Asus M4A785TD-V Motherboard Review

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(More customer reviews)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

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Product Description:
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO Socket AM3/AMD 785G/4DDR3-1800(OC)/ATI Hybrid CrossFireX/128MB DDR3 SidePort Memory/GbE/Raid/HDMI/7.1-CH ATX Motherboard

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Dell Dimension 8200 8100 PC800-45 45NS RDRAM 1GB (2X512MB) Rambus RIMM 45ns Review

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(More customer reviews)Outstanding seller:answered all my questions (and I had many) promptly, thoroughly and accurately, and then when I ordered, shipped it immediately.It arrived two days later, well-packaged and it was exactly as described.

Installation was simple and the new Samsung RDRAM was recognized by myDell Dimension 8200 (running Windows XP) immediately.

BTW:My initial concern was that my existing RDRAM was non-ECC, and this was ECC, but my research indicated this would not be a problem (that the new ECC would simply default to run as non-ECC, which is actually faster anyway).That proved to be correct.

I also appreciate that the seller was careful to match me with the correct RDRAM for my 1.7GHz CPU.

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Dell Dimension 8200 8100 PC800-45 RDRAM 1GB (2X512MB) Rambus RIMM will work with CPU 2.2GHz or lower.

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