... WTF was ASUS thinking about when they placed the power supply port on the far end of the opposite side of the board? Or when they placed the SATA ports so close to the HD bays? I've lost use of 2 HD bays, and had to push one HD way into the cabinet, almost into the HD fan. (No problem on the ... Read review
Product Description ASUS M2N68 PLUS - motherboard - ATX - nForce 630a Product ... more
Type Motherboard Form Factor ATX Dimensions (WxDxH) 30.5 cm x 20.3 cm Chipset Type NVIDIA nForce 630a Multi-Core Support Dual-Core / Triple-core / Quad-core Max Bus Speed 1000 MHz
Postage & Packaging:£4.49 Availability:Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
Product Description ASUS M2N68 PLUS - motherboard - ATX - nForce 630a Product ... more
Type Motherboard Form Factor ATX Dimensions (WxDxH) 30.5 cm x 20.3 cm Chipset Type NVIDIA nForce 630a Multi-Core Support Dual-Core / Triple-core / Quad-core Max Bus Speed 1000 MHz
Postage & Packaging:free Super Saver Delivery Availability:Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
Advantages: Very good cost/benefit ratio, like the overclocking, like the bios Disadvantages: very bad pin and port placement
...is pin placement. WTF was ASUS thinking about when they placed the power supply port on the far end of the opposite side of the board? Or when they placed the SATA ports so close to the HD bays? I've lost use of 2 HD bays, and had to push one HD way into the cabinet, almost into the HD fan. (No problem on the DVD bays).
Don't like the forward-facing IDE port, or the floppy port. Also very angry about the placement of the power switch/LED's/sound/reset/etc ... ...board which is a fantastic little plug that allows you to connect the individual connectors outside of the cabinet and then connect to the board as one plug. Fortunately it has the same format as the M2N68, but unfortunately I cannot use it because it raises the connectors too high, taking space from one of the only available HD bays. Good board, but very bad planning. Even on my large full-atx cabinet, connecting everything was an unpleasant challenge. ... more
The product performance is good, and definately worth the money. I like the bios, and the express OS built into it (30-second net access). Other good features include the cable connection diagnostics also built into the board. I have one major gripe however, and that is pin placement. WTF was ASUS thinking about when they placed the power supply port on the far end of the opposite side of the board? Or when they placed the SATA ports so close to the HD bays? I've lost use of 2 HD bays, and had to push one HD way into the cabinet, almost into the HD fan. (No problem on the DVD bays). Don't like the forward-facing IDE port, or the floppy port. Also very angry about the placement of the power switch/LED's/sound/reset/etc pins. I have a pin riser from a previous ASUS board which is a fantastic little plug that allows you to connect the individual connectors outside of the cabinet and then connect to the board as one plug. Fortunately it has the same format as the M2N68, but unfortunately I cannot use it because it raises the connectors too high, taking space from one of the only available HD bays. Good board, but very bad planning. Even on my large full-atx cabinet, connecting everything was an unpleasant challenge. I do not recommend this board for anyone with a slim or reduced-size cabinet, or anyone who works with 4 hd's.
And contrary to CIOS's description of 5 SATA ports, it has 4.
DMI 2.0 support, WfM 2.0 support, ASUS MyLogo2, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ACPI 2.0a support, SMBIOS 2.5 support
Hardware Features
ASUS Q-Fan, AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Technology, CrashFree BIOS 3, ASUS AI NET2
Manufacturer's product description
This motherboard supports AMD Socket AM2+ multi-core processors with unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power consumption. It features dual-channel DDR2 1066 memory support and accelerates data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport 3.0 based system bus. This motherboard supports AMD Socket AM2 Athlon/Sempron processors. It features 2000/1600 MT/s HyperTransport-based system bus, dual-channel un-buffered DDR2 800 memory support, and AMD Cool 'n' Quiet technology. This motherboard supports next-generation SATA hard drives based on the SATA 3Gb/s storage specification, allowing RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD configurations for five SATA connectors.
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