ASUS M2A-VM - motherboard - micro ATX - AMD 690G

ASUS AMD Athlon Motherboard

Advantages: HDTV output, supports AMDs Cool 'n' Quiet
Disadvantages: Only one lan

The ASUS M2NPV-VM Motherboard for AMD single-core Athlon 64/ Sempron and Dual-core Athlon 64 X2/ Athlon FX processors using socket AM2 is very user friendly, I went with AMDs 64 x2 3800+ processor in the beginning then moved up to 4200+ 2Gb Ram without any hassle, very easy to setup and fits easily in a standard ATX case. A possible downside to the board is that it has a limited number of slots due to being a micro ATX sized board. That's not a big deal for me as the only two cards I'll be buying in the future is Graphics and a extra Lan card. Board Layout `````````````````` >In the upper right hand corner of the motherboard are the ATX 24 pin power connector, Floppy disk connector, Game/Midi port connector and four DDR2 slots. These DDR2 slots support a maximum memory capacity of 8GB and the frequencies supported is DDR2-800MHz/667 ...

JGK555 31.01.2007 · Read full review
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Review of ASUS M2NPV-VM - motherboard - micro ATX - GeForce 6150

ASUS M4A78 PRO motherboard

Advantages: cheapest i could find with UK online retailer
Disadvantages: open box item

REVIEW FOR ASUS M4A78 PRO purchased from LUCMOS.CO.UK PROS: Built in video (VGA, HDMI, DVI), fiber optic out, RAID 0,1,5,10, JBOD; capable of locating and flashing bios under windows; 6 SATA slots, potential of 12 USB; 3 PCI slots handy to recycle various cards from old computer (ie old TV card) CONS: Bios only partially recognizes my Microsoft wireless photo keyboard set (mouse, not keyboard); Utilizing the optical out blocks one USB out (TOO CLOSE TOGETHER), No Firewire inputs on board (yet STILL with COM1 and floppy inputs?!) Other Thoughts: This was an open box item for 65 quid all in which Lucmpos indicates will not ship with the full complement of stuff, but I was expecting the I/O backing to at least cover up the back of my tower for this system of outputs...Alas, no. This baby shipped with just the board and non else ...

ojlloyd 09.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of ASUS M4A78 PRO - motherboard - ATX - AMD 780G

first motherboard. brillaint.

Advantages: absolutley stunning. easy to set up.
Disadvantages: havent found any.

I used this motherboard on my first home made computer. I must say that it worked a treat. I fitted to it an AMD 6000+ X2 processor,4GB R.A.M, 1000GB Hard drive space, Blue Ray Reader. 512MB graphics card...and some other small components. I have never seen a motherboard before that came with absolutley everything you would need one one for this price, 7.1 surround sound, integrated graphics including a HDMI slot, 4USB ports on the back... it just had everything. And above all that It went together like a computer should, very easy with no problems. It took me about 2 hours to built it, this wasnt includint the operating system though. I had absolutley no problems with it what so ever. I have read some other reviews about this motherboard before I brought it and they have stated that the BIOS is a tad confusing, i havent found it ...

jammyjammed 23.11.2007 · Read full review
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