ASUS M4A88T-M Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

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none genuinely grat board function wonderful has a core unlocker and its simple to unlock processor just keep tapping four on commence up hold 16gb of ram how can i caomplane i had a lil challenge with it if multiplier is going beneath and bottle necking ur processor like mine was 1 min i have 3.2ghz multiplier x17 than next min to 800mhz an multiplier x4 than the only point i discovered out that function is turn of ur cool and rather for some reason i never had the issue agane and also im operating a 550 psu with 32v on the 12v rail i even known as asus and thay didnt even knwo what was careing that thay couldnt help me at all how can u have tech assistance for motherboard when thay dont even knwo what thay are carrying out i tell u what are thay just picking ppl off the side of the street hears a job and talk to them and act stupied but point job i have been useing asus evey since i been constructing computer system and thats has been 13 years know so a lil information hear tehre and evey eware get u seriously far it couldent be easer than it all ready isthats for shere asus requirements to get soem real tech assistance and commence performing there job

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This is a fantastic motherboard with many characteristics. Mine has two USB-3 ports on the back like on the picture but the documentation only talks about USB-two. Anything worked appropriate away. The CPU and case fan manage options could be much better. The BIOS menus are not as fantastic as other but it works. The little heatsink on the northbridge gets actually hot.

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Great Board. IDE, 6 sata, USB 3., core unlocker. Amazing price tag No devoted memory for the video. Doesnt truly matter mainly because I purchased a separate video card. Asus is my favorite MB manufacturer

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none I had to RMA it for it was not reading my cpu pins immediately after 3 months. I RMA it I sent it they did not cover it for minor I mean Minor burnt traces. They had been actually little. They have horrible support they didn't even care to spell my name appropriate. ASUS sucks

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Everything functions wonderful on the board. Just look at the specs, it's all there...Price tag is appropriate too. SATA connectors are on the bottom proper where there is no standoff/screw to help the board when pushing them in. I guess this is fairly prevalent with mATX boards , but nonetheless a bad style IMHO.. I may well be receiving a different a single of these to develop a HTPC...

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The board has been quite stable, I haven't encountered any stability difficulties. The core unlocker worked perfectly for my 3.three ghz athlon 3 core. I just pushed the quantity four on startup and every thing was taken care of with a speedy restart, it was genuinely effortless. The power and IDE ports are in awkward locations in my case but some tight fits are to be expected in a micro atx case I suppose. I believed the onboard graphics could be able to tide me more than for a even though for gaming... I was wrong. It worked fine for hd video but left for dead on quite low settings nonetheless couldn't break 40 fps. I now have a 5770 which has worked out nicely.

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Got this for an HTPC setup. Almost everything functions wonderful except what I say in the "cons" section. I have this paired up with Win7x64, 8GB memory, and a Phenom 555. If you require a simple and stable MB this would be a excellent selection. I could not watch Netflix or Hulu with no tons of stutter. I could watch HD Tv just fine with a tuner card. I have tried every thing to fix the Netflix and Hulu, I even bought an Nvidia GT430 thinking it may well be the video card. That wasn't a fix either. The only thing that fixed the problem was turning off all power saving setting in the BIOS. So now I get much more fan noise since the MB will not power down the CPU. I have tried almost everything else I could assume of and this was the only fix. Well, besides swapping CPUS. So I have narrowed it down to either the MB or CPU. Your luck may well be greater.Could not unlock the Phenom 555 at all without having vibrant pixelation in Netflix and Hulu, once again HD Television was fine. So I am not downgrading for that at all, mainly because we all know it seriously is a roll of the dice.

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Purchased with AMD Phenom II X6 1090T three.2 and G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB. Simply overclocked processor to 3.5. BIOS is straightforward to realize and has quite a few fantastic possibilities. My memory was recognized as 1333 instead of 1600 and the timings required a little modification, but nothing too difficult. Not a major deal but the original case fan I have needs a energy connection from the motherboard, but this board has only the one for the CPU fan. A lot more the instances fault in my opinion. Wish it had USB 3.. BTW the picture is incorrect! but the specs didn't say something about it so I didn't think it had it. Would advise this board for any individual seeking for a great micro ATX.

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Employing this for a budget HTPC and it has handled every little thing I've thrown at it. Uncomplicated to setup; haven't attempted the overclocking/unlock attributes yet. With a X2 3.1GHZ, 2GB of 1333 and the on-board HD4250 it plays streaming media without having troubles. Runs cool. Don't plan on working with any USB accessories, so the lack of USB3 isn't an concern. Only messed around for an hour or so but I haven't been in a position to get the optical audio to function though utilizing the HDMI for video. I just unplugged the optical and am working with the HDMI for audio at the moment, but I won't subtract an egg for my laziness and impatience. Enjoy ASUS. Not certain I'll ever buy another brand of motherboard.

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presently Out Of Stock cpu fan stuck on 2500RPM+. no sound after two months HTPC not ready tried to go low-cost and paid for it. had a likelihood to RMA and declined the supply. Went back to Gigabyte and am pleased

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sufficient of the board works to not justify an RMA. $$$ with a discount. two x PCI x1 enough of the board works to not justify an RMA, CPU fan speed flat out regardless of cooler/fan. simple board with basic features. Have not had a very good time with ASUS boards recently. Purchased this to replace a just out of warranty failed ASUS mobo.

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Was exactly what it mentioned it is. Went in and fired up flawlessly. Unlocked my AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition to a X3, can't get XP to load with the fourth core unlocked. Not confident, but it appears like I'm not finding the full Gig of network bandwidth. Would advocate and would obtain once more.

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Quickly, overclocks properly, has all the overclocking settings 1 could need to have. Asus Express Gate, 1 day it gave me an error, and the next factor my Difficult drive was absolutely unallocated and unformated space, all logical partitions as properly, and I thought I was safe putting the OS in a separate partition, apparently not from Express Gate, anyhow its a cool toy to play with but its like playing with fire. You can disable Express Gate below the bios if you knowledge a similar problem.

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-Blue (most essential factor)-All the pro asus stuffASUS IS AWSOME!!! Only 1 x16, but it is mATX

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Utilized it on a buddies budget build and it is amazing, for a micro atx board this thing has alot of features none Would buy once more

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Great for budget build, especially for those who don't need a discrete video card. If you don't need USB3 and SATA3, this board will save you tons of money.

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I saved loads with this motherboard, install was easy, works well, features unlocked cores on my x3 740 CPU. runs sweet! no problems.

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I saved loads with this motherboard, install was easy, works well, features unlocked cores on my x3 740 CPU. runs sweet! no problems.