ASUS TUF SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Pros: This ASUS Sabertooth 990FX board is feature rich, well designed and built, and makes a great backbone to any high-end AMD build.

I have actually bought three of these boards, two of the R2.0 versions and a single R2.0/GEN3, each one has performed flawlessly. I have been using ASUS boards for all of my personal builds for a long time, and I there is a good reason for that, quality. They work great, and in the rare case an issue may arise, the support has always been there and the issue corrected.

This board sits as the backbone of high-end gaming system, with all of it's SATA ports saturated, running a hybrid dual-CPU setup, 16GB of RAM, and an overclocked FX Vishera processor. I have yet to find a task it can't handle, especially when you plug other high-end hardware into it.

The board has a great deal of on-board temperature monitoring, and this is one of the reasons I went with the Sabertooth, I have an OCD for monitoring my system very closely. I take very good care of my hardware. Using AIDA64 to monitor all of temperature, voltage, and fan speed sensors in the system.

The UEFI is great, as with many other ASUS boards. It's a fantastic overclocker. There is more than enough PCIe, SATA, and USB connectivity. The board is well laid out and designed. It stays cool thanks to that CeraM!X. It also looks pretty darn good sitting in any build.

This is, by far, one of the best AMD based boards for the AM3+ platform in my opinion. The quality and features that you get at this price point are amazing. This board can handle just about anything you throw at it. You plug quality high-end hardware into it and it will fill even the most demanding gaming needs. I would, and do, recommend it to anyone looking for great quality and features at a great price, especially for gaming.

Cons: None at all. This model has no PCIe 3.0 support, but for now, it's not necessary.

Overall Review: This ASUS Sabertooth 990FX Motherboard
AMD FX-8350 OC @ 4.3GHz (Cooled by Thermaltake Frio / 2x fans push-pull)
16GB A-Data 1600 XPG Gaming Series DDR3
XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB Black Edition
EVGA GT 640 Dedicated PhysX (Hybridize)
Corsair HX850W Pro Series PSU
1x Seagate 600 Series 240B SSD Boot/OS
2x ASUS Optical Drives - One LightScribe DVD and One Blu-Ray
5x Western Digital Black SATA 6 HDD's
1x Seagate 3TB HDD
1x 3TB Western Digital My Book USB 3.0 External Storage
Evercool 2-bay HDD Cooling Tray
Cooler Master HAF 932 Black Steel Case (5x case fans)
CM Storm Trigger Cherry MX Red Mechanical Keyboard
CM Storm Inferno Mouse
Creative Sound Blaster Tactic 3D Alpha Headset

With all of that plugged into this Sabertooth motherboard, it performs flawlessly. High end gaming (Battlefield 3, Metro Last Light, Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite, Diablo III, Saints Row 4, and countless others), live streaming to Twitch via OBS, recording via Fraps, this board does not skip a beat.

I have overclocked my FX-8350 to 4.5GHz very easily on this board, however backed it down to 4.3GHz to maintain long term stability and maintain lower operational temperatures on air cooling. I have also overclocked one other 8350 to 4.5GHz and an FX-8320 to 4.1GHz.

There really are not enough good things I can say about this board. If you're looking for a high-end high quality motherboard, this Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 is a fantastic choice. Gaming, broadcasting, editing, recording, it can handle it all if you couple it with other good hardware. It really is that simple.

Pros: First off, per previous reviews these board are excellent when you get one that works!

Cons: I am now 2 for 2 being DOA from NewEgg. (One that was ordered as NEW appeared to already have been opened and was missing parts).

Overall Review: Issue with first board was a FF post error. Second board CPU Fan and CPU Option fan ports were dead and would not power CPU Fan.

I have about 2 dozen of these installed in various machines with a very low error rate if they work out of the box. I believe only 3 of them have died after about 8 months of use.