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I personally choose this board over the Gigabite one at the time because it was capable of excepting more RAM. It wasn't until i had bought it and started to research it that i learned what i had gotten myself into. It comes from the ROG division of ASUS also known as the Republic of Gamers. So if you own any of their equipment you become part of their republic. At this point i'm now part of a republic of gamers and a cult of razer. Which actually does make it a little bit more fun to own products like that. The board itself is a work of art. I am quite proud of the entire i system i built with it and it serves as an excellent platform for any high performance lower cost system. ROG recently released a newer version known as the extreme which does add the advantage of built in bluetooth, more PCI-E X16's and the lucid hydra. However at a cost of 100 dollars more and the AM3+ sockets and bulldozer AMD processors due to launch in a few more months it may not be worth it. The Formula board was quite easy to simply put a bluetooth adapter into the USB slot and as far as performance is about the same with the extreme version. This board has many little features built into it. There are one touch O.C. buttons right on it. a Bios reset feature where it will go to the last known stable configuration if it crashes during O.C. It came with a free year of kaspersky antivirus. The phenom II 1090t i put into it takes full advantage of the core unlocking feature as well as the O.C software. It also features a USB cable to perform what is known as ROG connect. Where you can connect a laptop to the USB and the other end to the ROG connect usb port and tweak settings for memory, CPU, bridge voltages right from your laptop. The extreme version lets you do this through the built in bluetooth but i would imagine you would want to be near the desktop when tweaking it. Over all i am quite pleased with this product i would highly recommend it to anyone considering a High end inexpensive build, since the bulldozer platform will be a bit pricey, If you have the extra 100 bucks and a mixed bag of Nvidia ATI/AMD graphics cards laying around then the extreme version would be the better buy for the lucid hydra chip only. The bluetooth feature is easily added to this board with a cheap USB adapter, it just can't be OC'd through your I/android/blackberry phone or laptop.Read full review
FANTASTIC. Upgraded from a failed Crosshair I ROG board for almost half the price. The technology on this board is astounding. The addition of USB 3.0 and SATA 3 is no joke. What used to take me 7 minutes to transfer data from a DVDR disc to the hardrive via USB 2.0 now takes less than a minute! The overclocking and options for tweaking on this board are insane. The black and red color scheme is also very well done and the layout for the most part is very well done. Only 1 of 2 negatives (if it could be considered one) is that it has one PCI slot...it would have been better to use that for an PCIe slot. It's the only part of this board that is not technologically advanced like the rest of the components. Even the IDE connector is gone. All SATA 3 6GB connectors here on out. The board is very forgiving with hardware and overclocking. The MEM OK button on the board automatically tunes any inconsistencies (unless it's physically failing) with memory compatibility. The board supports so many memory brands the support list on the webiste is now outdated. The second negative is the placement of the AM3 slot in relation to the memory slots. You cannot use a 120mm low profile CPU cooler in conjunction with full profile (ie tall heat spreaders) without sacrificing the red Dual channel A slots. You'll have to move the memory sticks into the B (black( slots. It's no problem if you are using low profile memory though as the low profile CPU coolers are a little taller than the low profile memory sticks. The board has a sticker on it saying X-FI Supreme FX audio chip. Not exactly, the sound is an VIA Azalia HD that support a software (only) soundblaster X-Fi option. The X-Fi software installation option is not available until the VIA audio driver is installed. Don't forget to update the BIOS via ASUSUpdate to version 3027. The early version were known to cause all kinds of instability issues. Plus the 3027 BIOS supports the new FX processors. I'm still learning what this board is capable of so this review is indeed incomplete. Below is what I run on the board. It's ideal for all situations. ASUS Crosshair IV Formula 890FX AMD Phenom II 965 x4 3.4ghz stock Corsair Vengeance 9-9-9-24 DDR3 12 GB low profile/full profile Zalman CNPS7000V(AL)-I-PWM Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler (120mm) CorsairRead full review
Absolutely awesome board for its day. Ive built more Pcs than I have hair on my head, and no Im not bald ! Most of the timei ts Sabertooth for this era, but these ROG boards are just that bit better. Great motherboard for diagnostic's. It will tell you everything, good and bad about your PC. Very easy to instal and use, if you simply want THE best of this era for an AMD chip, the ROG is the ONLY board to buy, the Sabertooths are just as fast CPU to RAM but there is just so much more to ROG boards. You can not know how good they really are until you try one for yourself.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
First this is a full ATX M/B with a boat load of features for over clocking also plenty of sata ports 6 in total plenty of room for two ati radeon 5870 video cards also has e sata haven't dived into extreme overclocking but did try a quick overclock runs very stable with AMD X 965 BE @ 3.9 ghz on stock cooling . Will do more tweeking later but all said great motherboard for the price.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
This offering by Asus proves that "excellence" in computing is not a bygone phrase! This is my 2nd build with the exact same motherboard and the first one went so well I had to create another build just for fun. Using an AMD 1055t processor with my 1st build and OC'ing it to 3.67Ghz from the stock 2.8Ghz was simple and as easy as it gets! This board screams "OverClocking" like you've never seen before and gives you not only all the tools to do it easily but also the tools to monitor every aspect of your jump up into the world of totally fast computing. Why not go with an Intel i7 processor? Why when I can build a whole computer with an AMD processor for less than the cost of an Intel product that doesn't live up to it's potential anyway? This is my 5th Asus motherboard and I won't build with anything else! Quality and performance are second to none!Read full review
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