- AMD Socket FM2+ Athlon/A-series processors
- AMD A88X FCH (Bolton Dchipset
- Intel Ethernet + LANGuard + GameFirst III
- SupremeFX 2014 + Sonic Radar II
- KeyBot
- Gamer's Guardian
Awesome Board
08/30/2015
This review is from: ASUS ROG CROSSBLADE RANGER FM2+ AMD A88X (Bolton D4) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Gaming Motherboard
Pros:
Chipset features
out-of-the-box Godaveri support
Played nice with GSkill Trident XMP profile
Awesome UEFI ("BIOS") layout and flexibility
overclocking options to one's heart's content.
a very solid board overall.
Cons:
The system this board was in came back with networking unusable (even after reinstalling windows/drivers) and a pronounced "coil whine" coming from the motherboard specifically. I've built a couple of APU-based systems and had one other come back with nearly identical behavior, which turned out to be due to bad VRMs. I was surprised to have that problem from an ASUS board.
HOWEVER, see my other thoughts as to why, although annoying, it wasn't the end of the world.
Overall Review:
It is important to note that while the board that came back with the same problem before this one was a different manufacturer, this board is already in RMA, and the ASUS RMA processes was so much simpler, quicker, and overall more pleasant to handle that I will continue recommending ASUS over the "other manufacturer". The RMA process seems to be pretty fast overall, too, which is keeping my customer happy.
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- Jason B.
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