ASUS A88X-PRO Review

👤by Tony Le Bourne Comments 📅03-12-13
Closer Look


The top region

At the top left we find an 8pin 12v ATX socket, running down the left hand side we find a dual 4pin pwm fan header beneath the large golden headsink. At the top right there is the ASUS EPU switch just above the DIMMs. Along the right side of the motherboard we can find a MEMOK! button, the 24pin ATX socket followed by a front panel USB 3.0 header and another 4pin PWM fan header.


Socket area

The FM2+ socket is powered by a 6+2 digital power phase system and the whole board uses Japanese made 5K solid capacitors. The FM2+ socket allows an extra pin for the new APUs, likely enabling the use of the PCIe 3.0 feature.


DIMMs

An attractive resting place for some high performance memory modules.


Right angle SATA

From left to right we find a 4pin PWM fan header, 6x SATA 6Gb/s, the right angle mount is the preference for many, followed by the BIOS flashback button.


Bottom region

Along the bottom (left to right) we find the front panel audio header, another 4pin PWM fan header, COM headers, debug LED display, 4x 2 USB 2.0 headers, the TPU switch and Direct Key button, the Power LED, CMOS jumper and finally the front panel connection headers.


Audio chipset

The A88X-PRO uses Realtek's latest and greatest audio chip being the ALC1150 that provides 7.1 channels with 24bit 192Khz sampling rate on each.


rear I/O

The rear I/O gives us a universal PS2, 2x USB 2.0, displayport, HDMI, VGA, DVI video outputs, 2x eSATA, 4x USB 3.0, RJ45 gigabit lan port, optical S/PDIF out and 5x 3.5mm audio jacks.


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