Though not the most high-end motherboard available for the socket AM3 platform (this niche is filled by the AMD790FX chipset), ASUS M4A79XTD EVO presents a good range of features that will satisfy even the most demanding mainstream user, such as two PCI Express x16 slots (although they run at x8 when two video cards are installed), 7.1 audio with decent quality and on-board optical SPDIF output, one eSATA port, seven SATA-300 ports (six of them supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD) and ACC feature, that allows you to unlock hidden features from certain Phenom CPUs.

For USD 120 we consider this motherboard a real bargain if you are building a mid-range or even a high-end system based on a socket AM3 AMD CPU, especially when you put into the equation the construction quality, with only solid capacitors, 2 oz. copper layers, an 8+2 voltage regulator circuit and over voltage/under voltage protections.