ECS A780GM-A Motherboard Product Details

ECS A780GM-A Motherboard
Get superb performance at an affordable price with our new ECS A780GM-A (V1.0) AMD 780G Socket AM2+ ATX motherboard. With its ATI Radeon HD3200 and Integrated Direct X10 graphics support this platform delivers spectacular video for systems running on the high-powered AMD Phenom, AMD Athlon 64X2 dual core, Athlon 64, and Sempron processors. The ECS A780GM-A supports Hyper Transport 3.0 CPU interface, dual-channel 1066/800/667/533/400 DDR2 memory, PCI Express x16/x1, SATA 3.0Gb/s, RAID 0, 1, 10 configurations, 8-channel HD audio, USB 2.0, SPDIF, HDMI, and Gigabit Fast Ethernet LAN. If you’re ready to build a spectacular multimedia machine, get your project off to a flying start with the ECS A780GM-A motherboard.

AMD Phenom
Being inherited from the excellent architecture of multitasking, AMD Phenom processors lead to a new milestone in the computing performance with its powerful multi-core as well as the support for HT 3.0 technology.
ATI Hybrid Graphics Technology
To provide better gaming performance than a single graphics card, the innovative design of ATIª Hybrid Graphics Technology is capable to bring additional performance increase up to 1.75X by enabling the power of both integrated graphics core and the add-on graphics card simultaneously.

HDMI
The interface supports existing high-definition video formats(720p, 1080i, and even 1080p), plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. Combination with HDCP, provides a secure audio/video interface that meets the security requirements of content providers and systems operators.

PCI EXPRESS 2.0
The exceptionally increased interconnect bit rate from 2.5GT/s up to 5.0GT/s would effectively eliminates the bottle neck of the system performance and brings the most terrific computing experience from the present to the future.



A Closer Look

Socket
This motherboard features a Socket AM2+
design.

Chipset
The A780GM-A motherboard is based on the AMD 780G Northbridge chipset and the AMD SB700 Southbridge chipset. It supports AMD Phenom, Athlon X2, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 and Sempron Processors, with Hyper-Transport 3.0 Technology and 2600MHz (5200 MT/s) Front Side Bus support.

Memory Expansion
The A780GM-A provides 4 DIMM sockets using Dual Channel 240-pin DDR2 with a total capacity of up to 8GB-64bit (32GB-64bit support). You can install DDR2 400/533/667/800/1066MHz Memory. (Due to the DRAM maximum size is 2GB at present, the memory maximum size we have tested is 8GB. Plus, 1066MHz is supported through AM2+ CPUs only)

PCI Express 2.0 Support
PCI Express Base 2.0 specification doubles the interconnect bit rate from 2.5 GT/s to 5 GT/s in a seamless and compatible manner. The performance boost to 5 GT/s is by far the most important feature of the PCI Express 2.0 specifications. It effectively increases the aggregate bandwidth of a 16-lane link to approximately 16 GB/s. The higher bandwidth will allow product designers to implement narrower interconnect links to achieve high performance.

IDE
The A780GM-A includes built in IDE facilities that support Ultra DMA 66/100/133.
Audio
The A780GM-A comes with an IDT 92HD206 HD audio codec which supports high quality 8-channel audio.

Serial ATA Support
The A780GM-A 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, 1 and 10 solutions.


What's Included


  • ECS A780GM-A Motherboard
  • User Manual
  • Drivers CD
  • (2) Two SATA Cables
  • IDE Cable
  • I/O Back Panel Shield

Specifications

Motherboard Specifications
Processor Socket AMD
Processor Interface Socket AM2+
Form Factor ATX
Processors Supported AMD Athlon 64
  AMD Athlon 64 FX
  AMD Sempron
  AMD Athlon X2
  AMD Phenom
Additional Technologies HyperTransport 3.0 Technology
  DirectX10
Front Side Bus 2600MHz (5200 MT/s)
Chipset
Northbridge AMD 780G
Southbridge AMD SB700
Memory
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Supported 400MHz DDR2
  533MHz DDR2
  Dual Channel Supported
  667MHz DDR2
  800MHz DDR2
  1066MHz DDR2 (AM2+ CPU Only)
  800MHz DDR2 Memory Architecture
Number of Pins 240-Pin
Maximum Memory Supported 32GB - 64bit
Number of Slots 4
Audio
Channels 8 Channels
Audio Chipset IDT 92HD206
Video
Video Chipset ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
LAN
LAN Type 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit
I/O Ports
PS/2 Keyboard Connectors 1
PS/2 Mouse Connectors 1
USB Ports (Total) 12
LAN Ports 1
Audio Out Jacks 2
IDE Headers 1
FDD Headers 1
Serial ATA Headers 5
  1 - External
ATX Power Connectors 1 24-Pin Connector
PC Power Connectors 1 - 4 Pin
Fan Connectors 1 x CPU
  1 x Chassis
VGA Ports 1
HDMI Ports 1
Expansion Slots
PCI Slots 3
PCI Express X1 Slots 2
PCI Express X16 Slots 1
RAID
RAID Support Yes
Dimensions
Length 12.000 in. (30.48 cm)
Width 8.700 in. (22.098 cm)

Customer Reviews

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 4.6
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 4.4
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 4.3
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 4.3
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Reviewer:
strikes98
Date:
Oct 19, 2010
waste of money ever

Great for the last year. NOT. I need to have it repair since atx12v1(auxiliary case power) causing problems

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1.8
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Reviewer:
Cg1
Date:
Sep 19, 2010
Dont Bother

the first 1 lasted 8 moths sendt it back to ECS that gave me a New one and now that 1 is ded. after 3 months. Ill stay with ASUS

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Reviewer:
tmulkey
Date:
May 28, 2010
Love This Little Board

This board works great. I have two of them now and no problems at all. I would highly reccomend. On-board video is very decent and it will handle a lot of RAM. The onboard RAID works very good as well. Running XP x64 on one board and Windows 7 x64 on the other and both had full driver support.

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4.3
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 4.0
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 4.0
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Reviewer:
FijiLane
Date:
Apr 05, 2010
Suitable

Having a problem with a barely audible high pitched whine in the sound, access to the utility is through the CD only it seems. Also there was a hardware issue with the PCIe that caused crashing until the driver was updated. Happened out of the BLUE and was baffling. I've had better boards but all in all this one is OK. Will work on it until perfected. Maybe a new sound card?

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 5.0
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Reviewer:
SIRGOMEZ81
Date:
Apr 01, 2010
Awesome.

It works very well. I had doubts about this MOBO when i bought because I wanted to start gaming. So far the games I've worked with been great. If you don't have a lot of money and you want a pretty good mobo then i would get this one.

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    Mfg Part No: A780GM-A
    UPC No: 881038017044
    Box Size: ( Length: 14, Width: 11, Depth: 3 )
    Shipping Weight: 2.1500 pound(s)
    Dimensional Weight: 3 pounds

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