Technical Details
- AMD Socket AM3+ FX / Phenom II / Athlon II / Sempron 100 Series Processors
- AMD 990FX / SB950 Chipset
- SupremeFX X-Fi 2 8-Ch audio with EAX Advanced HD 5.0 support
- Extreme Engine Digi+ & Dual CPU Power Connectors - New level of performance optimization
- Advanced BIOS Technology - New innovated and intuitive BIOS
- 3 x PCIe2.0 x16 slots (dual @x16, triple @x16 x8 x8) with NVIDIA 3-Way SLI and AMD CrossFireX Technology
- GameFirst - Prioritize packets with an intuitive interface
- ROG Connect - Tweak MB key settings in hardcore way
Product Description
ASUS Crosshair V Formula features the AMD 990FX / SB950 chipset and supports DDR3 2133(O.C.) MHz, offering optimum performance for hardcore gamers and performance seekers.
Customer Reviews
By Matty
I ordered the ASUS Corsshair V 990FX motherboard for a new computer build. Just for reference, I'm using a AMD Hex Core 1100T (3.3 Ghz) processor. 16gb Corsair Vengeance Blue 1600mHZ RAM. EVGA 570 GTX HD video card. 120Gb Corsair GT (red) SSD drive. 1 TB Western DIgital Black Caviar HDD.
This motherboard is very good quality and was manufactured using high quality components. I'm happy with the layout and had no space issues when installing the peripherals. One thing that I really like about this motherboard is the on board LED's that indicate whether or not the components (RAM, video card, CPU, LAN connection, etc.) are being recognized. This takes away the guesswork of troubleshooting potentially faulty components, something that can be extremely frustrating when the computer doesn't start up on the first attempt and you don't know which component might be faulty. Fortunately, this system loaded the first time I fired it up and I didn't have any major issues.
The BIOS menu is very user friendly and offers a host of overclocking options. I'm not really into overclocking since it can shorten the life of the components, but I highly recommend this motherboard to those who do want to overclock. The only option I changed was adjusting the RAM speed to 1600mHZ instead of the default 1333mHZ. I might tinker with the overclocking options later, but for now everything is working well. The system is stable and I'm really pleased with this motherboard. The SATA 3.0 components are all lightning fast. It's also an ideal motherboard if you want to use multiple video cards. The Corsshair V supports up to three PCIE 2.0 video cards. Also, the onboard HD audio means that you don't necessarily need a separate video card. As soon as you plug you audio cable(s) into the sound port(s) it should automatically detect.
On problem that I did have was that I had to reinstall the LAN driver from the CD that was included with the motherbaord. Not sure why it didn't work the first time, but when I installed Windows 7 and loaded all of the drivers from the included CD there was no LAN network present. Reinstalling the LAN driver fixed it.
If you're looking to build a top end gaming system, or if you work with resource heavy applications I highly recommend this motherboard.
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