Asus A8R-MVP ATI Socket 939 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / Gigabit LAN / S/PDIF / USB 2.0 & Firewire / Serial ATA / RAID at TigerDirect.com
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Asus A8R-MVP ATI Socket 939 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / Gigabit LAN / S/PDIF / USB 2.0 & Firewire / Serial ATA / RAID

Asus A8R-MVP
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Item Number: A455-2127
Model: A8R-MVP
THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

With Dual Core, 64-Bit Support,
Multi-Tasking Has Never Been So Easy

The A8R-MVP supports AMD 939-pin Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core processor with 1MB x2 or 512KB x2 L2 cache which is based on 64-bit architecture. It features better multithreaded / multitasking performance than Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64. ATI's CrossFire boosts image quality along with rendering speed, eliminating the need to crank down screen resolutions to get the high image quality you want. CrossFire ignites with the higher antialiasing, anisotropic filtering, shading, and texture settings you desire. Adjust your display configurations, experiment with your advanced 3D settings, and check the effect with a real-time 3D-rendered preview within ATI's Catalyst™ Control Center to rule your CrossFire system. Enjoy the extraordinary CPU power from the latest dual-core CPU. The advanced processing technology contains two physical CPU cores with individually dedicated L2 cache to satisfy the rising demand for more powerful processing capability. Get ready to take your PC performance to a level you’ve only dreamed about. As always, we offer you the best products at the best prices – and this remarkable motherboard is no exception. But hurry – word travels fast in the gaming and extreme computing circles - and these boards are creating some electrifying buzz. They will not stay on our warehouse shelves for long.


Specifications

  Form Factor:  ATX
  Processors Supported:  AMD Athlon 64
  AMD Athlon 64 FX
  AMD Athlon 64 X2
  AMD Sempron 64
  Additional Technologies:  HyperTransport Technology
  Front Side Bus:  800MHz
  1000MHz
  Northbridge:  ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 CrossFire
  Number of Slots:  4
  Number of Pins:  184-Pin
  Maximum Memory Supported:  4GB - 32bit
  Memory Supported:  DDR266 (PC2100)
  DDR333 (PC2700)
  DDR400 (PC3200)
  Dual Channel Supported
  Channels:  6 Channels
  Audio Chipset:  ADI AD1986A SoundMAX
  Supported Devices:  4
  Hard Drive Types:  UDMA/33
  UDMA/133
  UDMA/100
  UDMA/66
  USB Version:  2
  USB Data Transfer Rates:  480Mbps
  LAN Type:  10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit
  Port Type:  RJ-45
  PCI Slots:  3
  PCI Express X1 Slots:  1
  PCI Express X16 Slots:  2
  PS/2 Keyboard Connectors:  1
  PS/2 Mouse Connectors:  1
  Serial Communication Ports:  1
  Parallel Ports:  1
  USB Ports:  8
  FireWire Ports:  1
  LAN Ports:  1
  Audio Out Jacks:  1
  Line In Jacks:  1
  Microphone Jacks:  1
  CD-In Headers:  1
  AUX-In Headers:  1
  IDE Headers:  2
  FDD Headers:  1
  Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s Headers:  4
  ATX Power Connectors:  1 24-Pin Connector
  PC Power Connectors:  1
  S/PDIF Connectors:  1
  Length:  12.000 in. (30.48 cm)
  Width:  9.600 in. (24.5 cm)
Detailed Features

A Closer Look

Socket
This motherboard features a Socket 939
design. The Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) style socket makes it easy to install and upgrade your processor.

Chipset
The A8R-MVP motherboard is based on the ATI RADEON Express 200 CrossFire Northbridge chipset. It supports AMD Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2 and Sempron 64 Processors, with Hyper-Transport Technology and 800/1000MHz Front Side Bus support.

Memory Expansion
The A8R-MVP provides 4 DIMM sockets using Dual Channel 184-pin DDR with a total capacity of up to 4GB. You can install DDR 266/333/400MHz Memory.

PCI Express Support
The A8R-MVP fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by carrying data in packets. This high-speed interface is software compatible with existing PCI specifications.

IDE
The A8R-MVP includes built in IDE facilities that support Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133.
Audio
The A8R-MVP comes with a AD1986A audio codec which supports high quality 6-channel audio.

Serial ATA RAID Support
The A8R-MVP supports the Serial ATA technology through the Serial ATA interfaces. Doubles bus bandwidth which provides blazingly high disk performance, up to 3.0Gb/s, with RAID 0 or RAID 1 solutions
Customer Reviews and Rating  
Customer Rating:    3.5
Customer Reviews: 6

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Value 4.2
Features 4.2
Quality 3.2
Performance 2.7

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Reviewer:  elementska on  Mar 29, 2007
Customer Rating:    3.0
Value 5.0
Features 5.0
Quality 1.0
Performance 1.0

I've had this board for about 2 days now and it is the most unstable thing I've ever dealt with. Every time I restarted the system would hang, freeze or not even post. This is all stock clocks. I have an X2 4800+, 2 gig corsair ram, X1800XT and seagate 300 gb sata drive.


