GIGABYTE GA-MA790FX-DQ6 790FX Motherboard - $270 NOW!!

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GIGABYTE GA-MA790FX-DQ6 790FX Motherboard - $270 NOW!!

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$269.50 over at MWAVE! Here is what Gigabyte has to say about the GA-MA790FX-DQ6 790FX Motherboard.
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Gigabyte delivers the first board that supports AMD AM2+ Phenom™/ AM2 Athlon™64 series processors. The GA-MA790FX-DQ6 supports Dual Channel DDR2 1066 and comes with Quad PCIe 2.0 graphics interface with ATI CrossFire technology support (two x16 or four x8). The chipset supports 41 lanes of PCIe 2.0 and can run CrossFire and the future Quad CrossFire.

The GA-MA790FX-DQ6 uses High Quality CPU Power design with ferrite core chokes, Low RDS (on) MOSFETs and Solid Capacitors just like the P35-DQ6. Durable Japanese manufactured SMD (Surface Mount Device) Solid Capacitors are used to enhanced the system durability. All New Copper SILENT-PIPE that includes heat sinks are covering the MOSFET modules, the north bridge and the south bridge in order to cool the board silently.

Other features on this board include a Realtek ALC 889A codec with DTS Connect support, featuring 106 dB Signal to Noise ratio enabling Blu-ray and HD DVD high quality Full Rate Lossless audio playback, onboard Dual Gigabit LAN with Teaming function support and Quad BIOS solution for multiple layers of protection. There are also 4 eSATA ports, 1394 and S/PDIF

- Features

1. Supports AMD AM2+ Phenom™/ AM2 Athlon™64 processors and support 4000/ 2000 MT/s FSB.
2. Supports DDR2 1066 memory for outstanding system performance.
3. Quad PCI-E 2.0 graphics interface with ATI CrossFireX™ technology support (two x16 or four x8).
4. Integrated SATA 3Gb/s with RAID function
5. Features dual high speed Gigabit Ethernet and one IEEE1394
6. Ultra Durable 2 motherboard features High Quality CPU Power design with Ferrite core chokes, Low RDS (on) MOSFET and Solid Capacitors.
7. Durable Capacitors that take advantage of Japanese manufactured SMD (Surface Mount Device) solid capacitors for enhanced system durability.
8. All New Copper SILENT-PIPE that includes heat sinks covering MOSFET modules, the north bridge and the south bridge.
9. Audio controller from ALC 889A codec and DTS Connect, featuring 106 dB Signal to Noise ratio and supporting for both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats.
If you want an AM2+ based motherboard with the 790FX chipset and support for quad graphics card slots (CrossFireX) then this board can be your for $269.50 + shipping.
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Re: GIGABYTE GA-MA790FX-DQ6 790FX Motherboard - $270 NOW!!

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Hah! Canadians are going to get this one for cheaper!

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?s ... e=GIGABYTE

$252.25 :)
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Zertz wrote:Hah! Canadians are going to get this one for cheaper!

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?s ... e=GIGABYTE

$252.25 :)
$252.25 Canadian Funds... Which is $272.48 US after the rate conversion, so you guys pay more still :)
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Pffft lol, I guess 3$ isn't too bad :P

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Here is a picture I snapped of one the other day... Looks like the price is up to $276.51 now too...
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looks like its not going to support four dual slot cooler cards :-(
E6300 @ 3.51GHz 1.392v
Asus Maximus Formula
Antec 550Watt Psu
Mushkin DDR-1206@ 5-5-5-15 / 2.28v
Zalman CPU Cooler CNPS7700
6408800GTS(OC 691MHz Core/2.132GHz Mem)
2x80mm case fans +2x120mm case fans
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