ASUS M4A87TD/USB3 AMD Motherboard

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Uncomplicated, simple, non-Crossfire/SLI motherboard with all the most current ASUS additions. Not an 890 as far as additional PCI-express lanes and slots go. Top quality, stable, reliable, ASUS.

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Fit well into my Antec 3 Hundred Illusion case.6 USB 2. slotsUncomplicated to install Only a single PCI-E slot, but I knew this ahead of time.

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quickly memory speeds. cheap. RAID assistance. dont have any USB3. devices but i now have a personal computer that can use them :). support for PATA drives so i dont require to acquire a new DVD drive i would hardly use anyway only 1 PCI-E X16 slot but i knew that ahead of i purchased it so not a huge deal.

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USB three, SATA3, AM3 socket. Quite up-to-date motherboard 4 pin plug for CPU power is positioned at the extremely top of the board, generating it a long run for cases with bottom mounted energy supplies.

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Perform right out of the box. New technique create with A-data ddr3 1600 gaming series ram. Set bios for ram speed and anything else on auto. Boot up fine with sata3 hdd and sata burner. Seems quick and ran pressure for 24hr with no error. Method seems stable and operating as it need to. I like they place the front audio out on the bottom so don't get in the way of the vid card. Instructions are vauge to say the least, but I have constructed a lot of systems ahead of so it was simple. It's not a total atx board so the finish exactly where the energy connector and ide connector just hangs there with no assistance. Have to be cautious or you'll crack the board. Had to put cardboard underneath for support when installing the connectors. Seems if you don't pay more than 200 bucks they don't give you a complete atx board. most case layout don't have stand off mounts for that size of board. Bought it else where cuz they had combo deal where the board was half value. Would get again.AMD px4 965A-Data ddr3 1600corsair tx650nvidia gtx460Storm scout

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its does every point i require it too cant feel of any

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High top quality, superb layout and ease of install.Heat sinks do the job.Booted on the 1st power up with defaults and no fancy tweaks needed to succeed.Excellent assistance for low volt RAM like 1.35V EVOs.Solid elements. Produced in China (not a good quality problem but fair trade situation) Possibly it's truly Taiwan/ROC. Nevertheless have P3ǚ era ASUS boards running right now so ASUS has shown it's strength in making initial class boards.

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USB three.SATA 6Gb/seach help preserve cash in your pocket by ensuring this board will continue to preserve up with engineeringCompatible with all sorts of elements. I will discover out. I ordered this board for a new make mainly because I wanted to be in a position to use higher tier elements without spending a ton on a MOBO that truly would only raise the size of my e-peen. I haven't received it but but it is due here right after the weekend. A lot of individuals complain about compatibility. My suggestion is to each go to the ASUS site and get the .pdf list of compatible components just before generating a buy and also speaking with the corporation that makes the component you want and ask them if they have tested for compatibility. I know that I went to the Asus page and didn't see the RAM I had planned on buying and almost scrapped the notion. But I known as Asus since the RAM is newer than the card to ask if there was an update. They advised to contact the firm that makes the RAM (G.Ability) and ask if they tested it. Turns out that it is compatible even though it isn't listed. In my case this worked out. But if it were not to then this ten minute procedure would've saved a lot of heartache.

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A although back I wrote a critique stating the OC with my phenom wasn't a lot. Nicely, I updated to the most current 1101 BIOS and OC results are considerably better. With just a quick test I went from three.2ghz to more than three.5ghz. That's not max, just a fast stability test.Other than that, the board has been up and really stable for 6+ months. The contains automobile sleep and automobile wakeup just about every day. None soon after 6+ months of usage. Nonetheless want to test and see if my old PCI NIC will operate.

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I've usually trusted ASUS and they came by way of once more with this motherboard! The BIOS is packed with features I didn't have with my older board. I'm employing this as my family members laptop and the Express Gate software is a massive plus! My children can surf the world wide web and get their e-mail just before it boots to windows so I have much less opportunity of getting viruses. Anything in the BIOS was recognized with out tweaking like the timings for my RAM. Overclocking features is nearly fool proof (unless you do it manually). All elements listed below came 1 day early. Thanks Newegg!! :D none at all =) AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb three.2GHz (OC 3.6Ghz) and I could have even went increased!G.Ability Ripjaws Series 4GB DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 3 difficult driveASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RWASUS GeForce GT 240 1GB Video CardRosewill Destroyer gaming case

