Asus M3A79-T Deluxe

[nanohead]

Yeah, that score above was generated with ACC at 2,2,2,2. Definitely more stable at speed than Auto. On auto, I couldn't get through 3DMark06, on 2,2,2,2, it sailed through!!

[kazgirl]

This board is just freakin awesome... Nothing else need be said.

This was a casual run, I'm starting the transplant to a proper water cooling system tomorrow. But it made it through 3DMark06 with no problem. This run was with 2 x 4870s. I'm gonna try the same with my 3 x 4850 machine and see what happens.

Just amazing to see a Phenom based system doing this..........

FYI, this looks like the fastest Phenom score in Futuremark!!!! Zowee

We're catching the Intel guys!

Hi Nanohead awsome score...looking forwad to seeing more..!!!

I finally placed an order today for a M3A79-T....though I'm a little dubious about whether or not they had stock....I rang the retailer yesterday and they said they were getting stock today, I palced my order online today, and rang again later in the day to confirm, and the guy I spoke to on the phone sounded a bit confused, but said they had 2 in stock.... and that it should be sent as normal...

But I havn't had an e-mail confirming despatch or anything even though the website says that an email is sent confimring despatch...!!!! Its a reputable etailer, so should be OK but I'm a little wary as to whether they actually had stock or not....

I hope that it'll be OK, I;ve been waiting forever to get one of these mobo's.....!!

[m411b]

Congrats Kazgirl on your purchase! Make sure you keep it in the box for the 125w'ers

[kazgirl]

THanks....

HAha...not a chance...as soon as it arrives I'll be stripping down my current rig, replacing the M3A32-MVP with the M3A79-T and putting my 9850BE in it....it'll be about a month again before I can get a 125W 9950BE, so I'm itching to see how the 9850 performs in it....

Max stable on the M3A32-MVP is 2.9Ghz. Hoping to finally get 3.0Ghz+ stable.... and depending on how much of an improvement it gets I may even try to hold off on the 125W 9950 until Deneb 3.0Ghz is available....

The M3A32-MCP will then replace the M2N32-SLI that I have a X2 6400+ in with a 3870, and will become my secondary PC. The M2N32-SLI will then be put out to pasture on ebay..... it served me well....!!!!

RIP M2N32-SLI.. May 07 - Sep 08...!!!

[RiverRicer]

No doubt about it. I went from 2.8 Prime stable in a Jetway (SB600) to 3.25 Prime stable in the 79-T. You'll like!

[nanohead]

Hi Nanohead awsome score...looking forwad to seeing more..!!!

I finally placed an order today for a M3A79-T....though I'm a little dubious about whether or not they had stock....I rang the retailer yesterday and they said they were getting stock today, I palced my order online today, and rang again later in the day to confirm, and the guy I spoke to on the phone sounded a bit confused, but said they had 2 in stock.... and that it should be sent as normal...

But I havn't had an e-mail confirming despatch or anything even though the website says that an email is sent confimring despatch...!!!! Its a reputable etailer, so should be OK but I'm a little wary as to whether they actually had stock or not....

I hope that it'll be OK, I;ve been waiting forever to get one of these mobo's.....!!

Awesome, we all know you waited a while for this one. I continue to be amazed at how competent this board is. I'm working on a temporary Vista 32bit install so I can do a few more tests of the RAID/SATA combos.

This time, I installed a plain Raptor using the AHCI/RAID driver via the RAID Option ROM, instead of the Asus BIOS. I set that up as the disk 1 boot device. I'm about to install 3 new WD 500GB drives and set up a RAID 5 array (SATA II) and see how that whole thing behaves. If all is well, I'll migrate everything from the DFI tonight.

I'm gonna get an SSD I decided as my boot device, just cuz my brain is the size of a peanut and I cannot control my urges. My wife is convinced I'm daft, but my kids think its cool that we have the fastest AMD phenom on futuremark ORB at the moment. This whole faster phenom thing is quite amusing I must say. I'm getting interested in this whole thing again. It was such a drag for the past year or so.

I just hope that when the bunch of us start getting these systems to present respectable numbers, all the naysayers will stop being such dolts and the rampant fanboyism will get quieter. But I'm an optimist

[LightSpeed]

anyone know if this motherboard is available in the UK, and if so, where?

cant seem to find it in stock anywhere.

other than this, what other SB750 boards are available? i see the foxconn at overclockers.co.uk for a whopping 211 pounds. grr

[kazgirl]

anyone know if this motherboard is available in the UK, and if so, where?

cant seem to find it in stock anywhere.

other than this, what other SB750 boards are available? i see the foxconn at overclockers.co.uk for a whopping 211 pounds. grr

Hi Lightspeed..

