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.
Source: Teknofrikik
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53 Comments on ASUS M4A89GTD Pro / USB3 Motherboard Pictured

#26
(FIH) The Don
mmmmmh meh like this:D

GIEF!!!!!!!!

that board, new PIIx6, and one of the new corsair ssds:D
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#27
(FIH) The Don
Musselsi just like the fact that with the board and my current crossfire setup, i'd have a 4x slot and a PCI slot free.

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
you can see that the heatsink is right next too the pci slot, they have the same height and all. no way there can be another slot there
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#28
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
(FIH) The Donyou can see that the heatsink is right next too the pci slot, they have the same height and all. no way there can be another slot there
realised that after looking a bit more
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#29
(FIH) The Don
Musselsrealised that after looking a bit more
;)

but it will still be one nice board i'd say, but why why why why do they still put on IDE connectors :banghead: i mean, people get over your old IDE drives, it is not expensive to buy a DVD that is sata for gods sake, sorry, had to say it
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#30
runnin17
Nice looking board. Maybe I will switch to AMD for my next build.
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#31
eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
board layouts are still crappy,
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#33
eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
Dual Card Spacing prevents use of all slots on the board thus kills expansion. If the rest of the card makers would finally switch over to PCI e and leave PCI in the past then maybe we may be able to get some better spaced boards or something. Change the ATX standard make the boards taller or something or make the 2 PEG slots arranged where 1 is at top and the other is at the bottom.
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#34
Hayder_Master
nice, im just want to see performance of phenom x6 run on this mobo
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#35
(FIH) The Don
hayder.masternice, im just want to see performance of phenom x6 run on this mobo
+1 on that and some overclocking:D
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#36
Hunt3r
just hope that the price is not absurd..hehe
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#37
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
werezI like the design , the board looks really nice , but i have a problem - they actually wrote "core unlocker" on the motherboard? hahaha
Yeah, they made it blond-friendly:



^Just turn that switch with the system powered down.
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#38
sno.lcn
HossHugeAre they going to up-date the hybrid graphics or are they going to keep producing the HD3450/HD2400 cause won't they be in short supply fairly soon?
890GX has upgraded graphics. Nothing spectacular, but an improvement nonetheless.
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#39
H82LUZ73
I have always stayed away from on board video boards,I my self like the chip-set and the board. But i want the top end chip the 890FX -850 sb on my board and maybe just maybe triple channel ddr3 memory,Some new ATI cards and the X6 core :) i can smell love for AMD.:toast:
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#40
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
H82LUZ73I have always stayed away from on board video boards,I my self like the chip-set and the board. But i want the top end chip the 890FX -850 sb on my board and maybe just maybe triple channel ddr3 memory,Some new ATI cards and the X6 core :) i can smell love for AMD.:toast:
AMD doesnt have triple channel ram.
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#41
vampire622003
It Is Time.
MusselsAMD doesnt have triple channel ram.
Yes they do, lol.
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#42
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
A: Dont double post. especially not in the news section.

B: Dont make useless posts either - what does "it is time" mean? How is it relevant to the news?

C: No, they don't. at least not in desktop parts.
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#43
(FIH) The Don
you CAN put triple on amd boards, but you wont get the performance from the last memory stick
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#44
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
(FIH) The Donyou CAN put triple on amd boards, but you wont get the performance from the last memory stick
no, that's called "installing three sticks of ram" - triple channel is a very different thing to 3 sticks of ram.
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#45
(FIH) The Don
Musselsno, that's called "installing three sticks of ram" - triple channel is a very different thing to 3 sticks of ram.
right on that part :toast:
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#48
vampire622003
Oh ok, if you put it that way then ok, lol. Misunderstanding, lol.
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#49
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
Looks like a really nice board, especially the one pictured. Pci x1, x4 and 2 pci slots. very nice layout and the cooling seems exceptional. I don't even mind the up facing SATA ports because nothing should interfere with where they are at.
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#50
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
WarEagleAULooks like a really nice board, especially the one pictured. Pci x1, x4 and 2 pci slots. very nice layout and the cooling seems exceptional. I don't even mind the up facing SATA ports because nothing should interfere with where they are at.
my only complaint is that its only got 6 slots, a 1x slot (or that 4x slot) above the top PCI-E slot would have been peachy.
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