ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

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Overall Review: Just wanted to update a review I gave a long while ago. I would lower my rating to only 4 stars.

This motherboard does not honor the cpu voltage you set in the bios, after the computer wakes from sleep. It will ignore what you set and go back to the default cpu voltage.

I like to under-volt my 1055t cpu, and it works fine... until the computer goes to sleep then wakes up, then the voltage is high again.

Asus is unwilling to fix this, or at least they can't seem to comprehend the problem, through many emails. At first they didn't want to help me at all because they claimed they don't help with overclocking. Yet the board has overclocking options on it. All I wanted to do was report a bug, but its impossible with Asus, as you can't get past their so-called "Tech support".

I think my next motherboard won't be Asus.

Pros: Really glad I bought it from Newegg so I didn't have to deal directly with ASUS for a replacement.

Cons: Built a new system last week, everything went fine except for the I/O plate alignment issues others have noted. Encountered network connection problems when I began using it to game online. Found AI NET 2 cable checking feature in bios and enabled it. It showed Realtek LAN Cable not ready error. In the bios AI Net 2 shows: 1-2 Normal 3-6 Normal 4-5 Short (distance ranges from 2.4 to 2.9) 7-8 Short (distance ranges from 2.4 to 2.9) Sent Asus a tech request listing the things I had tried (new LAN cable, bypassing router, cmos reset, bios update, new LAN driver). Their response was to try a new LAN cable and then submit an RMA request. As others have noted getting a response from tech support telling you to try the most obvious thing (which you told them you already had) and then submit an RMA is not the kind of support you expect from a brand like ASUS.

Overall Review: This MB is a customer Choice Winner so I know there must be a lot of very satisfied users out there. Based on my experience so far I am not a believer. Hopefully the replacement board will be sound although after re-reading the negative posts I am not all that confident.