MSI Matx Amd Phenomii Mb (KA780GM2) Motherboard Reviews

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Pros: None Cons: Board DOA, refuses to post. These cheap 780G boards are complete junk, spend your money elsewhere! from Newegg.com This board allowed me to use the onboard video and audio via an HDMI connection, which ended up being better than the Radeon 2400 that was in the system. This shaved a few watts off of the systems power draw. I love AMD's motherboards. Cons: The networking and video drivers were not automatically installed when I installed Vista x64. from Newegg.com Pros: Works as advertised. Installed an AMD 9600 Phenom Quad on it and am running XP pro with no issues. 4 GB of ram and using onboard graphics. from Newegg.com It is red. Cons: You can't adjust the CPU voltage. Not even in the AMD Overdrive utility, and therefore it is automatically a terrible overclocker. You also can't control the integrated GPU's clock speed in any way shape or form... from Newegg.com With an Athlon X2 4200, only consumes 39 watts of power at idle. While playing a blu-ray, only consumes 48 watts of power. Cons: The drivers are, true to AMD's form, terrible. Part of this is MSI's fault, they don't provide one single 'chipset' driver set that has everything you need. from Newegg.com No Photo. No Specs, No information. from Amazon.com With an Athlon X2 4200, only consumes 39 watts of power at idle. While playing a blu-ray, only consumes 48 watts of power. Cons: The drivers are, true to AMD's form, terrible. Part of this is MSI's fault, they don't provide one single 'chipset' driver set that has everything you need. from Newegg.com It is red. Cons: You can't adjust the CPU voltage. Not even in the AMD Overdrive utility, and therefore it is automatically a terrible overclocker. You also can't control the integrated GPU's clock speed in any way shape or form... from Newegg.com This board allowed me to use the onboard video and audio via an HDMI connection, which ended up being better than the Radeon 2400 that was in the system. This shaved a few watts off of the systems power draw. I love AMD's motherboards. Cons: The networking and video drivers were not automatically installed when I installed Vista x64. from Newegg.com Pros: Looks great, fit inside my Micro ATX case, all the other components fit in smoothly. Cons: Came DOA, and didn't come with screws for attaching to the pullout plate insisde the case. Other Thoughts: I didn't get a chance to actually see how this motherboard performs. It came DOA, but we couldn't determine this from the begining, until we actually assembled all of the desktop together. from Newegg.com

Specs

Released	7 months ago
Socket Type	Socket AM2
Compatible Processors	AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon 64 X2
Memory Type	DDR2 SDRAM
Number of Memory Slots	2 x 240 Pin DIMMs
Chassis Type	Desktop
Chipset	AMD-780G
Compatibility	PC
Depth	9.01 in.
Expansion Slots	PCI Express x16 x 1 PCI Express x1 x 1 PCI x 2
Form Factor	Micro ATX
Front Side Bus Speed	2600 MHz
Integrated Audio	Realtek ALC888
Integrated Input/Output Ports	USB 2.0 x 4 PS/2 Mouse x 1 PS/2 Keyboard x 1 HDMI x 1
MPN	KA780GM2
Max Supported RAM	4 GB
Max supported CPUs qty	1
Networking Type	Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet
On Board Graphic Processor	ATI RADEON HD 3200
Package Qty	1
RAID Support	SATA RAID 0 SATA RAID 1 SATA RAID 0+1
South Bridge Chip	AMD SB700
Storage Controller Type(s)	DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) x 1, Serial ATA II x 6
Supported RAM speeds	800 Mhz 533 MHz 667 MHz 1066 MHz
UPC	816909051919
Video Interface	PCI Express
Width	9.61 in.

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