A simple and inexpensive motherboard for the enthusiast or the first time builder, the Asus M2V is a great starting point for anyone wanting to build or upgrade a system. Equipped with an AMD socket AM2, suitable for Athlon 64 processors, including the X2 and FX series, the M2V is more than capable of handling anything you may want to run. Using the VIA K8T890 chipset the M2V supports up to 8GB's of DDR2 memory for those whose memory may be slipping (due to age, you know).
It also includes a gigabit Ethernet port, onboard 5.1 channel sound, and 2 SATA ports. With those 2 ports, the M2V lets you add multiple hard drives to the system through RAID 0 and RAID 1. And there also have an external SATA port for external SATA hard drive. For your expansion needs, you get multiple expansion slots -- including one x16, and one x1 PCIe slots, plus an additional four PCI slots. Build a solid system, the Asus M2V is a perfect place to start.
A simple and inexpensive motherboard for the enthusiast or the first time builder, the Asus M2V is a great starting point for anyone wanting to build or upgrade a system. Equipped with an AMD socket AM2, suitable for Athlon 64 processors, including the X2 and FX series, the M2V is more than capable of handling anything you may want to run. Using the VIA K8T890 chipset the M2V supports up to 8GB's of DDR2 memory for those whose memory may be slipping (due to age, you know).
It also includes a gigabit Ethernet port, onboard 5.1 channel sound, and 2 SATA ports. With those 2 ports, the M2V lets you add multiple hard drives to the system through RAID 0 and RAID 1. And there also have an external SATA port for external SATA hard drive. For your expansion needs, you get multiple expansion slots -- including one x16, and one x1 PCIe slots, plus an additional four PCI slots. Build a solid system, the Asus M2V is a perfect place to start.
AMD Socket AM2This motherboard supports AMD's Socket AM2-based CPUs, including the Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 FX and Athlon 64 series. With a 2000MHz system bus using Hyper Transport Technology and support for dual-channel DDR2 RAM, AM2 motherboards form the basis for phenomenal system performance
VIA K8T890+VT8237A ChipsetDesigned to fully meet increased system bandwidth demands, the VIA K8T890 features optimized support for the latest gen PCI Express graphics cards, Gigabit Ethernet and HDTV tuner cards as well as Hyper8 technology to exploit the full performance potential of the AMD platform.
SATA on the GoThe ASUS M2V supports next-generation Serial ATA (SATA) 3Gb/s-based hard drives. The external SATA port located on the back I/O panel provides easy setup and hot-plug functions so you can backup photos, videos and other multimedia content on external devices with ease.
ASUS Q-ConnectorWith the ASUS Q-Connector, connect or disconnect chassis front panel cables in one easy step with one complete module eliminating the trouble of plugging in one cable at a time for quick and accurate connections.
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3With the ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3, restore corrupted BIOS data from a USB flash disk containing the BIOS file without the hassle of buying a replacement BIOS chip.
Coaxial S/PDIF OutThis motherboard provides convenient connectivity to external home theater audio systems via a coaxial S/PDIF-out (SONY-PHILIPS Digital Interface) jack, to transfer digital audio without converting to the analog format while keeping the best signal quality.