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 microATX 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
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>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 ...
Advantages: High performance, Low cost, Disadvantages: Support Up to 4 Gb of RAM
Asus is a trusted Motherboard manufacturer. It is known for producing reliable, cheap and good performance motherboard.
I have recently configured a New Desktop having an ASUS N73-AM motherboard installed on it. I have checked the PC for different environment like Gaming, Programming, General surfing etc. I find it a Good Performer and graphics is also ok.
The main features of this motherboard are:
-Supports Intel 45 nm multi-core processors(bothe core 2 duo and quard)
- FSB 1333/1066/800/533 MHz (1333 Mhz for faster data transfer)
- DDR2 800(OC)/667/533 (Up to 800 Mhz Fsb for great performance)
- NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / nForce 610i
- Integrated NVIDIA CineFX 3.0 graphics(Good for Gaming)
- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s with RAID function (Faster data Access)
- 8-channel High Definition Audio(Connect 8 channels at a time..Parallel 3 ...
Advantages: Cheap, Up to date, Loads of functions and features Disadvantages: Onboard Graphic uses sytem memory
I brought this motherborad for my custom built media centre pc about 3 months ago the specs are:
CPU
- Designed for AMD® Socket AM2 Processors with 2000MT/s system bus using Hyper Transport Technology
- AMD® Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
Chipset
- NVIDIA® GeForce®7050PV/nForce 630a
- Dual Head Display Controller Full NVIDIA nView multi-display technology capability, with independent display controllers for one digital HDTV and one analog monitor.
Memory
- 4 X 240-pin DIMM sockets support max. memory capacity 8GB
- Supports Dual Channel DDR2 800 un-buffered ECC / Non-ECC memory
HDMI
- Integrated TMDS interface with HDCP key
Graphics
- Integrated GeForce7Series Shader model 3.0 DirectX9 graphics
- Programmable PureVideo HD Video Processor
LAN
- Gigabit Ethernet (Marvell 88E1116)
Audio
- On board 7.1 CH HD ...
