Mother Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 - Unboxing by www.geekshive.com

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Processor
1. Support for AM3 processors: AMD Phenom™ II processor/ AMD Athlon™ II processor

Hyper Transport Bus
1. 2000 MT/s

Chipset
1. NVIDIA® GeForce 7025/nForce 630a chipset

Memoria
1. 2 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8GB of system memory (Note 1)
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR3 1333+/1066/800 MHz memory modules

Onboard Graphics Integrated in the Chipset:
1. 1 x D-Sub port

Audio
1. Realtek ALC888B codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel (Note 2)

LAN
1. Onboard Realtek RTL8211CL (10/100/1000Mbit)

Expansion Slots
1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
2. 2 x PCI Express x1 slot
3. 1 x PCI slot

IDE ATA Chipset:
1. 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices
2. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and JBOD

USB Chipset:
1. Up to 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 on the back panel, 6 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)

Internal I/O Connectors
1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2. 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
3. 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
4. 1 x CPU fan header
5. 1 x system fan header
6. 1 x front panel header
7. 1 x front panel audio header
8. 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
9. 1 x parallel port connector
10. 1 x clearing CMOS jumper

Rear Panel I/O
1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
2. 1 x PS/2 mouse port
3. 1 x D-Sub port
4. 1 x serial port
5. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
6. 1 x RJ-45 port
7. 3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

I/O
1. iTE IT8720 chip

H/W Monitoring
1. System voltage detection
2. CPU / System temperature detection
3. CPU / System fan speed detection
4. CPU / System warning temperature
5. CPU / System fan failure warning
6. CPU fan speed control (Note 3)

BIOS
1. 2 x 8 Mbit flash
2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
3. Support for DualBIOS™
4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b

Unique Features
1. Supports @BIOS
2. Supports Q-Flash
3. Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue
4. Supports Download Center
5. Supports Xpress Install
6. Supports Xpress Recovery2
7. Supports EasyTune(Note 4)
8. Support for Auto Green
9. Support for On/Off Charge

Bundle Software
1. Norton Internet Security (OEM version)

Operating System
1. Support for Microsoft Windows 7/Vista/XP

Diseño
1. Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 20.6cm

Note (Note 1) Due to Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than 4 GB.
(Note 2) To configure 7.1-channel audio, you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver.
(Note 3) Whether the CPU fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU cooler you install.
(Note 4) Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model.

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[SirWhymarkGaming]

can i put a ati radeon 6870 on this motherboard please answer :)

[GahegeTheDruid]

sry for all the questions but how many fps will i get on worldofwarcraft

[PumpkinKing201]

@GahegeTheDruid Nope, your power supply is fine for it :3 The HD 6850 is a great GPU for it's price.

[GahegeTheDruid]

@PumpkinKing201 would i have to upgrade my power supply its a 500 w right now

[PumpkinKing201]

@GahegeTheDruid If you don't mind spending around $140, I recommend a Sapphire HD 6850.

[GahegeTheDruid]

i have a NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 Graphics on this motherboard right now and was wundering what would be a good upgrade that would fit on this motherboard to get me better performance gaming

[MrNomSauce]

@neoamy thanks

[neoamy]

@MrNomSauce yes

[MrNomSauce]

Can anyone help me?

Will this motherboard fit:

CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 250 3.0GHz AM3

Memory: Corsair XMS3 4GB DDR3 (2 sticks of 2GB)

Power supply: 650W

Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 DDR3

Lol it will cost me $400 for everything overall.

[DragonTechGuide]

@TheKanjiKUN Yes