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ASUS M2N68-VM AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

ASUS M2N68-VM Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

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Total Reviews:	38

2000mt/s?

Reviewed By: sockofillrepute on 4/5/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Decent price, good BIOS.

Cons: This board has an FSB with only 2000mt/s. Zotac has a board for the exact same price with 5200mt/s. A 2000mt/s FSB is ok if you're running a single core processor and DDR memory, but it doesn't move nearly enough data to put on the same board with a multi-core processor and DDRII memory. WAY TOO SLOW.

Other Thoughts: This problem is of course my fault for not truly understanding the importance of my FSB. I tried to upgrade my old system with board because it supported faster memory, a multi-core processor, and PCI-E graphics card; but it is all choked out by the tiny FSB.

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BOOOOO!!!

Reviewed By: on 3/30/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: would have been a good board if it worked.

Cons: DOA

Other Thoughts: RMA was quick and fairly painless.

Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued Customer,

We are sorry for this inconvenience. Please let us know if we can assist in the RMA process by contacting us at http://vip.asus.com/eservice/usa_rmaserv.aspx

Best Regards,

ASUS Support Team

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Great budget HTPC motherboard

Reviewed By: Max J on 3/21/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: The fact that it's price is under a $100 is as great of a selling point as anything and it's an especially great board for building an HTPC. The mATX form factor also makes the board perfect for building an out-of-the-way PC.

Cons: I am mainly a Linux user so when I built my HTPC with this board I expected the system to work out-of-the-box. The big issue I had was that now I was dealing with a system that used digital audio instead of analog. In short, if you are going to use Linux on your system make sure you use ALSA v1.0.19 and make sure that you unmute IEC958 in the alsamixer.

Other Thoughts: It took a week or so of working on the problem of the audio, which was quite nerve-wracking and hard to find straight-forward information for. So, hopefully my experiance here will alleviate others' problems.

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Model
Brand	ASUS
Model	M2N68-VM
Supported CPU
CPU Socket Type	AM2+/AM2
CPU Type	Phenom FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2
FSB	1000MHz Hyper Transport (2000 MT/s)
Chipsets
North Bridge	NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV
Memory
Number of Memory Slots	4×240pin
Memory Standard	DDR2 1066
Maximum Memory Supported	8GB
Channel Supported	Dual Channel
Expansion Slots
PCI Express x16	1
PCI Express x1	1
PCI Slots	2
Storage Devices
PATA	1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max
SATA 3Gb/s	3
SATA RAID	0/1/5/10/JBOD
Onboard Video
Onboard Video Chipset	NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV
Onboard Audio
Audio Chipset	VIA VT1708B
Audio Channels	8 Channels
Onboard LAN
Max LAN Speed	10/100/1000Mbps
Rear Panel Ports
PS/2	1
Video Ports	D-Sub + DVI
HDMI	1 x HDMI
USB 1.1/2.0	6 x USB 2.0
eSATA	1 x eSATA 3Gb/s
S/PDIF Out	1 x Optical
Audio Ports	6 Ports
Onboard USB
Onboard USB	3 x USB 2.0 connector supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports
Physical Spec
Form Factor	Micro ATX
Dimensions	9.6" x 9.6"
Power Pin	24 Pin
Packaging
Package Contents	M2N68-VM Driver Disk User Manual Rear I/O Panel Shield IDE/PATA Cable SATA Cable 4-pin to SATA Power Cable

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