Question 1

Hello guys I have a micro  ATX case with a 300 Watt PSU.  I plan on using this motherboard with the AMD FX 4350/ 4G ram/ 2 DVD-RW/ 1TB drive. Will my 300 watt PSU be enough i can't seem to find a 400W to upgrade to for a micro ATX case? Please help

Accepted Answer

In short, yes, a 300 watt PSU should work.  But, personally, I would run a 500 watt PSU bare minimum, especially if it starts glitching or acting funny.  It really depends on the processor you put in it.  Read up on it and see what its bare minimum is then go a couple hundred watts higher to support your three drives, plus fans, lights etc.

Question 2

How does this board support Crossfire when it only has 1 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot?

Accepted Answer

The board supports Hybrid CrossfireX which is a modified version. Basically it uses the integrated graphics and another graphics card (in the PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot) and crossfires them that way.

Question 3

I currently am building my girl a rig to replace her old one that is just getting to slow for the games she plays. I have all the pieces necessary except the motherboard, and the piece I am skimping with price is the motherboard due to timing, money, and need. Wanted to know if anyone is running a 760 gtx gpu with this motherboard? because I do not know the compatibility of the gpu and the ram I have bought. The ram is Gskill Ripjaw  running at 1600mhz(whihc I believe should run fine) and the I know the FX6300 will work fine with this motherboard. SO if anyone has these parts or ones similar to them that can attest to their functionality...I would appreciate it.

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Of course this is after I finish my girl's gaming rig and my mother's rig that I do not even know how I am going to ship to her all the way up in MA, whihc is about 3 and a half hours from me currently. They both are nice rigs and my mother's is almost as nice and my wifes's with just a  more middle ground graphics card the 7770, and where my girl has a 760 MSI gpu.

Question 4

Should I go with this? Or another one with 760G Chipset and USB 3.0?
How much better is 880G?

Accepted Answer

Too much network traffic crashes the system, used it to power a dvr card for security cameras, but the network traffic caused it to crash several times a week.  Been running it as a file server and it seems to do fine without the constant network traffic.

Question 5

would this handle the FX-4200 processor?

Accepted Answer

very poor graphics i recommend fx 990 series. wouldn't waste money puttiing that chip in that board

Question 6

will the 125watt fx-8350 be bottlenecked by this motherboard?

Accepted Answer

"Bottlenecked" may not be the word I would use.  For best performance I would recommend one of he 990 chipset boards.  You may be wanting to use the 880G chipset board in a smaller case.  Be sure you have sufficient cooling.  Smaller cases oftentimes don't have sufficient cooling for the more powerful processors.

Question 7

I'm looking for a Micro ATX case fan replacement. I also need the plug to be long because the power fan pins on this motherboard right here are located next to the memory card slots. Can anybody help me out please?

Accepted Answer

Most 92mm case fans will work for the back of most cases.

Question 8

Can I use this MOBO for Windows XP and a Floopy Drive?

Accepted Answer

It does have a floppy connector. Yes you can use XP, BUT i would get windows 7 or 8 because XP is NOT doing security updates. I used a older style hard drive it has a older hook up.

Question 9

I plan to purchase this MB for my first build and I understand there are no Win8 drivers, but the Win7 x64 should work fine in most cases. If any others currently use Win8/8.1 with this MB, are there any compatibility issues or special steps to take to ensure everything runs smoothly?

Accepted Answer

I used win 7 64 with no problems , great little board but i would also look at the 760 and 970 boards as well since they can use newer processors like the FX series which are faster and often cheaper.

Brand	ASRock
Model	880GM-LE FX

CPU Socket Type	AM3+
CPU Type	FX / Phenom II / Athlon II / Sempron 100 Series
FSB	2600 MHz

Number of Memory Slots	2x240pin
Memory Standard	DDR3 1800/1600/1333/1066/800 Note: 1800/1600MHz memory speed is supported depend on the AM3/AM3+ CPU you adopt. For detail CPU specification, please refer AMD official website.
Maximum Memory Supported	8GB
Channel Supported	Dual Channel

PCI Express 2.0 x16	1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16
PCI Express x1	1 x PCI Express x1
PCI Slots	2 x PCI Slots

PATA	1 x ATA133 2 Dev. Max
SATA RAID	0/1/10/JBOD

ASRock 880GM-LE FX AM3+ AMD 880G + SB710 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

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Back I/O Ports	1 x D-Sub / 1 x DVI / 2 x PS/2 / 3 x Audio Jacks / 6 x USB 2.0/1.1
PS/2	2
Video Ports	D-Sub + DVI
USB 1.1/2.0	6 x USB 2.0
Audio Ports	3 Ports

Onboard USB	6 x USB 2.0
Other Connectors	1 x Floppy connector 1 x IR header 1 x Print port header 1 x COM port header CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector 24 pin ATX power connector 4 pin 12V power connector CD in header Front panel audio connector

Form Factor	Micro ATX
Dimensions (W x L)	9.6" x 7.8"
Power Pin	24 Pin

Onboard Audio
Audio Chipset	Realtek ALC662
Audio Channels	6 Channels

Onboard LAN
LAN Chipset	Realtek 8111DL
Max LAN Speed	1Gbps

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