Review on Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890GX/SB850 Motherboard - 6 SATA USB 3.0, ATX by Kevin Mckechnie

Now I have two of these great Asus tablets. Yes, enough to buy a second one. Installing 64-bit Win7 on both went very well. Admittedly I had some trouble updating drivers when I built the first driver last year, but the latest build in January (from Revain) came with "enough current" drivers on a CD to ensure good performance and functionality. Of course, I updated the drivers to the latest version via Windows Update. Everything seemed to be going great. Windows 7 performance is impressive with the default configuration, with one exception: Graphics performance lags far behind the rest of the system in my AMD Phenon II X4 with the 4GB memory configuration. I'm not a gamer so this works for me. (Is there an emoji I should put here for the standard "YMMV" disclaimer?) Note, however, that the onboard graphics will power my new Blu-ray recorder/player, which is connected via the HDMI port at 1080p resolution output is fully supported. That's great! I haven't been able to test the USB3 functionality yet. I stress tested both boards with Prime 95 overnight with no errors. My first build had a child failure issue with some Corsair memory modules, but this was resolved with a memory replacement under warranty. I see very good behavior with the Win7 power saving features. The only warning I can give is that you shouldn't plan on migrating old internals. My very old (only 6 years old!) DVD drive gave me pleasure and gaming, but I'm pretty sure the problem was with the operating system and not the motherboard support. Buy and enjoy!