ASUS announce M4A78L-M/M4A78LT-M series motherboards

sxs112 · 11-25-2009, 07:30 AM

ASUS come up with 4 models of motherboard base on AMD 780L chipset for budget market.

zalbard · 11-25-2009, 07:49 AM

Does anyone actually still use COM ports?

Nedjo · 11-25-2009, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by zalbard

Does anyone actually still use COM ports?

bunch of mobos requested on tenders ask for it 'cos of office printers!

Helloworld_98 · 11-25-2009, 10:48 AM

was hoping for an ITX board

Leeghoofd · 11-25-2009, 12:03 PM

might be a nice solution for my parent's pc...

Serra · 11-25-2009, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by zalbard

Does anyone actually still use COM ports?

Me. ~7 hours per day during the week and at least a few hours during the weekend. Cisco network equipment pretty well still requires it (or a USB adapter, but COM ports never have driver or software issues). I also have a home theater receiver with a serial port on the back I would love to tinker with but never have the time for.

Aside from networking, some electronics work, and some home automation (much of which could be with with USB adapters) I can't think of any other reasons. I will accept though that we are in the vast minority on this.

generics_user · 11-25-2009, 03:38 PM

i want a 790FX matx board but i guess that i'll have to wait for a proper matx multi-gpu board until amd releases the 890FX

initialised · 11-25-2009, 03:53 PM

Turbo Key is all well and good for the novice but is there any chance you can make these have a slightly more OC friendly BIOS that the M4A78-EM. I'm not expecting a Crosshair/Rampage style BIOS but no OC Profile option makes Gigabyte's budget AM2/3 boards look more appealing and three voltage steps is just plain lazy.

Also any idea where the FSB will top out on these? Will it be better than 272MHz?

HuffPCair · 11-25-2009, 03:57 PM

Why is it poo brown and lite blue?

gumballguy · 11-25-2009, 04:31 PM

780L?

785G packs a 4200 onboard, this is a 3000 but with SB710. However, 785G is cheap as buggery.

Somebody like to explain why this board is better than other series on the market?

Shocker003 · 11-26-2009, 07:14 AM

Rebranding!!! I presume ASUS is trying to copy Nvidia´s moves. They have similar boards in the market with less features and 780G is an old chip. I have an M3A78-EM in my HTPC the only difference when compared to these new boards are tubor key and blue coloured heatsinks and pci slots. I will pick any 785G board be4 giving these a second thot.