- NVIDIA GeForce 8300
- Phenom FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2
- DDR2 1066 * DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+ CPU for one DIMM per channel only.
Watch out with newer processors
01/13/2009
This review is from: ASUS M3N78-EM AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8300 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Pros:
Plenty of connections, HDMI, good integrated graphics, easy install, good documentation, great tech support from Asus.
Cons:
Over volts Athlon X2 7750, northbridge gets mighty toasty, limited overclock/voltage control, make sure to see ram support list for DDR2-1066
Overall Review:
This motherboard even with bios revision 502 over volts the Athlon X2 7750. On the stock heat sync with Arctic Silver 5, core temps were at 55C idle 59C load. This is because the motherboard was supplying it with 1.39-1.40 volts when AMD specifies 1.2-1.325. Called up Asus and was surprised to speak to someone in the US. Problem seemed to be a bios bug and he sent me a form to report it to R&D. Since i dont have time to wait for a new bios, I returned the proc and got a Phenom 8650 instead. Newegg is fabulous as always.
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- Bryce C.
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