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Asus M4A785TD-M EVO

$120.00 Released August, 2009

The Pros:Integrated ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics and microATX form factor make this a good choice for HTPC builds. Very neat, organized layout--lots of room for a larger GPU. Good stock cooling--southbridge and northbridge heatsinks keep everything running cool and stable.

The Cons:Anything newer than an ATI Radeon 4750 will be too powerful for the Hybrid CrossFire to even make a difference. Express Gate instant-on OS needs to be installed on to a hard drive, somewhat defeating its purpose. BIOS isn't as clear-cut and well laid out as most ASUS boards--things are often unintuitively named (OC settings under "JumperFree Configuration").

The Asus M4A785TD-M EVO is a mid-range microATX motherboard similar to the Asus M4A785T-M/CSM. The M4A785TD-M EVO offers only a single improvement over the M4A785T-M/CSM: an eSATA port.

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Otherwise, the two motherboards sport the same features, most notably: an AM3 CPU socket, support for up to 16GB of DDR3 RAM, integrated ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics and ATI Hybrid CrossFireX support.

The M4A785TD-M EVO's AM3 CPU socket allows it to handle any AMD Phenom II, Athlon II or Sempron 100 Series processor while its 4 DIMM slots provide support for up to 16GB of dual-channel DDR3 RAM with data transfer rates of 1800(O.C.), 1600(O.C.), 1333 and 1066 MHz. Its integrated ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics processor allows the M4A785TD-M EVO to handle 1080p high definition video as well as multi-monitor setups via HDMI, DVI and RGB. Additionally, the M4A785TD-M EVO's ATI Hybrid CrossFireX technology allows it to utilize both discrete ATI graphics cards and its integrated card simultaneously for improved graphical performance.

Features

AM3 socket supports AMD Phenom II, Athlon II, Sempron 100 Series processors
Supports up to 16GB of dual-channel DDR3 RAM @ 1800+(O.C.)/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066/800 MHz
Integrated ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics
Video output: HDMI (1920x1200 @60Hz), DVI (2560x1600 @60Hz) and RGB (2560x1440 @75Hz)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16, 1 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI
ATI Hybrid CrossFireX technology
12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel), 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port

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Integrated ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics and microATX form factor make this a good choice for HTPC builds.
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Very neat, organized layout--lots of room for a larger GPU.
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Good stock cooling--southbridge and northbridge heatsinks keep everything running cool and stable.
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Hybrid CrossFire allows you to run 4 displays from one discrete GPU and the onboard graphics.
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Extensive built-in vied out--HDMI, DVI and VGA.

Cons

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Anything newer than an ATI Radeon 4750 will be too powerful for the Hybrid CrossFire to even make a difference.
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Express Gate instant-on OS needs to be installed on to a hard drive, somewhat defeating its purpose.
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BIOS isn't as clear-cut and well laid out as most ASUS boards--things are often unintuitively named (OC settings under "JumperFree Configuration").