I've got a G1610 (non T) and a H77 mobo, I've only been using it for about a week, but so far no complaints. I'm running Linux Mint with the Cinnamon DE and it's very snappy, I installed the OS from a USB 3.0 flash drive and it only took a couple minutes, I don't know if the USB 3.0 and SATA 6gb/s really made much real world difference, but I've never installed an OS so quickly. It runs cool with the stock cooler, and hasn't stumbled on any of the tasks I've thrown at it (mostly streaming video from youtube, vimeo, hulu, etc.) I'd recommend the processor for a low end system.