Asus M4A78-E Socket AM2+/ AMD 790GX/ Hybrid CrossFireX/ HDMI/ A&V&GbE/ ATX Motherboard

by Asus

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 2.8 x 10.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001TZT9MU
• Item model number: M4A78-E
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,022 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 25, 2009

Product Description

M4A78-E Desktop Board delivers a host of new features and latest technologies, making it another standout in the long line of ASUS quality motherboards. It supports AMD Socket AM2+ multi-core processors. It features dual-channel DDR2 1066 memory support, data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport 3.0 based system bus, and AMD Cool ''n'' Quiet Technology. This motherboard also supports the latest AMD AM3 CPUs and AMD CPUs in the new 45nm manufacturing process.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Board, December 16, 2009

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Jason Soto - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Asus M4A78-E Socket AM2+/ AMD 790GX/ Hybrid CrossFireX/ HDMI/ A&V&GbE/ ATX Motherboard (Personal Computers)

I have always use asus on my builts and never had nothing bad to say about them.. Really reliable...Lots of OC bios options. I bought this one for my gaming rig, Specs.

AMD Phenom II X3 720 @3.4 1.4v
Cooler Master V8
Asus M4A78-E 790gx/SB750
4Gb OCZ REAPER HPC PC6400 @800Mhz 4-4-4-12 2T 2.1v
1x320Gb Sata HD, 1x500Gb Sata HD, 1x Sata DVDRW
Evga GTX 260 760/1530/1300
PNY GTS 250 740/1835/1100 ( Dedicated Physx )
Corsair CMPSU 750TX
Cooler Master HAF922 3x200mm 2x120mm

Everything running flawlessly.....

5.0 out of 5 stars ASUS IS THE BEST, September 14, 2009

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D. Tavaniello - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Asus M4A78-E Socket AM2+/ AMD 790GX/ Hybrid CrossFireX/ HDMI/ A&V&GbE/ ATX Motherboard (Personal Computers)

Great product, built tough. What else can I say, you just have to use it to appreciate it.

2 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Warning for KVM users, April 15, 2009

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Dan S. Tong "avid SF reader" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Asus M4A78-E Socket AM2+/ AMD 790GX/ Hybrid CrossFireX/ HDMI/ A&V&GbE/ ATX Motherboard (Personal Computers)

The latest generation of Asus Motherboards have created a horrible compatibility problem for users of KVMs (box to share Keyboard, Video, Mouse between more than one computer) because they only provide a single PS/2 kbd input connector and fail to provide PS/2 mouse input connector. Most KVM's use PS/2 mouse and PS/2 kbd inputs to allow the sharing of KVM with more than a single computer. I have tried various USB-PS/2 mouse and kbd adapters and they do not work with these Asus Motherboards. It's a very dumb design decision. If you have USB mice and keyboards -they will always work just fine with motherboards that have dedicated PS/2 inputs, but if there is only a single PS/2 connector than your KVM will not work except for either the Kbd or the Mouse.
Other manufacturers Gigabyte or MSI have not created such a compatibility problem -so they will get all of my business.
If you don't use a KVM or have a new model that allows USB sharing -you can disregard this warning -you will not experience any problems.