Monday, February 15th 2010
ASUS M4A89GTD Pro / USB3 Motherboard Pictured
ASUS seems to be ready with one of its first motherboards based on the AMD 890GX chipset. This socket AM3 series of motherboards seems to come in two variants: M4A89GTD Pro and M4A89GTD Pro USB3 (with the latter having support for USB 3.0 SuperSpeed connectivity. An early development version of this motherboard was displayed at this year's CES event. Fresh pictures show a production-grade model, complete with chipset and VRM cooling, as well as a box design.
The M4A89GTD Pro / USB3 is a socket AM3 motherboard with a 10-phase CPU VRM supporting future AMD CPUs with 140W TDP, 2-phase memory VRM powering the four DDR3 DIMM slots, AMD 890GX chipset with faster DirectX 10.1 compliant graphics, and AMD SB800 southbridge. The SB800 provides six SATA 6 Gb/s ports, while an additional JMicron-made controller gives out the IDE connector (and possibly the lone eSATA port). Expansion slots include two PCI-E 2.0 x16 slots (x8/x8 when both are populated), two PCI, and one each of PCI-E x1 and PCI-E x4. Connectivity includes 8+2 channel HD audio with optical SPDIF output, gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0 ports (on the USB3 variant), FireWire, and display connectivity including DVI, D-Sub, and HDMI. The M4A89GTD Pro / USB3 is expected to be launched a little ahead of AMD's launch of its six-core Phenom II X6 processors.
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Teknofrikik
The M4A89GTD Pro / USB3 is a socket AM3 motherboard with a 10-phase CPU VRM supporting future AMD CPUs with 140W TDP, 2-phase memory VRM powering the four DDR3 DIMM slots, AMD 890GX chipset with faster DirectX 10.1 compliant graphics, and AMD SB800 southbridge. The SB800 provides six SATA 6 Gb/s ports, while an additional JMicron-made controller gives out the IDE connector (and possibly the lone eSATA port). Expansion slots include two PCI-E 2.0 x16 slots (x8/x8 when both are populated), two PCI, and one each of PCI-E x1 and PCI-E x4. Connectivity includes 8+2 channel HD audio with optical SPDIF output, gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0 ports (on the USB3 variant), FireWire, and display connectivity including DVI, D-Sub, and HDMI. The M4A89GTD Pro / USB3 is expected to be launched a little ahead of AMD's launch of its six-core Phenom II X6 processors.
53 Comments on ASUS M4A89GTD Pro / USB3 Motherboard Pictured
But seriously, what is it with Asus consistently not recognizing that standard ATX cases have 7 expansion bay slots? They almost always use 6, whereas MSI, Gigabyte (and usually DFI) use all 7. I mean, it's not like the spec for 7 slots was made recently... For example, a lot of motherboard manufactures put a pcie 1x slot right above the first x16 slot, which is perfect for pcie wireless lan card, or gigabyte ethernet (USB 3.0 controller, etc). That little 1x slot under the first x16 slot is almost guaranteed to be covered by a dual slot video card, and thus, useless.
I honestly prefer these boards now since I have less than no need to use more than two gpu's in a system considering how much power a single gpu has these days. If you really needed to scratch that benchmarking itch you can always use two 5970's. ;)
Kei
Kei
*sob*
Alright, but seriously, the board is pretty slick. Simple, well laid-out, lots of cabling options (two different SATA orientations), and all that sort of thing... But how does it perform with a svelte new X6 processor onboard, eh? :rockout:
PCI for soundcard, 4x for my e-sata (i need more than the one port they provide)
its hard to tell with the pic provided, but there might be another 1x slot hidden from view behind the NB heatsink