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functions fantastic with amd 955. lots of capabilities, i didn't have problems with grounding or oc or anything. doesn't 100% fit the back plate. I dunno if it's the haf 922 case's fault or the mobo. not a massive be concerned though none

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functions great but... 1 Pci slot... kinda fell brief for me. Nonetheless that's my fault so it's not truly a con. this mobo functions excellent

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Good bang for buck. The board layout is good and intuitive. BIOS was incredibly effortless to navigate w/o manual. Effortlessly unlocked my 2 sleeping cores but they turned out to be unstable. Nevertheless, it's good to know that the board worked as advertised. BIOS seems to be unstable. Even after flashing, I at times get the BIOS to hang. Also I occasionally get a chassis intrusion halt. I scoured via jumpers and the BIOS but couldn't come across anything to turn it off. I even cleared the CMOS but it nonetheless popped up soon after 1 out of 30 reboots. A easy restart fixes it, but it's annoying. This is my second M4A87TD/USB3 board to do this. Right after much looking, it seems that the motherboard doesn't even help chassis intrusion, so the purpose why I'm finding the message is beyond me. Also, make certain you flash to the most up-to-date BIOS ྫྷቦ) simply because there's a recognized issue exactly where the multiplier will be set to four..Other points to think about is that the onboard NIC isn't recognized by Windows 7 out of the box so make confident you have the drivers handy through site or CD when installing.Other than the stability problems, it's a very good board. I'm hoping Asus will update the BIOS to resolve these stability problems. It's not a massive deal if you don't reboot as considerably.

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Wouldn't know. I haven't gotten to power it on but. Did not perform with my power provide used for my preceding AM3 motherboard. The significant-pin power and smaller four-pin power are just far away sufficient that I can't plug each in. Now I get to purchase a new power supply... thanks, ASUS. Seriously... why can't manufacturers adhere to some sort of typical on this?

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Straightforward to overclock. Utilised the Turbo EVO software program utility. Can do it in bios if you favor. Utilizing EPU utility to save power when I don't will need to fly. My process wouldn't boot at first when I very first place it together, till I pushed the memory button for a whilst. Everything has been operating fine because. Absolutely nothing that I can think of Win 7 64-bitPhenom II x6 1090TG.Ability RipJaws DDR3-1600 4x2GBCoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus Just Fit :)ATI Radian 5770I wasa small worried about cpu and memory compatability right after reading some earlier evaluations, but that under no circumstances happened. Also operating most up-to-date bios.

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AM3-socket 6-SATA6 two-USB3 & 6-USB2 1-ATA Don't believe you can use an old ATA-DVD-drive to install windows. You will need to have a SATA-DVD-drive. Bought as portion of new property-Pc build. In 3or4 years I plan to upgrade to a more rapidly processor, 16GB of RAM and SATA6 drives. For now I have fastest house Computer for the cash. ||AMD Athlon II X4 635||Asus M4A87TD||Kingston SSDNow V Series 64GB||Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB||WINDOWS7-64||

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I have never before built a computer, and bought every little thing but this motherboard from newegg. This motherboard is fine and individuals having problems are in all probability just producing errors with other hardware. Win 7x64 works fine (no issue whatsoever). Did you get a negative board, well, it occurs, quit crying. They will send you yet another. As far as ram is concerned, look at the qvl. 4 gig sticks are not listed, oh nicely, study closer. It ought to not really support 16 gig. That was worth an egg to me, but heck, i bet if you experimented enough, you could possibly locate a mixture to give you a stable 16 gigs. If you are seeking for a board that is low cost and somewhat future proof(usb3), then this is the board for you. Also, the bakplate will fit into an HFA 922 coolermaster case, you just gotta squeaze it in there. Asus is top quality. none yet, every little thing has worked fine for me. AMD Phenom 2x4 925 deneb 2.8 gigAsus m4a87td/usb3EVGA Geforce gts 250Antec Earthwatts 650Asus dvd burnerWestern Digital 640gig blue caviarGskill regular 4 gig 1333(PCI 10600).HFA 922 coolermastercoolermaster 212 aftermarket cpu cooler

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Everything on the board works good. Simple to use and comes with some OCing computer software to make things much easier for new OCers. The comparable M4A87TD EVO AM3 is more affordable and has two PCI-e x 16 slots. Somehow I need to have missed this, due to the fact it would have been good to have a 2nd slot for ultimately crossfiring with a 2nd GPU. Con aside, the board functions really nicely and is intelligently created and looks neat on leading of that (cool blue heatsinks).

