Features:

• Supports AMD Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron
• NVIDIA nForce® 570 Ultra MCP
• 2000 / 1600 MT/s
• DDR2-800/667/533, Max 8GB
• Mainstream AM2

Editor Reviews:

Product Description:
Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 CPU Type / Socket AM2 / FSB 1000MHz Hyper Transport (2000 MT/s) / North Bridge NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP Chipsets Storage Devices - PATA 1x ATA100 up to 2 Devices, 6 SATA 3Gb/sm SATA RAID NV RAID 0/1/0+1/5 JBOD ADI 1988 Onboard Audio Chipset 8 Audio Channels Max Onboard LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps Rear Panel Ports - 2 PS/2, 1 COM, 4x USB 2.0, 1x S/PDIF Out Coaxial, 6 Audio Ports, 6x Onboard USB 2.0 ATX Form Factor 24 Pin Power Pin Dimensions - 12.0 x 9.6 inch

Rating : - Decent, modestly priced mobo
Bought this mobo from Amazon along with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 5000+ BE. The mobo allows me to overclock the CPU to 3GHz and remains stable running WinXP/SP3 (did not try Vista). My mobo came with a BIOS dated Dec 2007 - didn't feel a need to upgrade it since everything is working fine.

If you want SLI plus some additional frills, pay a few more dollars and get the M2N-SLI Deluxe instead. I use that for a 2nd system coupled with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 6000+ running at 3GHz (not oc'd) with Vista/SP1.

In general, I've found Asus mobos to be stable although their documentation leaves a lot to be desired, esp for people new to building PCs.