ASUS A88X-PRO (FM2+) Motherboard Review




/ 11 years ago

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A Closer Look


Although I am not the biggest fan of the golden colour scheme ASUS have started using since the start of this year, I think this motherboard looks pretty “swish” by anyone’s standards.

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The CPU socket area houses a 6+2 phase VRM and two connected heatsinks joined with a nickel plated copper heat pipe.
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The CPU 8 pin EPS connector is nestled behind the main heatsink at the top of the motherboard.

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An EPU switch is located where you’d normally expect to find the CPU fan headers. Those have been moved further down the board.

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The side of the board has a USB 3.0 header and a BIOS Flashback button if you need to update your BIOS via a USB. Of course the BIOS Flashback essentially means a dual BIOS isn’t needed because you can recover your BIOS with that button.

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The A88X chipset has a small gold heatsink for cooling. There are also six SATA III ports. The chipset actually provides 8 but the other two have been re-routed to the rear I/O as eSATA.

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At the bottom you can see the DirectKey button, the BIOS chip, four USB 2.0 headers, front panel connectors, a chassis fan header and a TPU LED.

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Along the left side there’s front panel audio, another fan header, a COM port and a debug LED.

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In terms of PCIe connectivity there are three PCIe 16X slots (16X/8X/4X at Gen 3/3/2 speeds), two PCIe 1X slots (both Gen 2) and two Legacy PCI.

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The CMOS battery is tucked in between the heat pipe and PCIe lanes.

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The rear I/O offers up:

  • 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port(s)
  • 1 x DVI
  • 1 x D-Sub
  • 1 x DisplayPort
  • 1 x HDMI
  • 2 x eSATA 6Gb/s
  • 1 x LAN (RJ45) port(s)
  • 4 x USB 3.0
  • 2 x USB 2.0
  • 1 x Optical S/PDIF out
  • 5 x Audio jack(s)

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