ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 on camera – AMD 890GX

AMD may not have the most powerful processors on the market and it won’t be launching any new architectures this year. On the other hand, the processors manufacturer has one of the most flexible and convenient platforms with a single CPU socket that houses all of its processors. In the upcoming weeks the company will announce the new AMD 890 chipset and even if we already most of the juiciness we now have some detailed pictures of ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3.

The motherboard follows the ATX standard and supports AMD’s Socket AM3 processors, which includes the entire lineup of processors available, but also the coming Phenom II X6 series.

ASUS has in turn equipped the motherboard with the following goodies;

• AMD 890GX chipset
• AMD SB800 southbridge
• Socket AM3
• 10 phase VRM power supply for CPU (140W TDP support)
• 2 phase VRM power supply for DDR3 memory slots
• Passive heatpipe cooling
• DirectX 10.1 graphics
• SATA 6Gb/s (SB800 native)
• USB 3.0 (Discrete NEC circuit)
• 2 x PCIe x16 slots (x8/x8 in CrossFire)
• 1 x PCIe x4 and 1x PCIe x1 slot
• 8+2 channel HD audio, SPDIF digital output
• Gigabit Ethernet
• HDMI, DVI and D-Sub video outputs

Price and launch date haven’t been set, but count on more of ASUS’ latest motherboard series sometime in March, together with other AMD 890 boards. For the mainstream market and HTPC systems especially AMD 890GX looks like a highly potent option.