Question 1

is this motherboard SLI/Crossfire compatible? it's not clearly defined in the specs portion of the page

Accepted Answer

I have the F2A85-V PRO motherboard and the AMD A10 6800K processor. The motherboard does support AMD CrossfireX technology. On page5-1 of the motherboard manual, it states: In dual CrossfireX mode, you should have two identical CrossfireX ready graphics cards or one CrossfireX ready dual GPU graphics card that are CrossfireX certified. I understand the SLI and CrossfireX are similar but not compatible technologies.

My PC is not for gaming use so I used the A10 chip with quad cores and the GPU on chip. Therefore, I have no experience with CrossfireX.

My experience with the F2A85-V PRO motherboard was excellent. I had some issues that turned out to be related to a defective hard drive. I called ASUS and received excellent support.

You should be able to obtain a copy of the users manual for the motherboard on the ASUS site if you have any further questions.

Question 2

I have this product and was wondering which Gpu would fit best with it, my choices are: ASUS Radeon R9 290X or The GeForce 770 (non TI)? Thanks :).

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I am not familiar with either of the GPUs you have.  However, go to the ASUS website, search for information about ASUS F2A85-V PRO motherboard and then use a dropdown menu to get information on ASUS F2A85-V PRO's compatible peripherals.  (this system will not allow me to send you the link to that site or page)  I used the list I found on the ASUS site to select a GPU that had the best performance - price ratio that I could afford.  Neither of your GPUs are on this list - but there is another person given at the end of the list that you can e-mail for information on compatibility issues.  If you add the www and replace the dashes with periods, you may be able to get to the list:
dlcdnet-asus-com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketFM2/F2A85-V_PRO/F2A85-V_PRO_Device_Report-pdf

Question 3

I've built with Asus boards for about 20 years, this board has been the first I've experienced that had such lousy RAM compatibility. After trying a couple different sets, I ran through the compat list, and sure enough, lack of 8gb compatibility is sad. I've spent time with Asus about it, and they have tried to assist, but each time, the it doesn't work. I've returned the 5th set and am considering just returing the board. I have to believe someone out there has had luck with 8gb sticks of at least 1600Mhz. Does anyone have suggestion?

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I've kinda noticed a glitch with it as well, but didn't worry about it so much since this was the first computer I've built. I installed x2 1866Mhz 8 Gig sticks and the motherboard runs the RAM speed down to 1333Mhz. When I tried to change the setting manually in bios to up the speed, anything below 1600Mhz worked, but then would fail on anything above 1600Mhz with the error message, "Overclocking failed" and would default back to 1333Mhz. I've been looking into trying a 16 Gig stick and seeing the results, but they are very pricey and not available though Newegg. I would guess either try a bios update if you haven't already, maybe ASUS will provide a new update soon that will remedy the problem or the other option would be to return it if it's not functioning to your standards.

Question 4

Can this mobo be used with a processor that has 100W as it's Power Wattage?

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What cpu?   Should be fine as long as your psu can provide enough power for all the components you want to add.   Good cooling will help also, fans etc...

Question 5

Assuing the combination of this board and "AMD A8-5600K Trinity" cpu (stated as having video ) will this board support 2 monitors - one VGA and one DVI?   Stated another way can I support 2 monitors one for graphic editing and one for text input etc.?

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Yes it does support 2 monitors.  That is the exact setup i have.  Be aware it will not support it untill you get your OS and the ati drivers set up.

Question 6

does this come with crossfire bridge?

Accepted Answer

You can crossfire/sli with it, but does not come with the bridge itself, your graphics card should though

Question 7

This motherboard fried on me and looking for a replacement. What can be recommended?

Accepted Answer

Check out the MSI A68HM-E33 V2 Fm2+

This is a really well put together motherboard and runs strong. I have used this one and would recommend it!

Question 8

Does this mobo has a SATA port multiplier. If it does I guess it would be via the back plane bracket eSATA connector?

Accepted Answer

The motherboard has a SATA port on the rear panel. There is no mention of SATA port multiplier in the manual. I suggest that you consult the on line manual at the AUS web site or call ASUS directly. ASUS has excellent technical support.

Question 9

compatable memory?

Accepted Answer

There is a bunch of compatible ram sticks for this mother board, instead of me listing all of them, I would suggest trying to find a digital user guide and looking in chapter 2 of that. Otherwise 1600 has the most available compatible sticks. Sorry I couldn't help more :(

Question 10

What is the data bus speed of this motherboard?

Accepted Answer

The data bus speed is 5 GT/s.  Hope this helps.

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