Month: December 2012

ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z @ Bjorn3D

“ASUS has been all the rage with its Z77 models, from the most basic to the more extravagant ROG series. Today we look at the AMD side of things with the new revision of the Crosshair V Formula.”

ECS A85F2-A Golden FM2 @ Techware Labs

“Today we are taking a look at the A85F2-A Golden Edition motherboard from ECS. This motherboard offers a long list of features, overclocking potential, and a flashy look. This motherboard has a lot of potential, but read on to see if this will actually be a quality product, or a gold-plated flop.”

ASRock A75 Pro4 @ OCInside

“AMD Socket FM2 Trinity APUs are already on sale, but Socket FM1 AMD Llano processors and motherboards are still well purchased. For this reason, we have again reviewed a socket FM1 ASRock A75 Pro4 motherboard, which we tested and overclocked with an AMD A8-3870K Black Edition APU.”

Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 @ TweakTown

“Having looked at the APU in detail already we’re taking the time today to take a closer look at the board we used in our original coverage. While we took a quick look at the GIGABYTE FMA85X-UP4 we’ll today looking at it a bit closer. Along with that we’ll also be taking the time to overclock our A10-5800K APU which is something we hadn’t looked at in our original coverage.”

ECS A85F2-A Golden @ TBreak

“The ECS A85F2-A Golden I’m looking at today is a great example of what the engineers at ECS can do for a relatively low-cost platform and sprinkle it with bells and whistles you expect on premium boards, while still keeping your budget in check.”

ASUS F2A85-V Pro (A85X) @ eTeknix

“Since the launch of the new FM2 platform and the new range of APU processors, we’ve had a huge influx of boards arrive with us from a variety of manufacturers and in a variety of different flavours, from the lower-end A55 chipset enabled boards to the more meaty A85X based products and today sees us delving into another A85X based board.”

ECS A85F2-A Golden @ Hardware Secrets

“The ECS A85F2-A Golden is a motherboard based on the most high-end chipset for the new FM2 platform, the A85X (codenamed “Hudson D4”). It is targeted to the second-generation APUs from AMD, codenamed “Trinity.” Let’s see what this motherboard has to offer.”

ASUS F2A85-V PRO @ OC Club

“If you are not it may take some time to become acquainted with the response from them. I disabled all energy saving functions such as Cool ‘n’ Quiet, C6, Turbo, etc. and set load line control to 75% ending up with a healthy overclock of 4.7GHz or 900MHz above the stock.”

Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 @ TBreak

“The Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 performs competitively against other Z77 motherboards, with the overclocked results in line with expectations. The only real flaw with the Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 is its pricing, higher than the ASUS flagship Maximus V Extreme and double that of the MSI Z77 MPower, which itself is no slouch.”