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ASUS M3A32-MVP DeLuxe/WiFi-AP Motherboard
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: First Look Last Updated: December 4, 2007
Page: 4 of 5
$ Check REAL-TIME pricing for Systemax Asus P5E3 Deluxe WiFi-AP Motherboard 601221 $.
CompUSA: $349.99 TigerDirect: $349.99

Main Features

ASUS M3A32-MVP DeLuxe/WiFi-AP main features are:

  • Socket: AM2+.
  • Chipset: AMD 790FX.
  • Super I/O: ITE 8716F
  • Parallel IDE: One ATA-133 port controlled by the south bridge chip (SB600).
  • Serial IDE: Six SATA-300 ports, four controlled by the south bridge chip, supporting RAID 0, 1, and 0+1 and two controlled by a Marvell 88SE6121 chip. One eSATA-300 port controlled by a Marvell 88SE6111 chip.
  • USB: Ten USB 2.0 ports (six soldered on the motherboard and four available thru I/O brackets; this board comes with an I/O bracket containing two ports, thus two ports are left over and should be used by the case frontal USB ports).
  • Firewire (IEEE 1394a): Two ports controlled by Agere L-FW3227 chip, one soldered on the motherboard and another available thru an I/O bracket that comes with the motherboard.
  • On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with Analog Devices AD1988B codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 192 KHz sampling rate for both inputs and outputs, 92 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 101 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs).
  • On-board video: No.
  • On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled by a Marvell 88E8056 chip connected to one PCI Express x1 bus. One IEEE 802.11g/b WiFi access point controlled by an Atheros AR2425 chip, with one omni-directional antenna.
  • Buzzer: No.
  • Power supply: ATX12V 2.x (24-pin), EPS12V optional.
  • Slots: Four x16 PCI Express 2.0 slots supporting CrossFireX (working at x16 if one or two cards are installed; at x16/x8/x8 if three cards are installed; and at x8 if four cards are installed) and two PCI slots.
  • Memory: Four DDR-DIMM sockets (up to 8 GB up to DDR2-800/PC2-6400 or DDR2-1066/PC2-8500, depending on the CPU).
  • Number of CDs that come with this motherboard: One DVD-ROM.
  • Programs that come with this motherboard: Motherboard drivers and utilities.
  • Extra features: Passive cooling for the memories, passive cooling for the motherboard, aluminum solid capacitors and Q-Connectors for the case frontal connectors.
  • More Information: http://www.asus.com
  • Average price in the US*: USD 240.00

* Researched at Froogle.com on the day we published this review.

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