| ASUS P5N7A-VM GeForce 9300 mATX Motherboard
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ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated (ASUS) was founded in Taiwan in 1989. Over the last two decades they have built a solid reputation in the technology sector, and their motherboards are consistently among the most stable designs available. ASUS has manufacturing facilities in seven different cities across four different countries where in addition to motherboards they also produces graphics cards, laptops, and numerous other electronic devices.
ASUS has the capacity to produce millions of motherboards every month, but today we are going to be taking a look at just one of them. Specifically the P5N7A-VM GeForce 9300 mATX motherboard shown in the promotional image above. Before taking a closer look at this motherboard and all it has to offer, let's start with some introductory information regarding the specifications and features taken from the official product page on the ASUS website.
Specifications:
» Supported CPU:
» CPU Socket Type LGA 775 Quad-core / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo / Pentium
» FSB 1333/1066MHz
» Chipset:
» NVIDIA MCP7A-S/GeForce 9300/nForce 730i
» Memory:
» 4 - 240 pin DDR2 Dual Channel memory slots
» 16GB of 800MHz DDR 2 memory
» Expansion Slots :
» 1 – PCIe x16 slot
» 1 – PCIe x1 slot
» 2 - PCI slots
» Storage Devices :
» 1 – PATA port supporting up to 2 ATA100 devices
» 5 – SATA3Gb/s ports supporting SATA Raid 0/1/0+1/5/JBOD
» Video:
» NVIDIA GeForce 9300 IGP
» Audio:
» Realtek ALC1200 8 Channel Chipset
» Onboard LAN:
» 1 - NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Network Controller
» Rear Panel Ports:
» 1 - PS/2
» 1 – D-Sub (VGA)
» 1 – DVI (Dual Link)
» 1 – HDMI (HDCP compliant)
» 1 – Display Port
» 6 – USB 2.0 (6 additional USB 2.0 connections available via 3 onboard ports)
» 1 - eSATA
» 1 – Optical S/PDIF Out
» 6 – 3.5mm Audio
» Physical dimensions and attributes:
» Micro ATX form factor, 9.6” x 9.2” ( 244mm x 234mm)
» 24 pin EATX power connector and 4 pin ATX 12V connector
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