Asus M3A79-T Deluxe review

What makes the M3A79-T Deluxe so different is the fact that it marries the Northbridge of the AMD 790FX chipset with the brand new SB750 Southbridge. Until now most boards were still using not only the older SB700 but rather the antiquated SB600 from ATI. The SB700 made it's debut with the 780G integrated graphics chipset and more recently the SB750 with the follow-up the 790GX. For those who don't know the SB750 solves a number of problems with SouthBridge performance all around from the USB bus to SATA. It also adds in full RAID 0/1/5/10 support. The major new feature though is support for AMD's new Advanced Clock Calibration which allows for much higher and more reliable overclocks through AMD's Overdrive and the BIOS. AMD haven't released many details on how it works but suffice to say it does and it extends Phenom overclocking greatly. Combine this with the 790FX Northbridge chipset with Quad PCI-e 16x Crossfire support and you have the ultimate AMD motherboard.