Asus A88XM-PLUS review
With excellent performance and a great price, this is a great budget FM2+ board with a user-friendly UEFI BIOS
Ports are well catered for on the backplate. Alongside the four USB2 ports there are two USB3 ports, although a header means you can add two additional USB3 ports. There are also two PS/2 ports, a Gigabit Ethernet port and three 3.5mm analogue jacks.
With an AMD A10-7850K processor and 4GB of 1600MHz DDR3 RAM, it scored 72 overall, which is a great score for the CPU and shows that this motherboard is quick. We found its UEFI BIOS very easy to use and like the physical MemOK! Button to help with troubleshooting.
The Asus A88XM-Plus is a great FM2+ board. It doesn’t have as many USB3 ports or expansion slots as on a full-size ATX motherboard, but more than enough for most people’s needs. With excellent performance and a great low price, this board wins a Budget Buy.
Basic Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Rating | **** |
| Processor socket | FM2+ |
| Form factor | microATX |
| Size | 244x234mm |
| Processor support | AMD A-Series, Athlon |
| Processor external bus | 100MHz |
| Chipset north bridge | A88X |
| Chipset south bridge | A88X |
| Passively-cooled north bridge | yes |
| Integrated graphics | No |
| Supported memory type | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory speed | PC3-19200 |
| Memory slots | 4 |
| Maximum memory | 64GB |
| Dual-channel support | yes |
Buying Information | |
| Price | £56 |
| Supplier | http://www.scan.co.uk |
| Details | www.asus.com |
Internal Ports | |
| Power connectors | 1x 24-pin ATX, 1x 4-pin ATX |
| PCI-E x16 slots | 2 |
| Dual graphics architecture | CrossFireX |
| PCI-E x4 slots | 0 |
| PCI-E x1 slots | 1 |
| PCI slots | 1 |
| Fan headers | 3 |
| Floppy ports | 0 |
| IDE ports | 0 |
| Serial ATA ports | 0 |
| RAID chipset (max disks) | AMD A88X (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD) |
Features | |
| Wired network ports | 1x 10/100/1000 |
| Sound (ports) | Realtek ALC887 (3x analogue out) |
| USB2 ports / headers | 6/8 |
| Firewire ports / headers | 0/0 |
| Legacy ports | 2x PS/2 |
| Other ports | VGA, DVI, HDMI |
| Cables included | 2x SATA |
| Brackets included | none |
| Software included | none |
Setup and Overclocking | |
| Voltage adjustment | CPU/RAM/Chipset |
| CPU clock max adjustment | 300MHz |
