ASUS M4A79 Deluxe AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard. Get in on the AM3 revolution with this high-powered Asus AMD 770 Socket AM3 ATX motherboard. Built for AMD Socket AM3 Phenom II as well as AMD's AM2+ Phenom FX, Phenom X4, Phenom X2, Athlon X2, Sempron, AMD Socket AM2 Athlon 64X2, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64, and Sempron CPUs, the Asus is an ideal platform for extreme PCs capable of spectacular gaming and multimedia performance. Based on the AMD 790FX/SB750 chipset, the Asus M4A79 Deluxe Motherboard is compatible with processors with up to 5200 MT/s FSB, and supports HyperTransport 3.0, DDR2 1066, 800, 667, and 533 memory up to 16GB, PCIe X16/x1, PCI, SATA 3Gb/s with RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10, Gigabit LAN, high-definition 8-channel audio, and USB 2.0. And the offers numerous ASUS Al Lifestyle and overclocking features (please see complete list in specifications below), to provide unprecedented performance for a motherboard in this affordable price range. This mobo is loaded with CrossFireX support, and eSATA! If you’re ready to build powerhouse AM3 system, Asus has the perfect motherboard to anchor your new PC – the AMD 790FX Socket AM3 motherboard.


Features:

• O.C. DDR2 1300
• AMD AM3 CPU support
• 8+2 Phase Power Design
• EPU
• TurboV
• Turbo Key
• Precision Tweaker 2
• ASUS Anti-Surge Protection
• Express Gate
• ATI CrossFireX™ Technology Support
• Support 45nm Phenom™ II CPU
• AMD 140W CPU Support


Specifications:

CPU:
AMD AM3/AM2+/AM2 ;Phenom™II /Athlon™II /Phenom™ / Athlon™ /Sempron™ Processors
AMD 140W CPU Support
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology
Support 45nm Phenom™ II CPU
Chipset:
AMD 790FX/SB750
System Bus:
Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface for AM3 / AM2+ CPU
2000 / 1600 MT/s for AM2 CPU
Memory:
4 x DIMM, Max. 16 GB, DDR2 1300(O.C.)/1200(O.C.)/1066*/800/667 ECC, Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel memory architecture
Expansion Slots:
4 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots, support ATI CrossFireX™ technology (@ dual x16, triple x16 / x8 / x8, or quad x8 link)
2 x PCI 2.2
Storage:
SB750 Chipset
1 xUltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices
5 x SATA 3 Gb/s ports Support RAID 0,1,5,10,JBOD
1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port
LAN:
Realtek® 8112 Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2
Audio:
Realtek® ALC1200 8 -Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC
ASUS Noise Filtering
Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel Jack-Retasking
Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF Out ports at back I/O
IEEE 1394:
VIA® VT6315N controller supports 2 x 1394a ports (1 at mid-board; 1 at back panel)
USB:
12 USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel)
ASUS Unique Features:
ASUS Power Solutions:
- 8+2 Phase Power Design
- ASUS Anti-Surge Protection
ASUS Green Design:
- EPU
*ASUS EPU is supported by AM2+/AM3 CPU only.
- ASUS AI Nap
Express Gate
ASUS Quiet Thermal Solutions:
- ASUS Fanless Design: Heat pipe solution
- ASUS Fanless Design: Stack Cool 2
- ASUS Q-Fan 2
ASUS EZ DIY:
- ASUS Q-Shield
- ASUS Q-Connector
- ASUS O.C. Profile
- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2
- ASUS EZ Flash 2
- Onboard Switch
Overclocking Features:
Intelligent overclocking tools:
- AI Overclocking (Intelligent CPU Frequency Tuner)
- TurboV
- Turbo Key
Precision Tweaker 2:
- vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.0125V increment
- vChipset (NB): 16-step Chipset voltage control
- vDIMM: 36-step DRAM voltage control
SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection):
- FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 600MHz at 1MHz increment
- PCI Express frequency tuning from 100MHz up to 150MHz at 1MHz increment
Overclocking Protection:
- ASUS C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall)
Special Features:
100% High-quality Japan-made Conductive Polymer Capacitors! (5000hrs VRM, over 57 years operation lifespan at 65°C)
ASUS MyLogo 2
AMD® OverDrive Support
Back Panel I/O Ports:
1 x PS/2 keyboard port (Purple)
1 x PS/2 mouse port (Green)
1 x S/PDIF Out port (Coaxial)
1 x S/PDIF Out port (Optical)
1 x External SATA port
1 x IEEE1394a port
1 x LAN (RJ45) port
6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
8-channel Audio I/O ports
Internal I/O Connectors:
3 x USB connectors support additional 6 USB ports
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector
5 x SATA connectors
1 x IEEE 1394a connector
1 x CPU Fan connector
1 x Power Fan connector
1 x COM connector
Front panel audio connector
Chassis Intrusion connector
2 x Chassis Fan connectors
1 x S/PDIF Out header
CD audio in
24-pin ATX Power connector
System Panel (Q-Connector)
8-pin ATX 12V Power connector
1 x Power on Switch
1 x Reset Switch
BIOS:
8 Mb Flash ROM
AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0a, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2
Manageability:
WOL by PME, WOR by PME, WOR by Ring, Chasis Intrusion, PXE
ATX Form Factor:
12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )

