Motherboard Design and Layout
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| When you get the M4A79 Deluxe you are not “just” getting the best motherboard and a manual, you are also getting SATA cables, SLI jumpers, USB port to fit in a perpheral gate. | The I/O panel is not just the run of the mill stamped out piece of metal but a re-engineered plate with ASUS’ which incorpates static electricity resistant material to assist with the protecting your motherboard from EMF interferance. |
ASUS has thrown in a few extras which more than likely would be those things you would go and purchase in addition to a high-end motherboard, which essentially saves you the trouble of order extra parts.
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| The heat pipe on the M4A79 Deluxe is a real eye catcher. | Connecting to both the North and South Bridge this heat sink is not just here for looks. |
The heatpipe configuration covers both the North and South bridge which is an engineering spot of genius. The Northbridge is covered with some small veins to assist a little with heat disipation which is connected to a significant heat sink. The South bridge also has its own small vien configuration and is also connected to the larger heatsink through a heatpipe. Since there is a heatpipe connected to the South Bridge the heat sink sitting on the South Bridge can keep a low profile which assists with the installation of multiple high-end graphics cards which is were other motherboard come up short. Other motherboards designed for performance have a small South Bridge fan that alwasys gets in the way of even one graphics card.
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Looking at the back side of the main heatsink for both the North and South Bridge. |
A closer look at the North Bridge |
Taking a look at the backside of the main heat sink we can see that heat disipation is unobstructed. The right photo is a close up of the heat pipe setup on the NorthBridge and a close up of the featured “100% High-quality Japan-made Conductive Polymer Capacitors! (VRM 5000hrs lifespan @105°C, 500,000hrs @65°C)”
