ASUS A88X-PRO Review

👤by Tony Le Bourne Comments 📅03-12-13
Packaging & First Look


The box front

The outer display shows the product name in large with a similar colour scheme to the motherboard itself. Icons at the edges show clearly that the board is for the FM2+ socket and displays a few of the ASUS exclusive features.


Rear side of package

On the rear we find detailed specifications of the product and information about some of the features.


Included accessories

Standard inclusive items, I/O backplate, manual, sata cables and drivers/utility discas well as an ASUS Qcable header plug.


Overview of the A88X-PRO

The aesthetic may be a little hit and miss with some people, but realistically the colour of a motherboard is rarely going to stand out too much in a build once you get everything plugged in. Regardless, the yellow/gold on black/dark brown looks great and is well organised. The expansion slot layout is pretty much ideal with a PCIe x1 at the top followed by the primary x16 (PCIe 3.0 enabled with Kaveri APUs) that has two slots of space before the next PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (electrical x8) slot. There are also 2 legacy PCI slots with a final PCIe 2.0 x16.


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