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Sapphire PURE Innovation 780V Motherboard Review
Author: Dennis Garcia
Published: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Board Layout and Features
The Sapphire PURE Innovation 780V is a very modest MicroATX motherboard. Onboard features are very sparse and when compared to some of the latest gaming boards we normally review. In a way it almost looks naked. 
The PCB is a sexy red that is complemented with a variety of expansion slot colors. Here we see the 6 SATA ports, floppy connection, and single IDE, CMOS reset and Southbridge chip can be found nearby.
As with most MicroATX motherboards you are limited to a maximum of 4 expansion slots. Sapphire has included a single 16x PCIe video card slot and single 1x PCIe. In terms of video support you have 3 distinct options.
- You can use the onboard video controller
- You can install any one of the “Hybrid” Crossfire ready video cards
- You can install a higher end video card, if the card does not support ATI Hybrid Graphics it won’t be auto linked to the onboard controller
The ATI 780V supports all AMD compatable AMD processors including the multi core Phenom and dual core varieties. The board comes with 2 banks of dual channel DDR2 and can address up to 8GB of system memory.
An advanced 4 + 1 phase power supply can be found onboard for CPU and Northbridge chip. The +1 is dedicated to running just the Northbridge chip and IGP.
An advanced 4 + 1 phase power supply can be found onboard for CPU and Northbridge chip. The +1 is dedicated to running just the Northbridge chip and IGP.
