclock.
As a old legacy board for Lga 775's she does exactly what she should, just don't expect today’s speeds as a i3 sandy bridge would crush this on a good day!
The motherboard was packaged well, the IO shield was included and most importantly it works.
I am putting 4 stars because there was some slight damage however. The pins for the front audio panel were bent and one of the RAM clips was snapped off. However, I do not need the front audio and the RAM still fits in fine.
Overall I am definitely pleased with this purchase