ASUS M4A79 Deluxe Motherboard Review :: Bundle

• 2 ASUS Crossfire bridge cables
• 1x Ultra DMA 133/100/66 cable
• 5 Serial ATA cables
• 1x Q-Shield
• 1x User's manual
• 1x Multi-functional module (1-port Firewire+2 port USB 2.0)
• 1 2 in 1 Q connector (USB, System panel, Retail version only)
• Drivers CD
• Express Gate
• ASUS PC Probe II
• ASUS Update
• ASUS AI Suite
• AMD Overdrive Utility (AOD)
• Anti-virus software

Box

Rear of box

Box open

Bundle

ASUS packaged their M4A79 Deluxe motherboard in a green box. The front of the box had the name of the motherboard, the CPU types supported, the chipset, and a list of the features of the board including Support AM3 CPU, Quad CrossfireX, Anti-Surge protection and 8+2 Phase Power design. The rear of the box has a detailed look at the features.

Opening the box, we can see ASUS has taken their normal level of care in putting forth a full bundle for the board. 5 Serial ATA Data cables, 2 Crossfire bridge cables, an IDE cable and the Q-Connectors are all present. The 1 port Firewire+2 port USB bracket brings the total on the board out of the box to 2 and eight respectively. The Q-Connector allows an extension of the case wires. One omission is the FDD cable.

Driver CD

Utilities

Manual

RAID Disk

In terms of software ASUS really went all out with their bundle. The Express Gate is an Operating system that allows the computer to boot into operation after only a few seconds. This requires an IDE HDD or USB drive as the M4A79 Deluxe does not have a SSD built-in with it already installed. PC Probe II is their computer monitoring software. ASUS Update updates the BIOS and drivers from the Internet. The ASUS Ai Suite controls the computer temperatures and voltages. AMD OverDrive is AMD's over clocking utility.

PC Probe II

EPU

Photo Impact

TurboV

Q button