Asus M4A78T-E Desktop Motherboard - AMD - Socket AM3 PGA-941

ATX - 1 x Processor Support - 16 GB DDR3 SDRAM Maximum RAM - CrossFireX Support - Floppy Controller, Serial ATA/300, Ultra ATA/133 ATA-7 RAID Support Controller - Onboard Video - 2 x PCIe x16 Slot - MPN: M4A78TE See Product Details

Product Details of Asus M4A78T-E Desktop Motherboard - AMD - Socket AM3 PGA-941

Description

M4A78T-E Desktop Board delivers a host of new features and latest technologies, making it another standout in the long line of ASUS quality motherboards. It supports AMD Socket AM3 multi-core processors with unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power consumption. It features dual-channel DDR3 1333 memory support and accelerates data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport 3.0 based system bus. This motherboard also supports AMD CPUs in the new 45nm manufacturing process.

Quick Glance

Supported Processor: Phenom II, Athlon X4, Athlon X3, Athlon X2, Phenom II X3, Phenom II X4

Interface Connection: Audio Line In Yes, Audio Line Out Yes, Microphone Port Yes, S/PDIF Yes, VGA Yes, HDMI Yes, DVI Yes, Network (RJ-45) Yes, PS/2 Port Yes

System Board Style: ATX

Processor Socket: Socket AM3 PGA-941

System Chipset: AMD 790GX

Memory Technology: DDR3 SDRAM

Multi GPU Support: CrossFireX

Summary

Product Title: Asus M4A78T-E Desktop Motherboard - AMD - Socket AM3 PGA-941

Manufacturer: Asus

Power Score: 4.5 | 5 Reviews

CPU + Northbridge Support

Supported Processor: Phenom II, Athlon X4, Athlon X3, Athlon X2, Phenom II X3, Phenom II X4

Processor Socket: Socket AM3 PGA-941

System Chipset: AMD 790GX

Maximum Number of Processors: 1

Bus Speed: 2600 MHz

Memory Support

Number of Memory Slots: 4

Max System Memory: 16 GB

Memory Technology: DDR3 SDRAM

Connectors

Interface Connection: Audio Line In Yes, Audio Line Out Yes, Microphone Port Yes, S/PDIF Yes, VGA Yes, HDMI Yes, DVI Yes, Network (RJ-45) Yes, PS/2 Port Yes

On-Board Headers: Onboard Audio Header Yes, Onboard S/PDIF Header Yes

Number of IDE Headers: 1

Number of Serial ATA Headers / Ports: 6

Number of Fan Connectors: 4

Number of PCI Slots: 2

Number of PCI-Express x1 Slots: 2

Number of PCI-Express x16 Slots: 2

Additional Features

Controller Type: Floppy Controller, Serial ATA/300, Ultra ATA/133 (ATA-7), RAID Controller Yes

Video Bus: PCI Express 2.0 x16

On Board Video Chipset: ATI Radeon HD 3300

Multi GPU Support: CrossFireX

Network Interfaces Included: Ethernet (10 Mbps), Ethernet (10/100 Mbps), Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) Yes

Audio Codec: VIA VT1708S

Supported Audio Channels: 7.1 Channels

Physical Specifications

System Board Style: ATX

Width: 12 in

Depth: 9.60 in

Warranty

Warranty Information: 3 Year Limited

More Info

URL: Manufacturer Link

Additional Specifications

Frequency Band: DDR3 1600MHz is an overclock speed BIOS: 8 Mb Flash ROM AMI BIOS PnP DMI2.0 WfM2.0 SM BIOS 2.3 ACPI 2.0a ASUS EZ Flash 2 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 Support Disc contents: Drivers ASUS PC Probe II Express Gate ASUS AI Suite Anti-virus software ASUS Update AMD OverDrive Utility (AOD)

Internal Interfaces: CD-in/Aux-in Connector

S/PDIF: Yes

RAID Controller: Yes

Processor Technology: HyperTransport Technology

Green Compliance: Yes

64-bit Processing: Yes

Graphics Controller Memory: 512 MB

IDE Controller: Yes

Floppy Controller: Yes

SATA Controller: Yes

Onboard Video: Yes

HyperTransport Speed: 2600 MHz

RAID Support: Yes

Number of Total Expansion Slots: 6

Network (RJ-45): Yes

Audio Line In: Yes

Audio Line Out: Yes

Number of DVI Output: 1

Number of HDMI Output: 1

Microphone Port: Yes

Total Number of USB Ports: 6

Number of USB 2.0 Ports: 6

Total Number of FireWire/i.LINK Ports: 1

Number of FireWire/i.LINK 400 Ports: 1

Number of S/PDIF Out Ports: 1

PS/2 Port: Yes

Number of PS/2 Ports: 1

Total Number of Onboard USB Ports: 3

Total Number of Onboard FireWire/i.LINK Ports: 1

Onboard LEDs Header: Yes

Onboard Audio Header: Yes

Onboard S/PDIF Header: Yes

Total Number of PCI Express Slots: 4

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Reviews on Asus M4A78T-E Desktop Motherboard - AMD - Socket AM3 PGA-941

  • 5
  By anonymous - Apr 21, 2009

Best mobo yet

Strengths: Very solid and many features

Weakness: Perhaps a bit pricey, though worth it

If you need an AM3 board, you'll be happy with this one. It has many overclocking options that are easy to implement, it's stable, the manual and website are good, the onboard audio is outstanding, and it has a very handy cartridge for installing the front panel case wires. It has too many other features to mention.

  • 5
  By member: jimspahr - Feb 18, 2010

works as advertised

Strengths: Stable, full of options for OC'ing, no surprises, nice great raid controller, it's got an external COM1 connector! Good audio, decent video (Then I installed my regular video card.)

Weakness: none I've found so far

System Config: Asus M4A78T-E motherboard (obviously) AMD Phenom II 955 BE 8Gig GSkill RAM (4 X 2Gig) ATI 1800 PCI-E Video Card (older, but still rocks) Zalman CNPS9900 CPU fan (which is awesome!) Windows7 64-bit (it actually works!) 2 RAID0 arrays (motherboard raid controller): 2 X Western Digital 320G (3G/s SATA) for 640G 2 X Seagate 160G (1.5G/s SATA) for 320G

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  • 2.8
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  • 4.5
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  • 4.3
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