ASUS M3A78-EM HDMI AM2+/AM2 Motherboard $66 at NewEgg

[tomatom]

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NewEgg.com has the ASUS M3A78-EM HDMI AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard for $76 - $10 code EMCBBAGBJ [Exp 11/12] = $66 with free shipping. It has onboard ATI Radeon HD 3200 video, delivering the goods via HDMI or DVI. Gigabit Ethernet, 7.1 Audio also supported

< stolen from Ben's Bargains >

I have the4 Gigabyte version & like it !

Not sure about this version ...

 

[hans007]

wow thats pretty cheap. i've got the foxconn version of it, and its a pretty decent chipset to start a basic system with especially with how cheap AMD cpus are now.

 

[newbieKC]

Using this motherboard, what's the lowest priced cpu that will be able to play blu ray and downloaded 1080p movies?

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: newbieKC
Using this motherboard, what's the lowest priced cpu that will be able to play blu ray and downloaded 1080p movies?

silent pc review had done a comparison of what the lowest for blu-ray would be , and i think basically any amd dual core can do it in 1080p at the stock speeds. so i guess the slowest would be the 3600+ x2. you might wnat to check silentpcreview.com

they said a 4850e underclocked to 1.5ghz I think could just barely do it, but i am not 100% sure if i am remembering that correctly.

 

[Imyourzero]

How does this chipset compare to the AMD 740G and nForce 430 chipsets? Would a Sempron LE-1250 work fine in this? I haven't kept up with AMD since the S754 days

 

[zerodeefex]

the $25 be-2400 was one of the cheapest, I think.

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: Imyourzero
How does this chipset compare to the AMD 740G and nForce 430 chipsets? Would a Sempron LE-1250 work fine in this? I haven't kept up with AMD since the S754 days

its better than the 430.


the 740g is just the 690g.


basically the 780g and 740g are pin compatible.

the 740g has i think a 4pipe version of the radeon x700 onboard, with some HD decoding.

the 780g uses a 40 shader version of the 3450 radeon core, with HD decode, avivo, and UVB so its better for decoding. it uses more power than a 740g though, i think its slightly less power use than a 690g still though.