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- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years
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Great board
- Pros: -Great setup for a mATX
-Wonderful BIOS
-Good company
- Cons: -High northbridge temp (83-95 Celsius)
-Temp sensors are a little wonky, some say the NB sensor is 20-25 deg too high but i think its spot on, just runs too hot.
-Sometimes the CPU and NB can get a little hot together when playing HD material, but a nice case fan and some smart tweaking can fix the problem.
- Other Thoughts: The northbridge is actually made to run that hot. Youll proabably see on forums that people are complaining about how hot it gets, but GB fitted the board with a bigger heatsink on rev 1.1, and that is what this board is. Still runs hot but aparantly it's supposed to and i have had no probles at all. Conveniantly boils my water so i can make tea.
good boared
- Pros: good for the money great overclocking ablility lots of functions for overclocking
- Cons: thermal past had the board runinig a little hot
Excellent low-power board
- Pros: Everything I needed is built into this board; I have a system with no addon cards whatsoever. The video performance is adequate, feeling roughly equal to the 6600GT it replaced. With a 4850e X2 CPU, 2x2GB Corsair RAM, and a 80+ PSU, I have a system that idles at 50 watts at the wall socket. That includes 2 older hard drives; with one newer 'green' drive idle consumption could be down to near 40 watts for a complete system.
- Cons: Windows XP will only recognize 2.75GB of the 3.5GB available for system RAM. (4GB installed, minus 0.5GB for video RAM.) This is Windows' fault, not the motherboard's. Since the RAM was only $25 after rebate, it's really hard to complain.
- Other Thoughts: This was a drop-in replacement for an old Asus A7N8X; I replaced the motherboard/CPU/RAM, reusing all the other bits (drives/case/etc.). I didn't even have to reinstall Windows. I have not yet tried the HDMI out. I plan to, and assuming that goes well will probably buy another board and build a MythTV box out of it.
| Model |
| Brand |
GIGABYTE |
| Model |
GA-MA78GM-S2H |
| Supported CPU |
| CPU Socket Type |
AM2+/AM2 |
| CPU Type |
Phenom FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 |
| FSB |
2600MHz Hyper Transport (5200 MT/s) |
| Chipsets |
| North Bridge |
AMD 780G |
| South Bridge |
AMD SB700 |
| Memory |
| Number of Memory Slots |
4×240pin |
| Memory Standard |
DDR 2 1066/800
(Whether 1066 MHz memory speed is supported depends on the CPU being used) |
| Maximum Memory Supported |
16GB |
| Channel Supported |
Dual Channel |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
1 |
| PCI Express x1 |
1 |
| PCI Slots |
2 |
| Storage Devices |
| PATA |
1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max |
| SATA 3Gb/s |
5 |
| SATA RAID |
0/1/10 |
| Onboard Video |
| Onboard Video Chipset |
ATI Radeon HD 3200 |
| Onboard Audio |
| Audio Chipset |
Realtek ALC889A |
| Audio Channels |
8 Channels |
| Onboard LAN |
| LAN Chipset |
Realtek 8111C |
| Max LAN Speed |
10/100/1000Mbps |
| Rear Panel Ports |
| PS/2 |
2 |
| Video Ports |
D-Sub + DVI |
| HDMI |
1 x HDMI |
| USB 1.1/2.0 |
4 x USB 2.0 |
| IEEE 1394 |
1 x IEEE 1394a |
| eSATA |
1 x eSATA 3Gb/s |
| S/PDIF Out |
1 x Optical |
| Audio Ports |
6 Ports |
| Onboard USB |
| Onboard USB |
8 x USB 2.0 |
| Onboard 1394 |
| Onboard 1394 |
1x 1394a |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
Micro ATX |
| Dimensions |
9.6" x 9.6" |
| Windows Vista |
Certified for Windows Vista |
| Power Pin |
24 Pin |
| Features |
| Features |
Integrated ATI Radeon HD3200-based graphics (DX10)
Ultimate graphics performance with PCI-E 2.0 x16 interface
Integrated SATA 3Gb/s with RAID function
Features high speed Gigabit Ethernet and IEEE1394
High quality 106dB SNR ALC889A HD audio
Integrated HDMI/ DVI interface with HDCP |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
GA-MA78GM-S2H
Driver Disk
User Manual
Rear I/O Panel Shield
IDE/PATA Cable
FDD Cable
SATA Cable |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
3 years limited |
| Labor |
3 years limited |
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3x Winner of Customer Choice Award - AMD Motherboards
Reviewed By: matthew798 on 12/5/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
