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

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 2.8 x 10.4 inches ; 3.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001TZT9MU
• Item model number: M4A78-E
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 25, 2009

Product Description

Product Description

ASUS, world-leading producer of motherboards, has launched the brand new M4 Series motherboards to fully support the AMD next generation AM3 processors. The Phenom II AM3 processors are able to support up to DDR 3 2000MHz memory speed, so DDR3 technology is finally realized in AMD platform. To unleash the AM3 processors' full potential, ASUS' constant development of the 8-Phase power design has resulted in superb performances - reaching an excellent 91% in power efficiency. With the ASUS TurboV's intuitive overclocking utility, and the easy-to-use ASUS Turbo Key, users can easily overclock and overvoltage the new processors like never before. The ASUS M4 Series thus brings the AM3 CPU performance into full play - providing users with the perfect choice for the AM3 processors usage.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

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

By	D. Tavaniello - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

0 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Dan S. Tong "avid SF reader" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.