TAMBIEN POSEO EL MODELO DE MOTERBOARD QUE TIENE PUERTOAGP: 760GXKM8C

That's not the first time when we have practically no gripes with the layout of a microATX motherboard. All peripheral and power connectors are located along the edges, the only jumper (clear CMOS) is also easily accessible and is equipped with a "handle". Even the FDD connector is not blocked by the bottom PCI slot - it's located near IDE connectors instead.

Both bridges get rather hot during intensive operations. But the voltage regulator, despite no cooling, gets hot only in marathon tests that heavily load a processor. A heatsink on the Southbridge gets hotter than that on the Northbridge, it's especially noticeable in active network traffic modes. Chipset cooling can be tested by copying large files from a local FTP server or loading the built-in network adapter in a different way (that's especially important for nForce4-series chipsets). In this case we ran a file-exchange client for 24 hours, but we noticed no operating instabilities.

The 3-phase switching voltage regulator of the processor incorporates three field-effect transistors per channel, five 3300 uF capacitors from United Chemi-Con, and four 1500 uF capacitors from Rubycon. The memory voltage regulator is reinforced with L-elements and incorporates capacitors solely from elite manufacturers (from the same two series). The choice is just excellent! That's even surprising, as this model is as cheap as possible in other respects: an empty seat for a FireWire controller, which is installed in a more expensive model (6100M2MA-8EKRS2H), which is also equipped with a 8-channel HDA codec and a gigabit network adapter. Motherboard dimensions ? 245x245 mm (standard microATX), nine-screw mount.

System monitoring (ITE IT8712F-S, according to BIOS Setup)

• CPU core and battery voltages, +3.3, +5, and +12 V Standby
• RPM of 2 fans
• CPU and board temperatures (by the corresponding embedded sensors)
• Smart Fan ? automatic rotational speed control for a CPU cooler. The fan rotates at half speed, until the CPU temperature exceeds 55°C. Then the rotational speed grows stepwise to 75%. If the temperature is still growing and reaches 65°C ? 67°C, the fan speed reaches maximum.

Smart Fan offers a logical algorithm, especially good for an inexpensive or boxed cooler, which usually cannot boast of an even noise spectrum along the entire range of speeds. Consequently, several fixed rotational speeds are an optimal choice to preserve minimal speed for the required temperature range. However, you can also specify the desired speed or stop the fan manually using the bundled utility - Tiger One.