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PCWizKid has the pleasure in reviewing the HA07 Ultra AMD motherboard from Jetway.   We were very eager to try out this board because we haven't seen a Jetway before.  On first impression, the looks of the board itself are very nice.  The colour and organization of the components are good.  The CPU support is for AM2, AM2+ and AM3 processors which should keep anyone happy for a while if your planning on upgrading later down the road.

I was pleased to find out that the sample board we got had the latest bios (Jan 2009) already and picked up the AM3 Phenom II X4 810 CPU we had received from AMD to also review and test.  This was a good chance to see if this mainstream budget board could deliver on its advertised promise.

The test system we used was as follows:

- AMD Phenom II X4 810 @2.7ghz  - UPDATE: After this video reivew, PCWizKid continued overclocking and got 3.1Ghz stable on this board.
- Sapphire 4870 toxic 1GB @790/1075
- Patriot 4GB DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15
- Seagate 500GB v12 SATA HDD
- InWin 850W Commando PSU
- Cooler Master Sniper Case
- GlacialTech UFO 51 Cooler

Highlights of main features

1. AMD™ 790GX Chipset and AMD™ SB750 Chipset
2. AM3 CPU Ready
3. Supports AMD AM2+ Phenom™/ AM2 Athlon64 series processors
4. High-polymer solid electrolysis aluminum capacitors
5. Integrated ATI Radeon HD 3300 GPU(For Directx 10)
6. Support AMD OverDrive(AOD) Technology
7. Supports ATI Hybrid CrossFire Technology
8. Supports ATI CrossFireX Technology
9. Supports Dual Channel DDR2 1066/800
10. Integrated Serial ATA2 3Gb/s with RAID function
11. Integrated Gigabit LAN and e-SATA
12. Integrated ALC888 HD Audio CODEC with 8.0 CH
13. Supports Blu-ray/Full HD DVD playback
14. CPU Vcore 7-Shift / DVI Port/ Debug Port/HDMI port/VGA port
15. Ready for Windows® Vista™
16. Integrated DDR3 128MB side port memory
17. AMD GAME Ready
18. ATX Form Factor

Specifications

CPU	Supports AMD Socket AM3/AM2+/AM2: AMD Phenom FX/Phenom processors Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron processo
Chipset	AMD™ 790GX Chipset + AMD™SB750 Chipset
Hyper Transport Bus	HT 3.0
Memory	Dual Channel DDR2 memory technology 4 * 240-pin DDR2 DIMM slots Supports DDR2 1066/800 non-ECC ,un-buffered memory Max.8GB
Expansion Slots	2 * 32-bit PCI slots 2 * PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots by 8-LANE 2 * PCI Express x1 slots
Storage	AMD™SB750 Southbridge Chipset : 6 * Serial ATA2 3Gb/s connectors Supports HDDs with RAID 0, 1,5,10 functions 1 * Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 IDE connector
Audio	Realtek ALC888 HD Audio CODEC with 8-Channel
Ethernet LAN	Realtek RTL8111CVC PCI Express Gigabit NIC
USB	Embedded 12 * USB 2.0/1.1
Special Features	Advanced Power Design that supports the latest Socket-AM2 + K10 CPU Support  ACPI S3
Rear Panel I / O	4 * USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 * PS/2 mouse port 1 * PS/2 keyboard port 1 * VGA port 1 * DVI port 1 * HDMI port 1 * RJ-45 port 1 * Audio I / O port 1 * e-SATA port
Internal I / O	4 * USB 2.0/1.1 headers for 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports CPU / Chassis Fan connectors 1 * 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector 1 * 24-pin ATX Power connector 1 * Serial Port of 9-pin block CD / AUX Audio in 1 * oltra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 IDE connector 1 * Floppy connector / 1 * IR header / 1 * COM header 1 * HDMI_SPDIF header
BIOS	Award 8MB SPI Flash ROM
Form Factor	ATX Form Factor

Conclusions

As mentioned in the video, there are some interesting features of this board for PC enthusiasts and overclockers that makes it easier to tweak their systems.  The heatsink/copper heatpipe design for dissipating the heat is a terrific feature seen on premium motherboards only.  For a budget mainstream AMD board you do get a lot of support however I would of liked to see a firewire header on the motherboard which was not there.  Also, the use of the switch card was not very clear and I found out that having to use it to run the HD4870 GPU I installed at x16 instead of x8 on the PCIe slot.  Other than that I was pleased that the new AM3 Phenom CPU was detected without issues.  All round for the price you cant go wrong, since its under $100 for what your getting other boards cost more.