I'm in the UK, the etailer I ordered from is Offilke.co.uk

But as I mention in the posts above, I'm a little dubious as to whether or not they had stock or not...

I rang them on Wed to ask about stock/availability and they asked me a couple of odd questions, like if the board was for myself, and if I needed it urgently etc..... before saying they were getting stock in on Thurs, I thanked them and said I'd order the next day.....

I ordered via the website, it took my order and payment, and then I rang them back again later that day, as I didn't get any email confiriming depsatch of the mobo, and the guy I spoke to sounded a bit confused but said they had 2 in stock and that it would be sent as normal.... that was Thursday evening....

I havn't receieved anything yet, though they're based in Scotland and I'm in South Wales, so didn;t really expect to get it overnight, there's no next day delivery service offered, just standard delivery.....

But so far its the closest I've been able to get to ordering one here in the UK, most other places seem to have no ctock and very poor re-stock dates, I think the latest is 7th Oct for some..... it sounds like availability is very limited here in the UK at the moment, hence the questions they asked me when I first rang I guess...!!!!

I've seen the Foxconn mobo around as well, but at £200+ there's no way I'm paying that much..... not sure why the price is so high for the Foxconn mobo, its not as if its got an amazing feature set or anything, the ASUS has more features than it IMO... at less price, which is somewhat unusual as I've become accustomed to ASUS being the most expensive brand, but seems that Foxconn are vying for the title now.... £211 = US $391 for a motherboard.... no way am I paying that....

I'll let you know if I have any luck with getting mine, I'm hoping that it may arrive on Mon/Tues now, if it hasn't arrived by Tuesday I'm going to query it with the seller to see what's going on...

[Jaivan]

Take a photo of the violtage regulator chip. Figure out what chip it is ISL or ST google for the chip and normaly you'll get the specs. Then look out for a pin called Vsen and try to follow the circuit path to the next soldered joint. Measure there.
If you can not follow the ciruit path simply try a few points around the Vsen pin.

Thanks for the help I'll get a pic up a little later after I try finding it.

Also I seem to have a strange anomaly.
I just got a 125W 9950 and so far have OC'd it to 3.3Ghz @1.4375v and 2.4Ghz @ 1.4000v NB.

I'm running BOINC to stress the system and everything is fine and stable, but when I came home today ~19H of stress testing the system has a strange stuttering problem.
When moving the mouse and open windows and stuff there seems to be a strange lag and when playing music there is an obvious stutter in the sound.
So I restarted the system and everything was back to normal no more stutter .

This is the second time I've noticed this and both times a restart fixed this.
Right now I've boosted the vcore up to 1.4500 and updated the chipset drivers to see if it makes a difference.
I just wanted to know if anybody has noticed this strange behavior.

Oh BTW I'm running Vista x64 if this makes any difference.
Also I originally thought it was a sound driver problem with my X-Fi after updating the drivers, but I rolled back to the older ones and still the same thing.

[nanohead]

Hey, is anyone else using Everest with the M3A79-T. It says my 12V is running @ 9.92, which is not correct. Asus Probe agrees with the BIOS which says 12.xx Also, AOD says its running @ 9.92, which doesn't make sense either.

I kinda confused. If it was just Everest, then I wouldn't care and just submit it as a bug to Lavalys. But AOD is also reading it wrong.....

[demonkevy666]

Hey, is anyone else using Everest with the M3A79-T. It says my 12V is running @ 9.92, which is not correct. Asus Probe agrees with the BIOS which says 12.xx Also, AOD says its running @ 9.92, which doesn't make sense either.

I kinda confused. If it was just Everest, then I wouldn't care and just submit it as a bug to Lavalys. But AOD is also reading it wrong.....

Iv'e got a silver stone 1200 watt that shows up 7.75 volts in speedfan and in bios.

it's just some things don't ever read right.

[Jaivan]

Im using Everest and it reports my 12v+ @ 10.05v I guess if it were true my system wouldn't be running right now.

[nanohead]

Thanks guys! At least I'm not the only one....

I'm gonna post pictures of the board installed with EVERYTHING water cooled. The system is near silent, even under heavy gaming load. This is a great board (and Zalman makes a great power supply, that I don't hear!)

Here is with the water blocks installed, and then with the system completely plumbled and ready for boot.... a true nest of wires and hoses

[Oliverda]

I'm gonna post pictures of the board installed with EVERYTHING water cooled.

[Particle]

I just wish the M3A79 had PCIe x1 slots instead of those PCI slots. As it is, I'm not willing to kill off a x8 slot for my x1 Xonar DX. I ultimately want to go 3x4850s and need a x8 for my RAID controller.

[nanohead]

I just wish the M3A79 had PCIe x1 slots instead of those PCI slots. As it is, I'm not willing to kill off a x8 slot for my x1 Xonar DX. I ultimately want to go 3x4850s and need a x8 for my RAID controller.

