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ASUS M4A78-E Motherboard - AMD 790GX, ATI Hybrid CrossFireX, PCIe 2.0, USB2.0, RAID, HDMI/DVI
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Item Number: A455-2417
Model: M4A78-E
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Asus M4A78-E Motherboard
Say hello to the Asus standard. We’re talking about Asus’s new M4A78-E AMD 790GX Socket AM2 motherboard. Built for the most powerful multimedia and gaming systems and for AMD Phenom II and Athlon X2, X3, & X4 processors in the Socket AM2+ and AM3 packages. This hot mobo features Dual Core Center, Live Update Online, Live Update 3 technologies. Based on the AMD 790GX and SB700 chipsets, this high-performance ATX platform supports HyperTransport 3.0 up to 2600MHz, dual-channel DDR2 1066, 800, 667MHz memory up to 16GB, PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (supports Hybrid CrossFireX Technology), SATA2, RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 10, or JBOD by AMD SB750, flexible 8 channel audio with jack sensing, Gbit LAN, and USB 2.0. Asus’s gone better than Gold, with their AMD 790GX Socket AM2+ motherboard. See incredibly realistic graphics thanks to the Radeon HD 3300 VGA core and HDMI, DVI, and VGA outputs. This is one of the greatest mobos you will find at this price range. Fully loaded and ready for multimedia.

What It Is & Why You Need It!

  • Provides superior energy-saving function and maintain an ultimate low temperature operation.
  • Excellent energy-saving capability and offers high-computing performance.
ATI CrossFireX™ Technology
ATI’s CrossFireX™ boosts image quality along with rendering speed, eliminating the need to scale down screen resolution to get high quality images. CrossFireX™ allows higher anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering, shading, and texture settings. Adjust your display configurations, experiment with the advanced 3D settings, and check the effects with a real-time 3D-rendered previews within ATI Catalyst™ Control Center.

Specifications

  Form Factor:  ATX
  Processor Socket:  AMD
  Processor Interface:  Socket AM2+
  Processors Supported:  AMD Athlon
  AMD Sempron
  AMD Phenom
  AMD Phenom II
  Additional Technologies:  HyperTransport 3.0 Technology
  DirectX10
  Multi-GPU Support:  CrossFireX Ready
  HyperTransport Bus:  2000 MT/s
  Northbridge:  AMD 790GX
  Southbridge:  AMD SB750
  Number of Slots:  4
  Number of Pins:  240-Pin
  Maximum Memory Supported:  4GB - 32bit
  16GB - 64bit
  Memory Type:  DDR2
  Memory Supported:  667MHz DDR2
  800MHz DDR2
  1200MHz DDR2 (OverClocking)
  1066MHz DDR2 (AM2+ CPU Only)
  Max. Memory Supported Per Slot:  4GB
  Channels:  8 Channels
  Video Chipset:  ATI Radeon HD 3300
  Rending Ability:  Hybrid CrossFireX Support
  DirectX 10 Graphics
  LAN Type:  10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit
  RAID Support:  Yes
  RAID Modes:  0
  0+1
  1
  10
  JBOD
  PCI Slots:  2
  PCI Express X1 Slots:  2
  PCI Express X16 Slots:  2
  PS/2 Keyboard Connectors:  1
  USB Ports:  12
  USB Rear Panel Ports:  4
  USB Onboard Headers:  4 - (expandable to 8 USB ports)
  LAN Ports:  1
  IDE Headers:  1
  FDD Headers:  1
  Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s Headers:  6
  ATX Power Connectors:  1 24-Pin Connector
  PC Power Connectors:  1 - 4 Pin
  S/PDIF Connectors:  1 - Optical
  VGA Ports:  1
  DVI Ports:  1
  HDMI Ports:  1
Customer Reviews and Rating  
Customer Rating:   4.6
Customer Reviews: 16

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Value 4.4
Features 4.6
Quality 4.5
Performance 4.9

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Some reservations
Reviewer:  Jack on  Nov 22, 2009
Customer Rating:    4.0
Value 4.0
Features 3.0
Quality 4.0
Performance 5.0

First of all, the RAID setup wasn't clear in the printed manual, although the downloaded manual was better. I'm having a lot of trouble with USB ports, only the ones on the board, not ones cabled to the board. Unresolved so far. Could be a defective board. Also to make matters worse for this problem, this board does NOT have a port for a PS2 mouse! Try working on USB problems with no mouse. First real problem I've had with an Asus MB.


Good Deal Solid Performer
Reviewer:  Griff on  Oct 23, 2009
Customer Rating:    4.5
Value 4.0
Features 4.0
Quality 5.0
Performance 5.0

Solid mobo. I have been using it for about 10 months and I haven't had any problems. RAID is easy to setup, BIOS is easy to update, overclocks like a madman, what's not to like?? I guess that it irritates me that they only put 5 SATA ports on the board, rather than 6 or 8 like some other manufacturers, but that's not a huge deal. FYI - the top PCIex16 slot is actually 8 lanes and not really 16....


Great mother Board
Reviewer:  Luis on  Oct 18, 2009
Customer Rating:    4.5
Value 4.0
Features 5.0
Quality 4.0
Performance 5.0

Great mobo for the money you pay, and it comes with great asus program to control the amount of usage in your computer.


AWSOME
Reviewer:  High Tech Redneck on  Oct 11, 2009
Customer Rating:    5.0
Value 5.0
Features 5.0
Quality 5.0
Performance 5.0

Very good value and awsome features. For the price, its great for already supporting AM3 cpu's. I popped in my new 720 BE, overclocked easy, and was ready for the 4 gigs of ddr2 memory I took out of my old system. It booted up the first time, and posted. I'm very happy with it, and can't wait to build a new system.


great board
Reviewer:  JIM on  Oct 11, 2009
Customer Rating:    5.0
Value 5.0
Features 5.0
Quality 5.0
Performance 5.0

Does everything I want. Has all kinds of extras: Crossfire, overclocking, quick startup without going to Windows.heat sinks on both the north and south bridge, etc. The only issue, I have with the mobo is that when a 1GB video card is used, you lose one of the two PCI ports. Otherwise, a great board for the price.


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ASUS M4A78-E Motherboard - AMD 790GX, ATI Hybrid CrossFireX, PCIe 2.0, USB2.0, RAID, HDMI/DVI
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Manufactured by: Asus
Mfg Part No: M4A78-E
UPC No: 610839169719
Box Size: ( Length: 11, Width: 13, Depth: 3 )
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