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December 6, 2009 by Lawrence Lee
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Product
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Gigabyte MA785GPMT-UD2H
AMD AM3 mATX Motherboard |
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Manufacturer
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Gigabyte |
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Street Price
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US$95~105 |
A few months back we reviewed a pair of 785G
boards from Asus and MSI. 785G brought better integrated graphics, DDR3
memory support and a better Southbridge chip, improvements which put it just
a step behind the premium 790GX chipset. Since then, 785G has replaced 780G
as the AMD's mainstream chipset thanks to aforementioned enhancements and the
great value they offer. Pull any 785G board out of a pile and you'll find a
stacked feature-set and an excellent price-tag. Teaming up such a board with
one of AMD's affordable, yet formidable Athlon
quad core processors gives a budget PC enthusiasts a cheap, fast platform
to build on.
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The box.
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Today we are looking at Gigabyte's implementation of 785G in the form of the
MA785GPMT-UD2H, mainly with regard to power consumption but in other
areas as well. The board is one of three mATX AM3 solutions offered by Gigabyte,
the others being the MA785GMT-UD2H and MA785GMT-US2H. Deciphering their
model numbers is a bit of a task. "MA" means AMD or AM2/3, "785G"
is the name of the chipset obviously, "P" denotes the presence of
Sideport memory to speed up the onboard graphics, while the "M" is
for microATX. "UD" stands for "Ultra Durable" which is explained
on the the box pictured above, and "US" must mean "Ultra ___"
— well we'll let you use your imagination to fill in the blank. The "T"
and "2H" seem to be fillers as far as we can tell — you can never
have too long a model number. To summarize, the model we're testing is the most
fully loaded.
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Despite being their high-end 785G board, the accessories are a bit lacking.
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| CPU |
1. Support for AM3 processors:
AMD PhenomTM II processor/ AMD Athlon™ II processor |
| Hyper Transport Bus |
1. 5200 MT/s |
| Chipset |
1. North Bridge: AMD 785G
2. South Bridge: AMD SB710 |
| Memory |
1. 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets
supporting up to 16 GB of system memory (Note 1)
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR3 1800 (OC)/1666/1333/1066 MHz memory modules |
| Integrated Memory |
1. 128MB DDR3 SidePort
memory |
| Onboard Graphics |
Integrated in the North
Bridge:
1. 1 x D-Sub port
2. 1 x DVI-D port (Note 2) (Note 3)
3. 1 x HDMI port (Note 3) |
| Audio |
1. Realtek ALC889A codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4. Support for Dolby Home Theater
5. Support for S/PDIF In/Out
6. Support for CD In |
| LAN |
1. Realtek 8111C chip (10/100/1000
Mbit) |
| Expansion Slots |
1. 1 x PCI Express x16
slot (PCIEX16 - conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
2. 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
3. 2 x PCI slots |
| Storage Interface |
South Bridge:
1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
2. 5 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 5 SATA 3Gb/s devices
3. 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port on the back panel supporting up to 1 SATA 3Gb/s
device
4. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and JBOD iTE IT8718 chip:1.
1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive |
| USB |
Integrated in the South
Bridge: Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 on the back panel, 8 via the USB brackets
connected to the internal USB headers) |
| IEEE 1394 |
T.I. TSB43AB23 chip: Up
to 2 IEEE 1394a ports (1 on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket
connected to the internal IEEE 1394a header) |
| Internal I/O Connectors
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1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main
power connector
2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
3. 1 x floppy disk drive connector
4. 1 x IDE connector
5. 5 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
6. 1 x CPU fan header
7. 1 x system fan header
8. 1 x North Bridge fan header
9. 1 x front panel header
10. 1 x front panel audio header
11. 1 x CD In connector
12. 1 x S/PDIF In/Out header
13. 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
14. 1 x IEEE 1394a header
15. 1 x parallel port header
16. 1 x serial port header
17. 1 x chassis intrusion header
18. 1 x power LED header
19. 1 x clearing CMOS jumper |
| Back Panel
Connectors |
1. 1 x PS/2
keyboard port or PS/2 mouse port
2. 1 x D-Sub port
3. 1 x DVI-D port (Note 3)(Note 4)
4. 1 x HDMI port (Note 4)
5. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
6. 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port
7. 1 x IEEE 1394a port
8. 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
9. 1 x RJ-45 port
10. 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side
Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone) |
| I/O Controller |
1. ITE IT8718 chip |
| H/W Monitoring |
1. System voltage detection
2. CPU/System temperature detection
3. CPU/System fan speed detection
4. CPU overheating warning
5. CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
6. CPU/System fan speed control (Note 4) |
| BIOS |
1. 2 x 8 Mbit flash
2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
3. Support for DualBIOS™
4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b |
| Unique Features |
1. Support for @BIOS
2. Support for Q-Flash
3. Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue
4. Support for Download Center
5. Support for Xpress Install
6. Support for Xpress Recovery2
7. Support for EasyTune (Note 5)
8. Support for Easy Energy Saver
9. Support for Time Repare
10. Support for Q-Share |
| Bundle Software |
1. Norton Internet Security
(OEM version) |
| Operating System |
1. Support for Microsoft
Windows Vista/ XP |
| Form Factor |
1. Micro ATX Form Factor;
24.3cm x 24.3cm |
| Note |
(Note 1) Due to Windows
Vista/XP 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical
memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than
4 GB.
(Note 2) The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter.
(Note 3) Simultaneous output for DVI-D and HDMI is not supported.
(Note 4) Whether the CPU/system fan speed control function is supported
will depend on the CPU/system cooler you install.
(Note 5) Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model. |
| Remark |
1. Due to different Linux
support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver
from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
2. Due to most hardware/software vendors no longer offer support for Win9X/ME.
If some vendors still has Win9X/ME drivers available, we will publish on
website. |
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