Where to buy Asus M4A785TD V Motherboard
Band : Asus
Model : M4A785TD V EVO
Product Features :
- With True Enhanced Performance
- Latest Technical Development
>> Great for unlocking cores and overclocking
I got this mb for my rig with an AMD Phenom II X2 550 Was able to unlock 2 cores on the AMD and overclocked it by 5 3 255 Ghz with stock heatsink and fan Graphics are great for movies and casual gaming with the onboard HD 4200 GPU
A surprise Asus mentions the Southbridge as SB710 for the mb but mine came with SB750
>> WORTH EVERY PENNY
Not much more to say I have built many units and to date this is the best motherboard I have used for the price There are many more out there much more expensive with many less features BOTTOM LINT BUY THIS ONE
>> Excellent motherboard for unlocking cpu cores
I primarily purchased this board to unlock certain cpu cores The board pretty much has everything needed for a HTPC with hi def audio and video through HDMI I probably should have bought a different model without the on board video as I am not taking advantage of it If you pair this board with an ATI HD 3450 20 video card you can crossfire with the on board video memory and it actually performs 2x on light gaming for an extra 20
Reason for 4 stars
I did not give this product a full 5 stars due to the documentation It was not helpful in customizing and setting up the system Through several days of researching a couple of people mentioned there was a misprint in the manual for the RAM slots Stick with the assigned color slots on the board instead of the manual when installing RAM modules
I still use a PS/2 keyboard and the numlock LED never shuts off after a complete shutdown I couldn t find any answers regarding this except that there is power running to the motherboard even if it is shut down One has to be concerned if it will be damaged during a power surge/outage
Not really why I gave it 4 stars but the RAM slots are so close to the CPU I installed an aftermarket heatsink Arctic Freezer Pro 64 which was big and it covered part of the Black RAM slots I had to install the RAM first before the heatsink I also put everything on after I mounted the board to the case It would be best to install everything before mounting it in the case as I didn t have a lot of room
Overall I was able to unlock the 4th core on the Phenom II 720 BE with just a couple of settings I also overclocked my cpu from 2 8 3 2Ghz on stock volts and the board stays cool around 23C due to the heatsinks I won t be able to crossfire on the PCI E but I m happy with my current configuration
ASUS M4A785TD V
PII 720 BE unlocked 4th core OC d 3 2GHz stock volts
Powercolor HD 4850
Mushkin DDR3 1600 7 7 7 20 1 86v
Corsair TX650W
