Asus M5A78L-M-LX3 16GB DDR3 AMD Motherboard

This motherboard supports AMD® AM3+ multi-core processors with unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power consumption. It features dual-channel DDR3 memory support and accelerates data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport™ 3.0 based system bus. This motherboard also supports AMD® CPUs in the new 32nm manufacturing process.

ASUS Anti-Surge Protection
Anti-Surge Protection Design detects overvoltage conditions and prevents voltage surges from spreading in real time. It also actively cuts off the overvoltage supply to protect the system.
1. Real-time over voltage detection.
2. Active protection against potential damage to your motherboards and systems.

ESD
Protect Your Computer with ESD Guards. Electrostatic discharge (ESD) conditions can happen while plugging or unplugging any USB peripherals-causing damage to the computer. ASUS ESD Guards clamp the ESD voltage and shunt the majority of the ESD current away for a more reliable computing environment.

FAN X-pert
ASUS Fan Xpert intelligently allows you to adjust the CPU and chassis fan speeds according to different ambient temperatures caused by different climate conditions in different geographic regions and your PC’s loading. The built-in variety of useful profiles offer flexible controls of fan speed to achieve a quiet and cool environment.

8-channel high definition audio
Enjoy high-end sound system on your PC! The onboard 8-channel HD audio (High Definition Audio, previously codenamed Azalia) CODEC enables high-quality 192KHz/24-bit audio output, jack-sensing feature, retasking functions and multi-streaming technology that simultaneously sends different audio streams to different destinations. You can now talk to your partners on the headphone while playing a multi-channel network games. All of these are done on one computer.
** Use the chassis with HD audio module in the front panel to support 8-channel audio output.

EPU-4 Engine
System Level Energy Saving
The new ASUS EPU - the world’s first power saving engine, has been upgraded to a new 4-engine version, which provides total system power savings by detecting current PC loadings and intelligently moderating power in real-time. The EPU automatically provides the most appropriate power usage for the CPU, VGA card, hard drives and CPU cooler fan - helping save power and money.

Low EMI
Protect You A special low-radiation design shields you from harmful electromagnetic exposure by eliminating 50% of radiation.
1. Radiation Deduction Design minimizes harmful electromagnetic radiation output with exclusive circuit design to cancel electrical charge.
2. The Radiation Moat Design effectively blocks radiation to prevent discharge spread.

Core Unlocker
Unleash True Core Performance Intelligently
ASUS Core Unlocker simplifies the activation of a latent AMD® CPU—with just a simply key. Enjoy an instant performance boost by simply unlocking the extra cores, without performing complicated BIOS changes.

EZ-Flash 2
Simply update BIOS from a USB flash disk before entering the OS
EZ Flash 2 is a user-friendly BIOS update utility. Simply launch this tool and update BIOS from a USB flash disk before entering the OS. You can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without preparing an additional floppy diskette or using an OS-based flash -utility

ErP ready
The motherboard is European Union´s Energy-related Products (ErP) ready, and ErP requires products to meet certain energy efficiency requirements in regards to energy consumptions. This is in line with ASUS vision of creating environment-friendly and energy-efficient products through product design and innovation to reduce carbon footprint of the product and thus mitigate environmental impacts.

Features

AM3+ CPU Support Ready
Core Unlocker- Unlock true Core performance intelligently
Anti-Surge- Full-time Power Guardian-Make System Free From Risk
ASUS EPU- System Level Energy Saving
Low EMI- protect you - 50% less radiation

Technical details

Model

Brand : ASUS
Model : M5A78L-M-LX3

Specifications

CPU
AMD AM3+ FX™/Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/Sempron™ 100 Series Processors
Supports CPU up to 95 W
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology

Chipset
AMD 760G (780L)/SB710

Memory
2 x DIMM, Max. 16GB, DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz ECC, Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel Memory Architecture

System Bus
Up to 5.2 GT/s HyperTransport™ 3

Graphic
Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 GPU
VGA output support : RGB port
- Supports RGB with max. resolution 2560 x 1440 @ 75 Hz
Maximum shared memory of 1024 MB
Hybrid CrossFireX™ Support *1
Supports DirectX 10

Expansion Slots
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
1 x PCI

Storage
AMD SB710 controller : 4 x SATA 3Gb/s port(s), blue Support Raid 0, 1, 10, JBOD

LAN
Qualcomm Atheros 8161/8171, 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller(s)

Audio
Realtek® ALC887 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC *2

USB Ports
Built-in Controller : 8 x USB 2.0 port(s) (4 at back panel, black, 4 at mid-board)

Special Features
ASUS EPU : EPU
Core Unlocker
ASUS Exclusive Features : Anti-Surge
ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution :  ASUS Fan Xpert

ASUS EZ DIY
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
ASUS EZ Flash 2
ASUS MyLogo 2

Back I/O Ports
1 x PS/2 keyboard (purple)
1 x PS/2 mouse (green)
1 x D-Sub
1 x LAN (RJ45) port(s)
4 x USB 2.0
1 x COM port(s)
3 x Audio jack(s)

Internal I/O Ports
2 x USB 2.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 4 USB 2.0 port(s)
4 x SATA 3Gb/s connector(s)
1 x CPU Fan connector(s)
1 x Chassis Fan connector(s)
1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector(s)
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector(s)
1 x Front panel audio connector(s) (AAFP)
1 x Internal speaker connector(s)
1 x System panel(s)

Accessories
User's manual
I/O Shield
2 x SATA 3Gb/s cable(s)

BIOS
16 Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS , PnP, DMI v2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS V2.7, ACPI V2.0a

Support Disc
Drivers
ASUS PC Probe II
ASUS Update
Anti-virus software (OEM version)

Form Factor
uATX Form Factor
9.6 inch x 7.4 inch ( 24.4 cm x 18.8 cm )