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Quick Specs
- Product type: Motherboard
- Form factor: Micro ATX
- Chipset Type: NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a
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The Asus M2N68-AM is a nVidia GeForce 7050PV/ nForce 630a-based, compact motherboard.Compared to other compact motherboards on the market, it is inexpensive at around $60.This motherboard supports Athlon 64 and Phenom processors that use the Socket AM2 interface.
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Built-in Graphics
These motherboards feature an on-board graphics processor, alleviating the need to purchase a graphics card. This can be a good choice for a cheaper system that is not expected to need the latest and greatest in graphical processing power. Even better, many of these still have a acceptable graphics card slot on the motherboard, allowing it to be upgraded later.
Not all on-board graphics are alike. Some are versions of actual graphics processors, mounted on the motherboard with built-in video RAM, which can give decent performance; others are integrated graphics solutions, which are built into the main chipset of the board itself. These latter have been getting better, and can provide enough performance for standard office tasks, but still fall far behind any of the dedicated solutions.
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Description: The Asus M2N68-AM is a nVidia GeForce 7050PV/ nForce 630a-based, compact motherboard.Compared to other compact motherboards on the market, it is inexpensive at around $60.This motherboard supports Athlon 64 and Phenom processors that use the Socket AM2 interface.
Pros: Is built around a nVidia GeForce 7050PV/ nForce 630a-based chipset, which is considerably more robust than some similarly priced motherboards.This board supports up to 4GB of RAM.This should be enough for demanding environments from gaming to gigabyte networking.
Cons: None noted, given available product data.
Suitability: Suited for those who want to build a small form-factor PC.
Value: In view of its inexpensive price, this motherboard has great features for the money.
Suggestions: (1) Be sure that you are using a Socket AM2-compatible processor with this motherboard.(2) If you want to take full advantage of the on-board SATA controller, you will want to consider a hard drive upgrade.Existing IDE hard drives will run on the ATA-133 bus.(3) For motherboard add-ons, check out the storage and components section of CNET's website.
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stars"good but wud have been better"by hardya1ster on 2009-12-01 10:40:52.0
Pros: not much as usual
Cons: i have a very low volume on my headphones , don't know y .does any of u have the same issue,please suggest me a solution
Summary: some one has a solution
"Great Board ! - Great Price!"by sparkstan66 on 2009-05-24 13:36:25.0
Pros: I bought this board as part of a bare bones kit and it has been a great performer. Very stable, no crashes. Bios setup is awesome. Has great overclocking potential. I am running it with the AMD Phenom 9950 2.6 ghz chip and it is running like a champ!
Cons: Two minor issues with this board. The front panel connectors are not labeled correctly. Power and Reset switch are labeled wrong per the diagram in the manual. Also the onboard network adapter never recognized my cable internet connection.
Summary: All in all a great board. No complaints. Other than the minor issues with the front panel connectors and the network adapter, everything runs great. Small form factor is awesome for putting together a media PC. I would definitely recommend this board.
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See full specs- Product type: Motherboard
- Form factor: Micro ATX
- Chipset Type: NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a
- Data bus speed: 1000 MHz
- Dimensions (WxDxH): 9.6 in x 8.7 in