The following table shows the supported CPUs for this Motherboard:

Athlon IIX2 215(ADX215OCK22GQ)2.7GHz512KBrev.C265WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX2 225(ADX225OCK22GM)2.9GHz512KBrev.C365WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX2 235e(AD235EHDK23GQ)2.7GHz1MBrev.C245WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX2 240(ADX240OCK23GQ)2.8GHz1MBrev.C265WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX2 240e(AD240EHDK23GM)2.8GHz1MBrev.C345WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX2 240e(AD240EHDK23GQ)2.8GHz1MBrev.C245WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX2 245(ADX245OCK23GM)2.9GHz1MBrev.C265WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX2 245(ADX245OCK23GQ)2.9GHz1MBrev.C265WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX2 245e(AD245EHDK23GM)2.9GHz1MBrev.C345WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX2 250(ADX250OCK23GM)3.0GHz1MBrev.C365WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX2 250(ADX250OCK23GQ)3.0GHz1MBrev.C265WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX2 250e(AD250EHDK23GM)3.0GHz1MBrev.C345WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX2 255(ADX255OCK23GM)3.1GHz512KBrev.C365WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX2 255(ADX255OCK23GQ)3.1GHz1MBrev.C265WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX2 260(ADX260OCK23GM)3.2GHz1MBrev.C365WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX2 265(ADX265OCK23GM)3.3GHz1MBrev.C365WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX2 270(ADX270OCK23GM)3.4GHz1MBrev.C365WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX3 400e(AD400EHDK32GI)2.2GHz512KBrev.C245WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX3 405e(AD405EHDK32GI)2.3GHz512KBrev.C245WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX3 405e(AD405EHDK32GM)2.3GHz512KBrev.C345WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX3 420e(AD420EHDK32GM)2.6GHz512KBrev.C345WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX3 425( ADX425WFK32GI)2.7GHz512KBrev.C295WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX3 435( ADX435WFK32GI)2.9GHz512KBrev.C295WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX3 435( ADX435WFK32GM)2.9GHz512KBrev.C395WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX3 440( ADX440WFK32GI)3.0GHz512KBrev.C295WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX3 440( ADX440WFK32GM)3.0GHz512KBrev.C395WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX3 445( ADX445WFK32GM)3.1GHz512KBrev.C395WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX3 450(ADX450WFK32GM)3.2GHz512KBrev.C395WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX3 455(ADX455WFK32GM)3.3GHz512KBrev.C395WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX4 600e(AD600EHDK42GI)2.2GHz512KBrev.C245WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX4 605e(AD605EHDK42GI)2.3GHz512KBrev.C245WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX4 605e(AD605EHDK42GM)2.3GHz512KBrev.C345WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX4 610e(AD610EHDK42GM)2.4GHz512KBrev.C345WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX4 615e(AD615EHDK42GM)2.5GHz512KBrev.C345WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX4 620(ADX620WFK42GI)2.6GHz512KBrev.C295WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX4 630(ADX630WFK42GI)2.8GHz512KBrev.C395WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX4 630(ADX630WFK42GM)2.8GHz512KBrev.C395WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX4 635(ADX635WFK42GI)2.9GHz512KBrev.C295WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX4 635(ADX635WFK42GM)2.9GHz512KBrev.C395WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX4 640(ADX640WFK42GM)3.0GHz512KBrev.C395WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX4 645(ADX645WFK42GM)3.1GHz512KBrev.C395WSocketAM3
Athlon IIX4 650(ADX650WFK42GM)3.2GHz512KBrev.C395WSocketAM3
