Asus M4A79 Deluxe

Chaos · Oct 11, 2009, 09:51 PM

I just ordered one of these and was curious if DH has a review in the works? It has 4 PCI-e slots and Sata 3 ports. I also grabbed a Phenom II X3 720 2.8Ghz Black Editon to go with it. If anyone has this setup any tips or tricks for BIOS tweaking are welcome. I should have it Tuesday or Wednsday so any input is welcomed

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

Chaos · Oct 12, 2009, 02:32 PM

bumpidy bump

Chaos · Oct 14, 2009, 05:50 PM

Well it will be here tomorrow, so nobody has this board I take it.

A Desire to Game · Oct 14, 2009, 08:34 PM

Don't have the board but I built a rig recently for a coworker with the 720 x3 BE and an ASUS 790GX. Asus BIOS are pretty easy to use (maybe the easiest, thats why they are so popular). Not much to it except bump up your multiplier and that 720 BE will cut loose. Try out AMD Overdrive to insure stability.

Very good combo, enjoy!

Judas · Oct 15, 2009, 12:12 PM

i've that board..

got it from DH/AMD with their Dragon platform..

The board is quite good... plenty of bios updates have been made that have indeed done some good things.

My only real issue is the fact that i'm finding more and more boards that are dropping the top PCI-EX down one slot from the top... this results in a staggered pci-ex layout which then makes it more difficult to install additional cards, specially with the 2 bottom pci-ex slots beside each other.

And with the HD4870x2 that Asus made with the 3 fans which take up more then 2 slots.... installing 2 of them is basically impossible.

Chaos · Oct 15, 2009, 11:01 PM

bummer that my X3 720 BE doesnt like the other core enabled

Oh well guess I will have to OC it to make up for it.

BuyAccutaneo · Oct 16, 2009, 04:25 AM

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nice site

A Desire to Game · Oct 16, 2009, 04:38 PM

Tried to unlock the 4th core on his too...didn't like it as well. Don't worry, the 720BE is a lot of processor for the price and you won't be disappointed!

procupine14 · Oct 22, 2009, 01:44 PM

Haven't used that motherboard at all on any builds. But yeah I haven't gotten any of those to get the forth core running. Sometimes you get lucky.....most of the time nope. My clients were none the wiser either way in their builds so it wasn't an issue here.

Oct 11, 2009, 09:51 PM	#1
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,176 Rep Power: 94 System Specs	Asus M4A79 Deluxe I just ordered one of these and was curious if DH has a review in the works? It has 4 PCI-e slots and Sata 3 ports. I also grabbed a Phenom II X3 720 2.8Ghz Black Editon to go with it. If anyone has this setup any tips or tricks for BIOS tweaking are welcome. I should have it Tuesday or Wednsday so any input is welcomed ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Last edited by Chaos; Oct 11, 2009 at 10:04 PM.

Oct 12, 2009, 02:32 PM	#2
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,176 Rep Power: 94 System Specs	Re: Asus M4A79 Deluxe bumpidy bump __________________

Oct 14, 2009, 05:50 PM	#3
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,176 Rep Power: 94 System Specs	Re: Asus M4A79 Deluxe Well it will be here tomorrow, so nobody has this board I take it. __________________

Oct 14, 2009, 08:34 PM	#4
A Desire to Game DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 154 Rep Power: 13 System Specs	Re: Asus M4A79 Deluxe Don't have the board but I built a rig recently for a coworker with the 720 x3 BE and an ASUS 790GX. Asus BIOS are pretty easy to use (maybe the easiest, thats why they are so popular). Not much to it except bump up your multiplier and that 720 BE will cut loose. Try out AMD Overdrive to insure stability. Very good combo, enjoy! __________________ Three is my new favorite number. (SATA III, USB 3.0, GTX 300's)

Oct 15, 2009, 11:01 PM	#6
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,176 Rep Power: 94 System Specs	Re: Asus M4A79 Deluxe bummer that my X3 720 BE doesnt like the other core enabled Oh well guess I will have to OC it to make up for it. __________________

Oct 16, 2009, 04:25 AM	#7
BuyAccutaneo DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Belize Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Re: Asus M4A79 Deluxe / nice site

Oct 16, 2009, 04:38 PM	#8
A Desire to Game DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 154 Rep Power: 13 System Specs	Re: Asus M4A79 Deluxe Tried to unlock the 4th core on his too...didn't like it as well. Don't worry, the 720BE is a lot of processor for the price and you won't be disappointed! __________________ Three is my new favorite number. (SATA III, USB 3.0, GTX 300's)

Oct 22, 2009, 01:44 PM	#9
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,207 Rep Power: 27 System Specs	Re: Asus M4A79 Deluxe Haven't used that motherboard at all on any builds. But yeah I haven't gotten any of those to get the forth core running. Sometimes you get lucky.....most of the time nope. My clients were none the wiser either way in their builds so it wasn't an issue here. __________________ Laptop: HP dv6000 - Vista Ultimate (32-bit) - AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60(2.0GHz) - NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200 256MB - 4GB Kingston DDR2 667 - 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive HTPC: Vista Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Athlon 5200+ x2 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 - 250GB Seagate Barracuda - Samsung EcoGreen 1TB - Hauppauge single tuner HD - ASUS Radeon HD4550 512MB - ECS RS485M-M mobo - Creative X-fi soundcard Other PC: Vista Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Athlon 4200+ X2 - 4GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 - 250GB Seagate Barracuda - XFX 8600GT XXX - DFI Infinity NF570 SLI-M2/G