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Think Twice...or Three TImes
- Pros: Great board layout. Incremental upgrade options. EZ-Flash BIOS.
- Cons: I've been building workstations and enthusiast machines for 15 years and this is quite possibly one of the worst boards I have ever encountered. It is beyond flaky with RAM (*regardless* of brand or speed). And it has an almost impossible time with 4 hard drives. (In my case, two of which are WDs and two of which are Seagates.) Every BIOS update is worse than the last, with the exception of the 7-series to the 8-series. I haven't been able to shut the machine down since I got it, because it magically loses *at least* one hard drive after a power off. Appalling quality. Appalling product.
- Other Thoughts: Don't waste your money. I would encourage anyone and everyone to stay away. It just isn't worth the hassle. Get a different board and a low-price video card. The sheer amount of stress and loss of productivity is simply unacceptable. ASUS used to make quality products that you would pay a premium for. I'm not sure what happened, because this is one of the most substandard products I have ever had the displeasure of working with.
Phenom II 940
4GB OCZ RAM (among other brands here in the shop, Corsair, Crucial, it doesn't matter.)
2x WD 500AAKS
2x Seagate 7200.10 320GB
Run for the hills.
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Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued Customer, We are sorry for this inconvenience. Please contact our Technical Support Department at http://vip.asus.com/eservice/techserv.aspx and reference case number "NE377530" so that we may get more details about your system configuration and assist you in resolving these issues you are experiencing. Best Regards, ASUS Support Team
buyer beware!! do your research
- Pros: very happy with newegg.com's quick shipping and service. will definitely shop newegg again. saved money on many items purchased versus shopping at other online computer parts stores. A+++
- Cons: as stated in the title, buyer beware and do your reasearch on the ASUS motherboard forum. after installing mobo, proc, ram, and vid cards, mobo would not POST. tried all troubleshooting suggestions offered on the forum, took mobo out and RMA-ed it to ASUS. board gone for like 2 weeks, got it back, reinstalled board, proc and ram and having same issue. many other members on forum also have problems getting this board to POST, some have RMA-ed their board too and with same result. will try sending it back to ASUS to get a refund. if that doesn't work, i guess i just bought a $138 hi-tech rectangular frisbee. going to buy a different board from different manufacturer. VERY disappointed with the whole experience, will not take a chance on ASUS again.
- Other Thoughts: couldn't give a "no egg" rating for this. if i could have, i would have. again, VERY DISAPPOINTED with product.
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Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued Customer, We would like to assist you in resolving your issues. Please contact us at APS_support@asus.com and reference case number NE375982 for assistance in resolving your issues. Best Regards, ASUS Support Team
3 month wait to see how it turned out and....
- Pros: Very nice board and very capable. Crossfire works nice, supports Phenom II's and DDR2 1066 with no down clocking issues like some boards have been having. Very affordable for the performance you get. Integrated HD 3300 works well too.
- Cons: Chipset does get a little warmer than the average board but then again I'm picky when it comes to heat. I did think it was weird that they are using the adjacent RAM slots together rather than alternating like my previous 2 boards but not that big of a deal
- Other Thoughts: I've worked with 3 of these boards in the last 3 months and so far, none of them have had ANY issues. One of which I setup a RAID array and it was easy, though a little time consuming. The biggest surprise on this board was the integrated HD 3300. It's actually pretty good. I wouldn't recommend it for gaming or anything but no doubt the average person just checking e-mail and searching the web would be more than satisfied and as soon as the day comes that they're not, you know it's easy to upgrade.
| Model |
| Brand |
ASUS |
| Model |
M3A78-T |
| 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 790GX |
| South Bridge |
AMD SB750 |
| Memory |
| Number of Memory Slots |
4×240pin |
| Memory Standard |
DDR2 1066 |
| Maximum Memory Supported |
16GB |
| Channel Supported |
Dual Channel |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16
(Dual x8 or Dual x16/x4; Triple x8/x4/x8) |
| PCI Express x1 |
1 |
| PCI Slots |
2 |
| Storage Devices |
| PATA |
1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max |
| SATA 3Gb/s |
5 |
| SATA RAID |
0/1/5/10 |
| Onboard Video |
| Onboard Video Chipset |
ATI Radeon HD 3300 |
| Onboard Audio |
| Audio Chipset |
Realtek ALC1200 |
| Audio Channels |
8 Channels |
| Onboard LAN |
| 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 |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
ATX |
| Dimensions |
12.0" x 9.6" |
| Power Pin |
24 Pin |
| Features |
| Features |
140W CPU Support
DDR3 1333 SidePort Memory Boost for IGP
AMD Hybrid CrossFireX Support
Quad-CrossFire Support |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
M3A78-T
Driver Disk
User Manual
Rear I/O Panel Shield
IDE/PATA Cable
FDD Cable
SATA Cable
4-pin to SATA Power Cable |
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Reviewed By: quantumz on 5/28/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
