ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AMD 880G Motherboard Review

Specifications

CPU AMD Socket AM3 ;Phenom™II /Athlon™II /Sempron™ 100 Series Processors
Supports 45nm CPU
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology
Chipset AMD 880G/SB850
System Bus Up to 5200 MT/s ; HyperTransport™ 3.0
Memory 4 x DIMM, Max. 16 GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1600/1333/1066 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel memory architecture
*Due to CPU spec., AMD 100 and 200 series CPUs support up to DDR3 1066Mhz. With ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to DDR3 1333MHz.
**Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended.
***Refer to www.asus.com for the memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).
Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16
2 x PCIe 2.0 x1
1 x PCI
VGA Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 4250 GPU
SidePort Memory – onboard 128MB DDR3 1333 memory
Dual independent displays support with HDMI/DVI and D-Sub
Supports HDMI with max. resolution 1920 x 1200 (1080P)
Supports DVI with max. resolution 2560×1600 @60Hz
Supports D-Sub with max. resolution 2560×1440 @75Hz
Supports Microsoft® DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 2.0, Shader Model 4.1
Hardware Decode Acceleration for H.264, VC-1, and MPEG-2
Max. shared memory of 1GB
Hybrid CrossFireX™ Support
Storage SB850 Chipset
5 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports Support RAID 0,1,5,10
1 x eSATA port (6Gb/s ready)
VIA VT6415 PATA controller
1 xUltraDMA 133/100 for up to 2 PATA devices
LAN Realtek® 8111E Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET2
Audio Realtek® ALC 892 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
– Supports 192kHz/ 24bit BD Lossless Sound
– Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel Jack-Retasking
– Optical S/PDIF Out port at back I/O
IEEE 1394 VIA® VT6315N controller supports 2 x 1394a port(s) (1 at mid-board, 1 at back panel)
USB 2 x USB 3.0 ports (@PCIE USB3 card)
14 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel)
ASUS Unique Features ASUS Xtreme Design
ASUS Hybrid Processor – TurboV EVO
– Turbo Unlocker, Auto Tuning, TurboV, CPU Level UP, and GPU Boost
ASUS Hybrid Switch
– Core Unlocker
– Turbo Key II
ASUS Hybrid OS — Express Gate
ASUS Power Solutions
– 4+1 Phase Power Design
– ASUS Anti-Surge Protection
– ASUS EPU
ASUS Exclusive Features
– MemOK!
ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution
– ASUS Fanless Design: Heat sink solution
– ASUS FanXpert
ASUS EZ DIY
– ASUS Q-Shield
– ASUS O.C. Profile
– ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
– ASUS EZ Flash 2
– ASUS MyLogo 2
– Multi-language BIOS
Overclocking Features Precision Tweaker 2
– vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.003125V increment
– vDIMM: 64-step DRAM voltage control
– vChipset (NB): 64-step Chipset voltage control
SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)
– PCI Express frequency tuning from 100MHz up to 150MHz at 1MHz increment
– HT tuning from 100MHz up to 550MHz at 1MHz increment
Overclocking Protection
– ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
Back Panel I/O Ports 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Combo port
1 x DVI
1 x D-Sub
1 x HDMI
1 x External SATA
1 x S/PDIF Out (Optical)
1 x IEEE 1394a
1 x LAN(RJ45) port
8 -Channel Audio I/O
2 x USB 3.0 ports (@PCIE USB3 card)
6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
Internal I/O Connectors 4 x USB connectors support additional 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x IDE connector
5 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
1 x CPU Fan connector
1 x Chassis Fan connector
1 x Power Fan connector
1 x IEEE1394a connector
1 x S/PDIF Out Header
1 x Core Unlocker Switch
1 x Turbo Key II Switch
1 x MemOK! Button
Front panel audio connector
1 x COM connector
1 x LPT connector
1 x Clear CMOS jumper
1 x 24-pin ATX Power connector
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
System Panel
BIOS 16 Mb Flash ROM , AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0a
Manageability WOL by PME,WOR by PME,WOR by Ring,PXE
Accessories 1 x PCIE USB3 card
1 x Ultra DMA 133/100 cable
2 x Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s cables
1 x Q-Shield
1 x User’s manual & Support DVD for M4A88TD-M EVO
1 x User’s manual & Support DVD for PCIE USB3
Support Disc Drivers
Anti-virus software (OEM version)
ASUS Update
ASUS Utilities
Form Factor uATX Form Factor
9.6 inch x 9.6 inch ( 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm )