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GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H AMD 780G Now $78.99

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Tom's Hardware article

GIGABYTE AMD 780G Skt AM2+ Dual DDR2 10665200MHz FSB mATX GA-MA78GM-S2H (rev.1.0) Motherboard Retail


AMD 780G Chipset

1. Supports AMD AM2+ Phenom/ AM2 Athlon64 series processors
2. Solid capacitors design in CPU VRM
3. Dual Channel DDR2 1066 for remarkable system performance
4. Integrated ATI Radeon HD3200-based graphics(DX10)
5. Ultimate graphics performance with PCI-E 2.0 x16 interface
6. Integrated SATA 3Gb/s with RAID function
7. Features high speed Gigabit Ethernet and IEEE1394
8. High quality 106dB SNR ALC889A HD audio
9. Integrated HDMI/ DVI interface with HDCP

? Whether 1066 MHz memory speed is supported depends on the CPU being used, please refer ?Memory Support List? for memory support information.

Specification:

CPU --- Support for Socket AM2+/ AM2 processors: AMD Phenom?FX processor/ AMD Phenom? processor/ AMD Athlon? 64 FX processor/AMD Athlon? 64 X2 Dual-Core processor/AMD Athlon? 64 processor/AMD Sempron? processor

Hyper Transport Bus ---
1. 5200/2000 MT/s

Chipset ---
1. North Bridge: AMD 780G
2.South Bridge: AMD SB600

Memory ---
1. 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory (Note 1)
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR2 1066 (Note 2)/800/667 MHz memory modules

Audio ---
1. Realtek ALC889A codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4. Support for DTS (dts NEO😛C)
5. Support for S/PDIF In/Out
6. Support for CD In


Lan ---
1. Realtek 8111C chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots---
1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot (The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
2. 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
3. 2 x PCI slots

Strorage interface ---
South Bridge:

1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
2. 5 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4) supporting up to 5 SATA 3Gb/s devices
3. 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port on the back

*taken from zipzoomfly site
 
Not bad. $99 at Newegg and out of stock. Nice board with a lot of features. Built one at work, very quick.

 
Watch out with these boards and any 125W AMD processors (includes the Athlon x2 6400+ and a couple of the new Phenoms).

Anandtech reported a bunch of motherboard failures when using the high power draw processors.

I ran into random issues with the Asus micro atx board where the processor would slow down every 30 seconds or so for a 5 second burst. Temps stayed under 40 degrees C with the stock Heatsink, AMD Power monitor and Overdrive didn't report any throttling, Cool and Quiet was turned off. A 6000+ in the same board ran just fine.
 
Originally posted by: filibusterman
I bit on it hope this mobo is all its cracked up to be for a new htpc
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It's got everything but the kitchen sink built in to it. Esata, HDMI, firewire, tons of USB port, DVI, Optical out audio, great video......we've sold several systems at work based off of this board, all worked great so far.

 
Originally posted by: Solarium
will the HDMI output work even with an additional video card installed?
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Yes, I read an article that tested this MB with an additional HD3450 video card (that is only $31 ATM), and that combo supported 4 monitors. On the MB, the two channels are #1- VGA, #2-HDMI or DVI.

 
Originally posted by: Solarium
I'm assuming the HDMI ports to the receiver include sound output as well?
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If you want surround audio over HDMI, best wait for nVidia's 8200.
Audio q/a
Price should be about the same. Newegg already has an ECS 8200 model (currently oos).
Best to wait for Gigabyte or Asus for better overclocking and more features like USB 3.0 and eSATA.

Edit: nVidia's website info doesn't mention 8200 having USB 3.0 or eSATA and Asus's model doesn't have either according to its website. However, a couple of sites have pictures showing gigabyte's model as having both, though I question whether or not they confused the 8200 with the 780g.
 
Originally posted by: ther00kie16
Originally posted by: Solarium
I'm assuming the HDMI ports to the receiver include sound output as well?
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If you want surround audio over HDMI, best wait for nVidia's 8200.
Audio q/a
Price should be about the same. Newegg already has an ECS 8200 model (currently oos).
Best to wait for Gigabyte or Asus for better overclocking and more features like USB 3.0 and eSATA.

Edit: nVidia's website info doesn't mention 8200 having USB 3.0 or eSATA and Asus's model doesn't have either according to its website. However, a couple of sites have pictures showing gigabyte's model as having both, though I question whether or not they confused the 8200 with the 780g.
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Is nVidia's version intel CPU or AMD? The main downfall for the 780G imo is that it uses AMD chips and I wanted to go with intel ones.

Also, does anyone have experience with the sound quality of these outputs? I know that the sound outputs through the receiver 1st, and every receiver has its own quality of sound. Does the mobo just send the data and let the receiver do the sound processing? This matters a lot since I don't want to waste my speakers on low quality sound. Thanks again
 
Originally posted by: Solarium
Originally posted by: ther00kie16
Originally posted by: Solarium
I'm assuming the HDMI ports to the receiver include sound output as well?
Click to expand...

If you want surround audio over HDMI, best wait for nVidia's 8200.
Audio q/a
Price should be about the same. Newegg already has an ECS 8200 model (currently oos).
Best to wait for Gigabyte or Asus for better overclocking and more features like USB 3.0 and eSATA.

Edit: nVidia's website info doesn't mention 8200 having USB 3.0 or eSATA and Asus's model doesn't have either according to its website. However, a couple of sites have pictures showing gigabyte's model as having both, though I question whether or not they confused the 8200 with the 780g.
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Is nVidia's version intel CPU or AMD? The main downfall for the 780G imo is that it uses AMD chips and I wanted to go with intel ones.

Also, does anyone have experience with the sound quality of these outputs? I know that the sound outputs through the receiver 1st, and every receiver has its own quality of sound. Does the mobo just send the data and let the receiver do the sound processing? This matters a lot since I don't want to waste my speakers on low quality sound. Thanks again
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Best do a bit of reading in the AVS thread as they are serious about A/V. And the 8200/8300 will be out for Intel probably sometime this summer.
 
The reason that this board is cheap, is that the GPM model is coming out soon. It's a 780G refresh, with 5-phase VRMs (so as to hopefully support the 125W Phenom CPUs), and with SidePort, an additional 128MB of DDR3 to be used by the onboard video. You would think that would make the onboard video competitive with a 64-bit discrete card, but it still isn't quite there.

I'd wait and get the newer board, if only for the ability to run higher-end CPUs in it.
 
Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
The reason that this board is cheap, is that the GPM model is coming out soon. It's a 780G refresh, with 5-phase VRMs (so as to hopefully support the 125W Phenom CPUs), and with SidePort, an additional 128MB of DDR3 to be used by the onboard video. You would think that would make the onboard video competitive with a 64-bit discrete card, but it still isn't quite there.

I'd wait and get the newer board, if only for the ability to run higher-end CPUs in it.
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Linkified. About 25 bucks more.
 
Originally posted by: VirtualLarryIt's a 780G refresh, with 5-phase VRMs (so as to hopefully support the 125W Phenom CPUs), and ...
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gigbyte-usa.com's page says that it does support 125W cpus.

 
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