ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 Motherboard Review

Main Specifications

ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 motherboard main features are:

• Socket: AM3.
• Chipset: AMD 890GX.
• Super I/O: ITE IT8721F
• Parallel ATA: One ATA-133 port controlled by a JMicron JMB361 chip
• Serial ATA: Six SATA-600 ports controlled by the chipset (RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10).
• External SATA: One eSATA-300 port controlled by the JMicron JMB361 chip.
• USB: 12 USB 2.0 ports, four soldered on the motherboard and eight available through four headers on the motherboard. Two USB 3.0 ports controlled by a NEC μPD720200 chip.
• FireWire (IEEE 1394): Two ports controlled by a VIA VT6308P chip, one standard-sized soldered on the rear panel and one available through a header.
• On-board video: Yes, Radeon HD 4290 engine running at 700 MHz (40 processing cores), with 128 MB GDDR3-1333 memory (Hynix H5TQ1G63BFR-12C).
• On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a Realtek ALC892 codec (8-channel, no more technical information was provided). On-board optical SPDIF output.
• On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled by an RTL8111E chip, connected to the system through a PCI Express x1 lane.
• Buzzer: No.
• Power supply required: EPS12V
• Slots: Two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (working at x8 when two video cards are installed), one PCI Express x4 slot, one PCI Express x1 slot and two standard PCI slots.
• Memory: Four DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to 16 GB up to DDR3-1866 through overclocking).
• Number of CDs/DVDs provided: One.
• Programs included: Motherboard drivers and utilities.
• More Information: https://www.asus.com
• Average price in the US*: Between USD 130.00 and USD 160.00

* Information provided by AMD.