VPN: A88XM-PLUS/CSMASUS A88XM-PLUS/CSM FM2+ A88X CF 2xPCIe16 1xPCIe1 1XPCI mATX Motherboard
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 Rating: Review Date: 02/08/14 |
ASUS A88XM-PLUS/CSM FM2+ A88X CF 2xPCIe16 1xPCIe1 1XPCI mATX Motherboard
Cons:1. Some stock will not post with Kaveri. Needs older gen APU to update the bios.
Pros:1. 4+2 phase VRM2. VRM has decent cooling (combine with active cooling)3. Windows 8 secure boot compliant4. Bios features are the same as more expensive siblings |
When paired with a A88XM-PLUS/CSM, unboxing the A10-7700K was like letting a feral cat out of a sack.Other parts: ddr3-1600, hybrid hdd, pcp&c powerThe A88XM-PLUS/CSM features all of the overclocking settings you could need. It also has the requisite cooler for the (more than capable) 4+2 phase VRM. tl;dr; I pressed the 'OC Tune' button in the bios, rebooted, and here's the result. Results were obtained using the retail heatsink and TIM.A10-7700K u 4.1 GHz, iGPU u 1 GHzIdle temp at HS: 37CAmbient: 25CAnd so began the benchmarking. First 3dmark.(test, overall, graphics, physics):Icestorm, 65998, 80889, 40138CloudGate, 6803, 9516, 3428FireStrike, 1278, 1399, 4887Load temp at HS: 54CNext up, Aida GPGPU benchmarking.(test, igpu, cpu):MemRead(MB), 8685, 19528MemWrite(MB), 9431, 11419MemCopy(MB), 19481, 16975SPFLOPS(G), 690, 131