GIGABYTE GA-F2A88X-D3H FM2+ / FM2 AMD A88X (Bolton D4) USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: This is a very well built piece of hardware. The first time I removed it from the anti-static bag, I was impressed with the build quality. It has performed well after uninstalling the @BIOS software package.

Many great features at a good price.

The BIOS is fantastic to navigate and overclocking is a pleasure.

Cons: @BIOS(especially easytune 6) is a pretty bad bundled in software package. It caused my computer to crash many times. I tried my hardest to make it work, but in the end I just uninstalled it and it cured my issues. I wouldn't recommend anyone to use this software.

24 pin ATX power connector can be hard to plug in since this board is not wide enough to use the standard ATX standoffs for support.

Overall Review: I would give it 5 eggs if it weren't for the @BIOS software being so terrible. As a piece of hardware, this is a fantastic motherboard.

If you buy this board, uninstall @BIOS and you will have a fantastic experience with this product.

Pros: Price. It has 8 sata ports.

Cons: Unable to make it work with AMD Athlon X4 860K Kaveri Quad-Core 3.7 GHz Socket FM2+ 95W AD860KXBJABOX Desktop Processor (BLACK EDITION). Powers up fine but no video signal from either of my video cards.

Overall Review: Build is as follows: 1} mobo is GIGABYTE GA-F2A88X-D3h
2) Rosewill HIVE Series HIVE-650 Continuous 650W@40°C Power Supply
3} 2 x G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3- 10666CL9S-4GBRL
4} Athlon X4 860K Kaveri Quad-Core 3.7 GHz Socket FM2+ 95W AD860KXBJABOX Desktop Processor
5} Intel 120 Gig SSD pulled from my main Computer when I upgraded to a 256 GB Samsung SSD
6} a pair of video cards verified to work in other computers. First one I tried was an XFX A 2 gig
AMD 7750 that does not require power from the psu. Fans would not even power on when in either
PCE video slot nor would it put out video. Thinking the power draw might be too much (not the case
as I used this card in a computer where I successfully run the card after swapping in my out my
650W PSU), I then tried my other card a SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4670 DirectX 10.1 100296HDMI 1GB
128-Bit DDR3 I had laying round. This video card didn't produce video either, but at least the cooling
fans on the card powered up.
This is not my first computer build and 3 of my last 4 builds used boards from Gigabyte without any issues in either setup or running over the last 8 years. Very disappointed in this board. I am aware that I bought a board intended for an APU style CPU and that my CPU is not an APU. The Processor listed is listed as a supported CPU, however and I don't feel that that should be an issue. My build is intended as a combo file server and Linux based HTPC with a pair of tv tuners.