Reviewer:  foxman3 on  Mar 14, 2007
Customer Rating:    3.5
Value 4.0
Features 4.0
Quality 4.0
Performance 2.0

I purchased this board in 10/06 and it worked fine for a short period, it freezes up quite often, I've tried everything to aleviate this problem but no success. I am running an AMD X2 4600 w/1gig of Ultra 3200 memory Pny 256 meg video card, 2/Seagate sata hard drives. I am not very pleased with this board and would have to think long and hard about getting another Asus board. If anyone knows of or has any fixes for this freeze up problem I would appriciate the help. foxman3@aim.com


Reviewer:  lonestar36 on  Mar 13, 2007
Customer Rating:    2.8
Value 4.0
Features 4.0
Quality 2.0
Performance 1.0

I just bought an A8R-MVP MB and it takes forever to set up raid. It takes 2 min. to find the HD's, then it takes 2 min for the XP CD to start, then it takes 15 min. afer ''Setup is inspecting your hardware'' so you can press F6 to load the raid drivers. If you miss the F6 input you have to do the whole thing again. I understand Bios applications are slow but this is too slow. I'll bet the guy who wrote it never had to install one.


Reviewer:  gymfrk on  Oct 23, 2006
Customer Rating:    2.0
Value 2.0
Features 2.0
Quality 2.0
Performance 2.0

I believe the board has potential to be a really good board but it has alot of problems at the moment. I believe many people are experiencing usb problems even with updating the bios. I have a amd dual 4200 and it seems to really be running slow on this board. I believe I'll save up for the A8n 32 Sli deluxe. Just too many usb crashes with this one


Reviewer:  Tom on  Sep 27, 2006
Customer Rating:    5.0
Value 5.0
Features 5.0
Quality 5.0
Performance 5.0

I think this mobo is a good buy and has all the inputs I will ever need. The dual kingston 512 ram install ok but the board was dead. Removed the ram from 1st dimm slot and I had power up. Ram checked and reinstalled back in dimm 1st slot and the pwr up problem was Gone! The unknown question,is the dimm socket eractic or not. This is my first mobo purchased online. I also selected the ATI X1300pro pcie video card and the AMD athlon64 3700+ processor. All went well but discovered when turning off the system that some fans continue to run very slowly including the mad dog 550W p/s fans. The Q fan option in the bios had been disabled. I am not a game player so only one video card. Do I really need to up grade the bios and all drivers on my board. The H.D.LED stays on when power is turned off but it still works as usual. I normally use only Pentiums boards so this is all new and i am still a novice at this stuff. Any help appreciated tomradar@msn.com


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What You Should Know

This product has a 939 CPU Socket.
Your CPU is the heart of your computer. Keeping it cool improves performance and prevents damage. Be sure you have a good CPU cooling product!
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Hyper-Transport Technology

HyperTransport™ technology is a high-speed, low latency, point-to-point link designed to increase the communication speed between integrated circuits in computers, servers, embedded systems, and networking and telecommunications equipment up to 48 times faster than some existing technologies.

HyperTransport™ technology helps reduce the number of buses in a system, which can reduce system bottlenecks and enable today's faster microprocessors to use system memory more efficiently in high-end multiprocessor systems.

HyperTransport™ technology is designed to:

  • Provide significantly more bandwidth than current technologies
  • Use low-latency responses and low pin counts
  • Maintain compatibility with legacy PC buses while being extensible to new SNA (Systems Network Architecture) buses.
  • Appear transparent to operating systems and offer little impact on peripheral drivers.

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PCI Express - Delivering Dramatically Improved Graphics
Doubling the bandwidth of the AGP 8X graphics bus, the new PCI Express represents the most profound change to desktop architecture in nearly a decade. PCI Express replaces AGP, allowing much larger amounts of data to move between the graphics card and the CPU, and will soon replace PCI expansion slots as well. The PCI standard allows for a 32-bit bus with a maximum throughput of 133MB/s. By contrast, PCI Express will run at 2.5GHz. PCI Express is a two-way serial connection that carries data in packets along two pairs of point-to-point data lines, compared to the single parallel data bus of traditional PCI. Gamers will benefit from an incredible upgrade in video quality with PCI Express, because it will allow for more powerful video cards, inspiring developers to create more realistic environments that will make games come alive with astonishingly lifelike colors and images. Video enthusiasts will also benefit because PCI Express will accommodate higher-quality video throughput (amount of data you can send per second). As network television moves over to HDTV broadcasts, PCI Express positions the PC platform for integration into the living room, while also allowing for HD video editing and other bandwidth-intensive tasks. PCI Express is compatible with existing PCI drivers and software operating systems and is designed to co-exist with current PCI hardware.

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Limited Warranty

This Item's Warranty is:
-  36 Months Parts
-  36 Months Labor
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What's In The Box

  • Asus A8R-MVP ATI Socket 939 ATX Motherboard
  • User's manual
  • Serial ATA cable
  • Serial ATA power cable (For two devices)
  • UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
  • MVP-Switch card
  • IEEE1394 port module
  • 2-port USB2.0 / Game module
  • IDE cable
  • FDD cable
  • I/O shield

Contents of package may vary from those pictured and stated here, due to changes in manufacturer's specifications or merchandising. Please check the product information carefully, items not included may no longer be required.

This Product Has Limited Exchange Privileges.

Only defective exchanges for identical item within 30 days of purchase permitted on this product. After 30 days, please contact the manufacturer at: 812-282-2787 Option 3.
Manufactured by: Asus
Warranty provided by: Asus
Limited Warranty: 36 months parts; 36 months labor
Mfg Part No: A8R-MVP
UPC No: 610839134564
Box Size: ( Length: 11, Width: 14, Depth: 3 )
Shipping Weight: 3.7000 pound(s)
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