Jetway MA3-785GP - AM3 Motherboard Review Print E-mail

Lately PCWizKid has been able to review various boards from Jetway.  Today we look at a micro ATX form factor board for AMD's AM3 CPU's, the Jetway MA3-785GP.  Unlike other Jetway boards I have reviewed this one is a mainstream budget board.

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Test System

- Phenom II X2 550 @3.5Ghz
- 4GB DDR3 OCZ AMD Platinum Edition Memory
- OCZ ModXstream 700Watt PSU
- Silverstone SG03 Mini Tower Case
- 500GB Seagate SATA Hard Drive

Video Review


Specifications

  1. CPU

Supports AMD Socket AM3

  1. AMD Socket AM3 Series processors
  1. Chipset
  1. AMD™ 785G Chipset + AMD™SB710 Chipset
  1. Hyper Transport Bus
  1. HT 3.0
  1. Integrated Graphics Processor
  1. ATI Radeon HD 4200(Support Microsoft DX 10.1)
  1. Memory
  1. 2 * 240-pin DDR3 DIMM slots
  2. Supports DDR3 1333/1066 non-ECC ,un-buffered memory
  3. Max.8GB
  1. Expansion Slots
  1. 2 * 32-bit PCI Slots
  2. 1 * PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot @16-lane
  1. Storage

AMD™SB710 Southbridge Chipset :

  1. 6 * Serial ATA2 3Gb/s connectors
  2. Supports HDDs with RAID 0, 1,JBOD Functions
  3. 1 * Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 IDE Connector
  1. Audio
  1. Realtek ALC662 HD Audio CODEC with 6-Channel
  1. Ethernet LAN
  1. Realtek RTL8111DL PCI Express Gigabit LAN
  1. USB
  1. Embedded 8 * USB 2.0/1.1
  1. Special Features
  1. Advanced Power Design that supports the latest Socket-AM2+ K10 CPU
  1. Rear Panel I / O
  1. 4 * USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  2. 1 * PS/2 mouse port
  3. 1 * PS/2 keyboard port
  4. 1 * VGA port & 1 * HDMI port & 1 * DVI port
  5. 1 * RJ-45 port
  6. 1 * SPDIF_Out port
  7. 1 * Audio I / O ports
  1. Internal I / O
  1. 2 * USB 2.0/1.1 headers for 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  2. CPU / Chassis Fan connectors
  3. 1 * 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector
  4. 1 * 24-pin ATX Power connector
  5. 1 * COM header
  6. CD / AUX Audio in
  7. Front panel audio connector
  8. 1 *HDMI_SPDIF_OUT header
  1. BIOS
  1. Award 8MB DIP Flash ROM

Conclusion

The MA3-785GP turns out to be an interesting little board with support and features for the budget PC.  Definitely while not a high end expensive board it has the support for the latest mainstream AM3 CPU's such as the Phenom II X2 550 tested or the latest Athlon II's making this a good choice if you want a basic board for the casual average user.  If you are looking to get more than 5.1 channel surround sound the this board would not be for you since it has a limit of 6 channels (5.1), however it was very nice to see that a SPDIF optical output was included .   While the BIOS features were capable of allowing overclocking, they options could be improved for more advanced users seeking to tweak their system even further.  Overall Jetway hsa made a good product for the price point of under $80 USD.

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