Asus M4A79 Deluxe Board for Phenom II - Any Opinions?

I'm thinking of buying this board for a new Phenom II 940 processor, and I just wanted to know if anyone has it yet. If so, I'd love to hear your thoughts and opinions.

I'm really impressed by the M3A79-T Deluxe board, but since I do not currently own an AM2 processor I will not be able to flash the BIOS to accomodate the new Phenom II processors. That is why I'm looking at the M4A79 board.

Thanks for your thoughts!

I have the M3A32, which was before the M3A79. ASUS makes some great boards, I'm sure the M4A79 will be good since its just a progression from a board that was already good. Right now I'm running a Phenom II 940 (upgraded from X2 6000) and I must say so far its surpassed my expectations... Just pair it up with alot of ram and good video card.

I built my computer about two or three years ago, and got the M2n32-SLI deluxe from Asus, and i've had nothing but happiness. So, in my opinion, go for it. It saves on a wireless chip, im sure seeing as it is the deluxe version.

I believe it is only DDR2 compatible. On the Asus website, they have an article that highlights "upcoming" AM3 boards. The M4A79-T Deluxe is DDR3 and DDR2 compatible, but that board isn't out yet.

Well, I think getting the new board is the right choice, however I'd imagine that the BIOS the old board ships with could at least start up the CPU. Or you could do what I did which was buy a $20 Sempron for the first boot. At any rate, I don't see any reason why not to go for the M4A boards.

i was window-shopping for a Core i7 this morning.

this chart got my attention.

the Phenom 2 940 would be a little slower than my Q9550.

my Opteron 175 would be down towards the bottom of the chart ... it's 2.2 GHz.

whether you get a Phenom 920 or 940, it's basically going to be ... neck-snapping whip-cracking fast.

it's a lot of fun to get a new computer when it works right. when it doesn't work right, frown lines & curse words happen. if i was getting the Phenom 2, i'd want some re-assurance that it is rock solid stable with the MB & RAM.

can't wait till they come out with the Opteron version of the Phenom 2 and the Xeon version of the Core i7 ! ! !

where's the drool smiley ?

I have the Phenom II 940 on the Asus M4A79 Deluxe and it runs great. Booted up and immediatly recognized my 940. Great overclocking features and board always runs cool even with a serious load on it.

Even though its native DDR2 1066 my OCZ 1066 ram is being detected as 800. I'll play with with the voltages some more today and figure out why im only running at 800 still.

All around great board and combined with my 1gig 4870, 4gigs of OCZ 1066 ram, Phenom II 940 my system is a beast, takes everything I throw at it.

Can run stable at 3.7 with Zalman CNPS 9500 hsf at 36C idle without changing voltages and underload no more than 43C. I'll see how high I can get it to go after messing around with it some more

Yeah, im pretty sure it reads the correct temps. I also use Asus AI suite and pc probe 2 to read my temps.

I like my hsf but would recomend researching better options, I probably could run a few more degrees cooler if I would of spent more time researching.

if u are going to run the phenom x2 quad core 940 black this is the board u want, if u have radon,visiontek,or any of the hd cards it will support 'em very well, as it is fully loaded for crossfire, and if u know how to oc this board makes it easy, and the board is a great value for under 200 smackers.

What kind of RAM are you running?