Summary: This board was a bugger for me. I'm still discovering quirks here and there even though I've been using it for nearly a month. The initial problems were very, very...
Pros: Memcool Heatpipe is really cool., QConnectors make front panel connections easy. Every board should have these....
Cons: Windows XP 64bit is unreliable when SATA is in IDE mode., Outwardpointing SATA ports are difficult to use in smaller cases....
Summary: Out of sight and out of mind usually means no one even knows–or cares–that you're alive. That’s the problem AMD’s chipset division has faced lately.
Pros: Good performance; supports up to 4 GPUs.
Cons: Could use another couple of SATA ports; Asus's website doesn't meet expectations.
Summary: So far there are very few AM2+ motherboards on the market, with most of them coming from ASUS itself and Gigabyte. The ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe is actually the first AM2+...
Summary: The Asus M3A32MVP Deluxe WiFi motherboard was just awesome to work with. The board sets up easy, and has the Asus name to back it, which means absolute quality. I...
AMD Phenom 9600 Vs. Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600: Fight!
ExtremeTech
03 December 2007
Conclusion: Phenom is finally here, but seems six months late and still a work in progress. New BIOS updates cure stability issues, making the M3A32-MVP a solid choice for Phenom...
Pros: Four cores on a single die; potentially efficient multicore scaling. Rich feature set and potentially good tweaking capability.
Cons: Lower performance than the equivalent Intel CPU. Seems a little pricey for CPUs that are still only modest performers.