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Product ReviewsGigabyte F2A88XM-D3H mATX FM2+ A88X DDR3 2PCI-E16 PCI-E1 PCI CrossFire SATA3 HDMI USB3 Motherboard
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 Rating: Review Date: 03/21/15  |
Cons: none
Pros: 4 usb 2.0 and 2 usb 3.0 at rear. excellant gigabyte quality. runs smooth and quick responsive. temp. 27 degree. |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/04/15 |
Cons: -Couldn't get it to boot with 2400mhz ram with A8 7600 processor
Pros: -Rev 3.0. Came with bios version F6-Easy to install. No issues-Lots of SATA3 ports-USB 3.0 header Comment:
Couldn't get it to boot with 2400mhz ram with A8 7600 processor. I'm not sure if this is a limitation of the MB or the processor. MB says it supports 2400(OC). I have loosened the timings and couldn't get the computer to boot. But I am content at running at 2133.FYI, there have been some reviews where they couldn't get 2400 to work and some where they could. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/15/15 |
Cons: getting this motherboard all correct drivers was difficult.
Pros: Good value for money Comment:
Bought this motherboard with AMD x4 860K. Had to update Bios to F7 and download USB3 & SM BUS drivers from 3rd party drivers as Gigabyte drivers on CD and site did not work. https://driverscollection.com/?H=GA-F2A88XM-D3H%20%28rev.%203.0%29&By=Gigabyte |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/07/15 |
Cons: -No VRM heatsinks, added my own for a few bucks-Had to have a shop update BIOS for me with an older FM2 cpu that I didn't own, as I bought an 860k to go with it.
Pros: -Good Price-Good OC performance Comment:
Price performance ratio is fantastic. After adding my own VRM heatsinks, have a daily stable OC of 4.5ghz on my 860k.Deducted a star for not having the BIOS needed to run the CPU it advertises to support.No problems, no complaints! HTPC/Gaming PC.860k, 2x4gb Gskill 1600mhz/CL9 DDR3, CLUB3D R9 270 |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/07/15 |
Cons: does not do SLI
Pros: quality/pricecrossfire ready4 ram slots Comment:
for the price this is the best deal i have no cons at all |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/03/15 |
Cons: No heatsink on VRM's, to be expected though, its an easy cheap fix, so no star deducted.
Pros: Cutest pretty board around for the price. 8x SATA3. Boots quickly into Windows 8. Comment:
There are better boards out there, but not for this boards price point. 8x SATA3, overclocks well, lots of USB ports at price point and crossfire capable. I was a little unsure if the X4 860K I bought with this board at the same time would work, success, it does, whew.... It does have USB BIOS Flashback, but happily never needed it. Honestly sort of looks and feels like a mid-range board, very impressed for value for money. Makes for a really nice little HTPC, DLNA NASbox. specs are:X4 860K2x4GB DDR3 2133HD 7970SanDisk 240GB Extreme SSD2x3TB HDD'sEVGA 650W G1Fractal Design Core 1500 |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/18/14 |
Cons: Hot southbridge
Pros: Cheap, stable Comment:
Installed this in a basic web browsing PC for a client. Runs stable with an A10-5800K and 4GB DDR3. BIOS gets out of the way pleasantly fast so Windows can boot within 15 seconds.Felt like a steal at the sale price, never mind the mail-in rebate which I never take into account.Found the Southbridge heatsink was mounted loosely with only two spring-loaded plastic rivets and no thermal paste. Doesn't look like an individual fault but more Gigabyte's choice of mounting hardware - the springs are too weak. In any other application I'd tighten it and use some thermal paste. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/10/14 |
Cons: -Drivers are a bit huge to download
Pros: -4 slot of ram on an mATX-FM2+ socket for upgrades-Setup was easy Comment:
I couldnt be more pleased, this is over my expectation for the price. I use this in an htpc and its working flawlessly. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/21/14 |
Cons: is lack of a IDE port really a con?
Pros: 4 memory slotsbeautiful black finishgraphical bios with mouse supportlots of bios optionsreally good bang for your buck thanks to the mail in rebate Comment:
Would buy again. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/20/14 |
Cons: None
Pros: Price, Value Comment:
Nice mATX board for socket FM2+ chips. Paired mine with an Athlon 860K and made a pretty deadly (and cheap) system. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/01/14 |
Cons: None.
Pros: Great value especially on sale.Quality built.Nice BIOS GUI.Lots of options including 7 SATA ports.mATX so it'll fit in smaller cases. Comment:
Gigabyte always deliver on quality motherboards, even on this intermediate budget offering, you get a lot of value and quality at a decent price. I got this around fifty after a mail in rebate, not including taxes, and it's excellent. The BIOS has a nice GUI, connects everything I have and more for the future including 7 SATA ports. |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/09/14 |
Cons: None
Pros: High quality board for the money. 4 ram slots and 2PCI-E16 slots for good expandability, all on a mATX board. Comment:
I have built 3 systems with this board using the A10 5800K Quad core processors and 8 GB Ram : G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1866 CL9-10-9-28 Memory. Apparently it is important to use good quality fast ram with this platform, even so these are still an inexpensive build.2 of the systems are using dual monitors with no added video card. The systems perform very nicely with Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 and my clients are very happy with them. |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/14/14 |
Cons: Very Good-Would Purchase Again
Pros: Very Good-Would Purchase Again Comment:
Very Good-Would Purchase Again great and easy to use BIOS.it is very simple to IT personal to install and ready to gothanks |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/11/14 |
Cons: When using A10-7850K Kaveri you need an older APU from FM2 to update bios.
Pros: Has great features, in a compact size. Comment:
Needs to be better posted about bios updating if you are doing a new build and have no older APU already. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/21/14 |
Cons: Only 6 USB ports in the rearNo Displayport
Pros: InexpensiveBlack PCB Comment:
Perfect for a lower budget machine paired with Kaveri. One thing I like about AMD is that they don't constantly change sockets and they're backwards compatible. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/14/13 |
Cons: None really
Pros: Great board for the price. Comment:
Gigabyte makes quality mobo's, cant really go wrong with them. |
Product Type: Motherboard - micro ATX
Bought at Ncix landsdowne store with $10 mir, which is now on the way to me. Quality built through-out. 4 memory slots; 6 usb at rear; hdmi and dvi-d. On-board usb 3.0 plug-in for front panel. Super fast responsive and runs very smooth at very low temperature of 27 degree. Bios is rev.3 and well updated. My cpu processor is A8-6600K. No need to fresh bios. After installation of all hardware and kick start button, it lights on in one shot. I used this newly installed computer for almost 2 months, no any issue happened. This motherboard is truly reliable.Love it.