Asus has announced a new board for AMD processors utilising the much awaited SB750 southbridge.

The SB750 is somewhat of a white light of hope for overclockers wanting to push AMD Phenom CPU's to the limit. In preliminary tests it appears that the SB750 can enable even original B2 based Phenoms like the 9600 BE to overclock far more readily than has previously been possible while using lower voltages.

This is Asus's first board based on the new chipset, combining the 790FX Northbridge and SB750 Southbridge.

M3A79-T DELUXE

CPU -

AMD AM2+ / AM2 CPU Support

Chipset -

AMD 790FX + SB750

Memory -

DDR2 1066* / 800 / 667 / 533
* DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+ CPU only

System Bus -

Up to 5200 MT/s HT3 interface

Expansion Slots -

4 * PCIe 2.0 x 16
2 * PCI

Storage -

6 x SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 support
1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66
1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go)

LAN -

Gb LAN

Audio -

8-channel HD

Form factor -

ATX, 12

Asus launch SB750 equipped M3A79-T Deluxe