Sapphire AMD 790FX Motherboard Pictured

JacKz5o · Nov 8, 2007

Sapphire has unveiled its high-end Phenom-ready 790FX-powered motherboard. The CrossFireX PC-AM2RD790 will support both AM2 and AM2+ processors, DDR2-1066, six SATA 3.0Gbp/s ports, and three PCI-Express 2.0 16X slot. Sapphire didn't bother to use any copper for the chipset cooling but has equipped the board with an aluminum cooling system, complete with multiple heatpipes. The board is currently ready and will become available by the end of the month.

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ktr · Nov 8, 2007

Re-badged DFI board...lol

erocker · Nov 8, 2007

If the price on these is less than the DFI branded board, this will be my new board.

ebdoradz · Nov 8, 2007

lol shoul dwe merged both thread together???

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=43981

JacKz5o · Nov 8, 2007

ktr said:
Re-badged DFI board...lol

Heh the LanParty logo is still down there lol. Sapphire LanParty

ebdoradz · Nov 8, 2007

yeah i pointed that out in this thread

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=43981

when i saw it this morning

erocker · Nov 8, 2007

ebdoradz said:
lol shoul dwe merged both thread together???

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=43981

Actually under forum rules it's not really up to it's members to post news but to leave it to the news editors. We can let my thread die and use this proper one.

AsRock · Nov 8, 2007

The INQ were about the Quad CF one too. BUT i like this one posted here more more space for the cards to breath.
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/08/inq-buys-790fx-motherboard

ebdoradz · Nov 8, 2007

AsRock said:
The INQ were about the Quad CF one too. BUT i like this one posted here more more space for the cards to breath.
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/08/inq-buys-790fx-motherboard

if you look carefully this DFI board only have 3 slot, so no quadfire here

Grimskull · Nov 8, 2007

i had 2 sapphire motherboards before and they were the biggest heaps of crap ever! They make good graphics cards, crap motherboards!

DaMulta · Nov 8, 2007

ebdoradz said:
lol shoul dwe merged both thread together???

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=43981

I suggested that to the head mod the other day

So I wonder if the DFi boards will be one in the same.

mdm-adph · Nov 8, 2007

Personally, I think it'd be neat if there was a little fan or something embedded in the I/O port to cool off that heatsink.

DaMulta · Nov 8, 2007

It's only 8 watts mdm-adph. I don't know if it really needs a fan.

AsRock · Nov 8, 2007

ebdoradz said:
if you look carefully this DFI board only have 3 slot, so no quadfire here

I know this, BUT the INQ one is Quad but lacks space for the cards.

ebdoradz · Nov 8, 2007

and its a Gigabyte product

mdm-adph · Nov 8, 2007

DaMulta said:
It's only 8 watts mdm-adph. I don't know if it really needs a fan.

Need? Who said anything about need?

Bah -- and here I thought, from posting on this board all this time, that custom computing was all about excess. Guess I was wrong.

WarEagleAU · Nov 9, 2007

Looks nice, lets just hope this board isnt a failure like their previous two AMD boards. Gawd those were horrible.

FatForester · Nov 9, 2007

mdm-adph said:
Need? Who said anything about need?

Bah -- and here I thought, from posting on this board all this time, that custom computing was all about excess. Guess I was wrong.

Nah, I think this case it's because a tiny fan on the heatsink would be annoying as hell. A surprisingly practical reason :laugh:

eidairaman1 · Nov 9, 2007

hmm i wonder if this one is in the ranks of the DFI and Asus Boards, Gigabyte im unsure of since they released 3 at onces.

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