Athlon X2 5200+(GM)2.3GHz1MBrev.C365WAD5200OCK22GMSocketAM3
Phenom IIX2 545 (HDX545WFK2DGI)3.0GHz80Wrev.C2SocketAM3Dual-Core
Phenom IIX2 545( HDX545WFK2DGM)3.0GHz512KBrev.C380WSocketAM3
Phenom IIX2 550 (HDZ550WFK2DGI)3.1GHz80Wrev.C2SocketAM3Dual-Core
Phenom IIX2 550( HDX550WFK2DGM)3.1GHz512KBrev.C380WSocketAM3
Phenom IIX2 555( HDZ555WFK2DGM)3.2GHz512KBrev.C380WSocketAM3
Phenom IIX2 560(HDZ560WFK2DGM)3.3GHz512KBrev.C380WSocketAM3
Phenom IIX2 565(HDZ565WFK2DGM)3.4GHz512KBrev.C380WSocketAM3
Phenom IIX2 570(HDZ570WFK2DGM)3.5GHz512KBrev.C380WSocketAM3
Phenom IIX3 700e (HD700EOCK3DGI)2.4GHz65Wrev.C2SocketAM3Triple-Core
Phenom IIX3 705e (HD705EOCK3DGI)2.5GHz65Wrev.C2SocketAM3Triple-Core
Phenom IIX3 710 (HDX710WFK3DGI)2.6GHz95Wrev.C2SocketAM3Triple-Core
Phenom IIX3 720 (HDX720WFK3DGI)2.8GHz95Wrev.C2SocketAM3Triple-Core
Phenom IIX3 720 (HDZ720WFK3DGI)2.8GHz95Wrev.C2SocketAM3Triple-Core
Phenom IIX3 740 (HDZ740WFK3DGI)3.0GHz95Wrev.C2SocketAM3Triple-Core
Phenom IIX4 805 (HDX805WFK4FGI)2.5GHz95Wrev.C2SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 810 (HDX810WFK4FGI)2.6GHz95Wrev.C2SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 820 (HDX820WFK4FGI)2.8GHz95Wrev.C2SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 840 (HDX840WFK42GM)3.2GHz95Wrev.C3SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 900e (HD900EOCK4DGI)2.4GHz65Wrev.C2SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 905e (HD905EOCK4DGI)2.5GHz65Wrev.C2SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 905e (HD905EOCK4DGM)2.5GHz65Wrev.C3SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 910 (HDX910WFK4DGI)2.6GHz95Wrev.C2SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 910E(HD910EOCK4DGM)2.6GHz65Wrev.C3SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 925 (HDX925WFK4DGI)2.8GHz95Wrev.C2SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 925 (HDX925WFK4DGM)2.8GHz95Wrev.C3SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 945 (HDX945FBK4DGI)3.0GHz125Wrev.C2SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 945 (HDX945WFK4DGI)3.0GHz2048KB95Wrev.C2SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 945 (HDX945WFK4DGM)3.0GHz2048KB95Wrev.C3SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 955 (HDX955FBK4DGI)3.2GHz125Wrev.C2SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 955 (HDX955FBK4DGM)3.2GHz125Wrev.C3SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 955 (HDX955WFK4DGM)3.2GHz125Wrev.C3SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 955 (HDZ955FBK4DGI)3.2GHz125Wrev.C2SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 955 (HDZ955FBK4DGM)3.2GHz125Wrev.C3SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 960 (HDX960WFK4DGM)3.3GHz95Wrev.C3SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 965 (HDZ965FBK4DGI)3.4GHz140Wrev.C2SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 965 (HDZ965FBK4DGM)3.4GHz125Wrev.C3SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 970 (HDZ970FBK4DGM)3.5GHz125Wrev.C3SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 975 (HDZ975FBK4DGM)3.6GHz125Wrev.C3SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX4 980 (HDZ980FBK4DGM)3.7GHz125Wrev.C3SocketAM3Quad-Core
Phenom IIX6 1035T(HDT35TWFK6DGR)2.6GHz95Wrev.E0SocketAM36-Core
Phenom IIX6 1045T(HDT45TWFK6DGR)2.7GHz95Wrev.E0SocketAM36-Core
Phenom IIX6 1055T(HDT55TFBK6DGR)2.8GHz125Wrev.E0SocketAM36-Core
Phenom IIX6 1055T(HDT55TWFK6DGR)2.8GHz125Wrev.E0SocketAM36-Core
Phenom IIX6 1065T(HDT65TWFK6DGR)2.9GHz95Wrev.E0SocketAM36-Core
Phenom IIX6 1075T(HDT75TFBK6DGR)3.0GHz125Wrev.E0SocketAM36-Core
Phenom IIX6 1090T(HDT90ZFBK6DGR)3.2GHz125Wrev.E0SocketAM36-Core
Phenom IIX6 1100T(HDE00ZFBK6DGR)3.3GHz125Wrev.E0SocketAM36-Core
Sempron 140SDX140HBK13GQ2.7GHz1024Krev.C245WSocketAM3
Sempron 145SDX145HBK13GM2.8GHz1024Krev.C345WSocketAM3
Sempron X2 180SDX180HDK22GM2.4GHz512Kx2rev.C345WSocketAM3
Sempron X2 190SDX190HDK22GM2.5GHz512Kx2rev.C345WSocketAM3