ASUS M4A78-E

Premium motherboard Asus built on AMD 790GX chipset equipped with Socket AM3, to which can be fitted with the latest multi-core AMD Phenom II/Athlon X4/Athlon X3/Athlon X2 with power to 140 W. The board, however, also maintains backwards compatibility with AM2 + processors.
Tile is also suitable for the most powerful computer configurations. Within 4 slots can involve up to 16 GB DDR2 memory with maximum tact 1200 MHz. For hard disks or optical drives can be used 5x SATA, 1x eSATA, 1x older UltraATA interface. The offer also includes an integrated RealTek network card and 8-channel sound card. Pleased also delivered a rich software and equipment support, the ASUS Express Gate.
In equipment missing motherboard with integrated ATI Radeon HD 3300, which is on the board reserved for their 64 megabytes of DDR2 memory and up to 512 MB can be shared with the operating RAM. The card supports DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.0 and Shader Model 4.0. very well handle the hardware acceleration of H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2. After buying graphics cards for PCI Express is made possible through technology, Hybrid CrossFireX gain more performance due to the current cooperation between the two těchnto cards.
Parameters and specifications:
Processor: Socket AM3/AM2 + II AMD Phenom/Athlon X4/Athlon X3/Athlon X2 AMD Phenom Phenom X4/Phenom X3/Athlon/Athlon X2/Sempron Support AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Support 140W processors
Chipset:
AMD 790GX/SB750
Memory:
Dual-channel DDR2 memory controller
4 slots for up to 16 GB of memory
Supports 240-pin memory 1200 (OC)/1066/800/667 ECC, Non-ECC, Un-buffered
Expansion Slots:
2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (option to switch between modes x16 or dual x8), ATI CrossFireX
2 x PCIe x1
2 x PCI 2.2
Disk controller:
1 x Ultra ATA 133 (up to 2 devices)
5 x SATA 3 Gb/s (RAID 0,1,5,10, JBOD)
1 x eSATA
Video Card:
Integrated ATI Radeon HD 3300
64 megabytes of DDR2 800 + 512 BM possibility of shared memory
Support Hybrid CrossFireX, DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.0 and Shader Model 4.0
Video hardware acceleration H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2
Network card:
Atheros Gigabit L1e
Audio:
8-channel VIA VT1708S
Inputs and outputs:
1 x DVI
1 x VGA
1 x HDMI
1 x S/PDIF Out (Optical)
1 x eSATA
1 x IEEE 1394a
1 x RJ45
6 x USB 2.0
1 x 8-channel audio
1 x PS/2
Expansion connectors:
3 x USB 2.0
1 x Floppy disk drive
1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
Power:
1 x 24-pin ATX 2.0
1 x 4-pin ATX 12 V
Dimensions:
30.5 cm x 24.4 cm, ATX
Included Accessories:
1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
4 x SATA cable
1 x VGA Switch Card
1 x I/O Shield
1 x manual
2 in 1 Q-connector
Supplied software features:
Drivers
ASUS PC Probe II
Express Gate
ASUS AI Suite
Anti-virus software (OEM version)
ASUS Update
AMD OverDrive Utility (AOD)