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Superior new mobo. has Usb three. has 4 ddr3 slots. came with added Sata connectors. its blue :) not truly a con: kinda larger then i expected.(i guess i was just comparing with my old 1.) Awsome mobo. great for the value, id recomed it for everyone who whants to build a laptop but don't have much $$i got it for 99 $ now its 89. :)

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Typical ASUS stability, reliability, and flexibility.Built with the following:AMD Phenom II X6 1055T CPUGSKILL Ripjaws DDR3-1600 memoryBFG GeForce 8800GT OC (will be upgrading laterSeagate 120 gig SATA x2 in RAID stripeLiteOn DVD BurnerCoolermaster Centurion 5 casePut on stock heatsink for now, and fired it all up. Windows 7 64 bit installed fine. A single tip with regard to installing Win 7 if you're utilizing RAID. Go to ASUS web site and grab the latest RAID drivers and extract them to a flash drive. Windows 7 will let you to pull them from the flash drive so that it can see the RAID device.Have overclocked this CPU to three.2ghz on the stock cooler with no problems. Ran Prime95 tests for an hour or so with no hiccups. None so far Great board. No issues at all

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- Easy install- stable ** (after bios upgrade)- Got on combo deal with 1090t, didn't pre-install bios upgrade. - core unlocker- memory tester - Bios / startup long and confusig. I am a devoted Gigabyte user. So I am employed to Gigabytes way of undertaking biosses. Had to reset CMOS on 1st power up to come up. Right after succesfully booting program, tried manually adjusting memory voltage. Upon saving.. Program Powered OFF difficult. Each and every now and once more it nevertheless powers off though saving new bios settings. They do take on second save, but it issues me. Voltages CPU 1.4000 Memory 1.65v. No other adjustments necessary. Went with Asus simply because of combo deal and spending budget. Not dissappointed, just needed to adjust to various way of undertaking. So far stable.Mobo - THIS 1Cpu - AMD 1090t BE @ 1.4v 4ghz ྴx multiplier)Memory - Patriot sector 5 ddr3 at 1600 (manual voltage, instances and speed needed)GPU - Gigabyte GTX560 Ti OC 鿄x1800x2000)Idle vs load temps򍷘t 28c vs 48c (full load all cores 45+ mins)program 24c vs 38c (full load all cores + gpu)GPU 26c vs 52c (FULL LOAD benchmarking)

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Really solid motherboard. Nothing too flashy, haven't tried OC yet. It has been extremely stable at stock settings. For far more of an entry level/value based 8x0 AMD chipset, this mobo screams bang for the buck. Only 1 PCI-E slot. Can't knock it though, I knew about it going in. My Method:ASUS M4A87TD/USB3AMD Phenom II x6 1055T4GB DDR3 MemoryMSI Geforce GTX 260 216SPX-fi Xtreme Gamer

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USB3./SATA 6 gb/s. Haven't had any challenges with this motherboard however. At present running an AMD BE 555 unlocked to 4 cores at 3.four ghz with 8GB ƒ x 4GB) G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1333. Running fine so far with Windows 7 Specialist N x64 Wish it was a little wider so it could be secured to the 3rd rail, as other people have stated: be careful when putting RAM and so on. Included software could be superior. Only issue i have ever had with ASUS mobos were their chipset fans dying, glad to see they have gone to a fanless style.

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Stunning seeking Board booted correct up upon start off, easy to use Bios. Hugely recommended board. Asus is my new go to board for positive! Was missing screws and spacers... not a large deal I had extras laying around.

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Good motherboard! I've however had any difficulties with it. The installation was a breeze. Uncomplicated to connect almost everything, from Case, to Heatsink, to SATA drives, to CPU.Undoubtedly a wonderful motherboard to semi-future proof on a spending budget. Suitable out of the box, there's Heatsink adapters attached to it. So if you're going to use an Right after Marketplace Heatsink, you'll have to take off what's already on the board. Not much of a Con, seriously. I'm entirely satisfied with this product and I got what I wanted. It does what it says it does. Can\'t complain.