Hey Particle, just PMd you....

[Jaivan]

I'm gonna post pictures of the board installed with EVERYTHING water cooled.

Haha nice
I'm in the middle of doing this right now just waiting for my chipset blocks to come in .

[nanohead]

Haha nice
I'm in the middle of doing this right now just waiting for my chipset blocks to come in .

Cool. What kind of blocks did you get?

BTW, your new picture looks much more... you know.... violent

[Jaivan]

Cool. What kind of blocks did you get?

BTW, your new picture looks much more... you know.... violent

I got the same mosfet block as you the koolance one two of the XSPC X20 delta universal chipset blocks.

Just recieved them when i got home i'll post pics of my install later tonight.

Haha you think my avatar look funny you should look up "Hard Gay" on youtube its the funniest thing ever.
I guarantee that you'll laugh your head off!!

[v3rax]

I just got this board and paired it with a 9950 BE.

I am very new to AMD chipsets and all of the BIOS settings that are different from Intel.

I was wondering if someone might post a templete or image of good settings for say a 3.4 overclock.

There are some wierd settings in the BIOS I have never even heard of being from the intel side for 5 years.

I would appreciate it if someone could post what some of these are and if I need to chnage anything other than FSB and voltage for over clocking the 9950.

Thanks

[Ben_Brown]

AMD is different from Intel when it comes to overclocking. There is no such thing as a FSB for starters. Since you have a 9950 BE then I would stick with mainly trying to up the CPU multi and vcore to get a stable overclock. Also these things get pretty hot so in order for you to get a stable 24/7 3.4GHz you will probably need to have this on water since I bet you will need between 1.4 - 1.5 vcore to do it, unless you got a good chip.

I recommend you get the latest version of AOD (which is 2.1.4, and there is a link posted on the site somewhere, I just can't find it.). Use that to find stable settings and then once you have a them go to the BIOS and input your stable settings and then try and overclock it farther. Doing it this way will save you from having to clear your BIOS if you mess up.

[nanohead]

I got the same mosfet block as you the koolance one two of the XSPC X20 delta universal chipset blocks.

Just recieved them when i got home i'll post pics of my install later tonight.

Haha you think my avatar look funny you should look up "Hard Gay" on youtube its the funniest thing ever.
I guarantee that you'll laugh your head off!!

I'll take a look at youtube.... love that goofy stuff

FYI, I had to mess around with the Koolance PWM block mount. The screws that they gave were too thick for the holes in the mobo. I used some M4 metric screws, they worked fine. Also, I had to mount the whole assembly using one of the lower screw holes on the cold plate in order to get it fit (you can see it in the pic). We got lucky, because the cold plate has to push against the 8 Pin 12V mobo socket on the board, and the clasp on the 8 pin power supply connector just clears it

I also had to modify the Northbridge block by machining a small amount of material off, because there was a capacitor in the way.

Hope your install goes uneventful. Mine required a little brain surgery as usual. A little nip and tuck as it were.

Now I have to mod the video card cooling system. The VRMs get so freakin hot, the boards overheat and the system shuts down (I love a good heat problem to solve).... I'm gonna buy a hard drive cooler and cut it up into parts to use as a heat sink!!!

I am the butcher of new jersey!! Long live the sawzall

[justapost]

Thanks for the help I'll get a pic up a little later after I try finding it.

I'd try those points.

Seems to be this chip, same as on the el cheapo Asrock 790GX/128M.

[AMDDeathstar]

New sweet ride

Just bought M3A79-T and Phenom 9950BE(JAAAB AA 0836CPAW)
And within a few hours I set whole bunch of new personal best records

@3547 MHZ(16.5x215 11xNB 11xHTT PCI-E@125MHz)
CF 4870's @ 750/900
3DMark06 18577
SuperPI@21.844

@3535 MHz(17.5x202 12xNB 12xHTT PCI-E@118MHz)
CF 4870@ 790/1080
Lost Planet Performance test,1680x1050 8xAA, 16xAF and high setting on everthing else
snow=61 fps, caves= 78 fps

Half-Life2 video stress test(1680x1080)= 198 fps

LightsMark(1280x1024)= 298 fps

CineBench
1 CPU=3154
4 CPU=11229
OPENGL=6887


Just have to figure out how to get 3.6GHz stable
I know I need more volts to the caches
but I'm not sure what to adjust

[Oliverda]

New sweet ride

Just bought M3A79-T and Phenom 9950BE(JAAAB AA 0836CPWAW)
And within a few hours I set whole bunch of new personal best records

CPWAW? Voltages?

If I'm not mistaken this is the new 125W version of 9950.