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Motherboard Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 Review

Motherboards based on Intel Z77 chip have been lately given much attention, to the detriment of products featuring AMD solutions. In fact, motherboards with AMD chips are in abundance in the market, providing a competitive conditions for the manufacturers and plentiful offers for potential consumers. Asus developed a lot of boards with Intel Z77 chip, but it also boasts the products, like Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0, based on AMD 990FX chip for AM3+ socket. This model is an apt sample of performance, resources and design.

Integration

Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 is developed in ATX form-factor and features 305x244 mm dimensions. The motherboard accommodates five sockets for the connection of fans and large heatsinks which manage heat quite efficiently; heatsinks located on the northbridge and CPU power converter are joined by a heat pipe. There is one peculiar feature pertained to the implemented heatsinks: each of them is notable by an individual fixture type. The reverse side of the board houses a part of soldered CPU power converter components.

This motherboard employs AMD 990FX+SB950 system logics which supports AM3+ FX, Phenom II, Sempron 100 and Athlon II CPUs. It is equipped with four slots for DDR3 memory that is able to work at frequency range from 1066 MHz to 2133 MHz on overclocking environment. The maximal memory capacity approximates 32 GB. The integrated MemOK! Button (located right to the memory slots) should be activated when there are issues in compatibility of the motherboard with memory modules.

Expansion slot configuration consists of six slots: PCI, PCI-e x1, two PCI-e x4, and two PCI-e x16. This kit ensures the support of such graphics configurations as CrossFireX and SLI. The layout of the motherboard also contains seven SATA 6 Gb/sec ports; five ports are controlled by AMD SB960, while the other two – by ASMedia ASM1061 controller. A couple of ASMedia ASM1042 controllers secure the support of USB 3.0 interface. Sound subsystem is represented by Realtek ALC892 controller; network facilities are realized by means of Realtek RTL8111 controller.

The lower part of the board accommodates two buttons, DirectKey and USB BIOS Flashback, which were not used previously in any Asus product. DirectKey enables the system startup with the access to UEFI menu; USB BIOS Flashback is destined to realize an update of the USB drive firmware. The rear panel of the motherboard houses a single LAN port, two USB 3.0 ports, one eSATA port, optical S/PDIF output, two PS/2 ports (for keyboard and mouse), eight USB 2.0 ports, and six audio out/inputs (3.5 mm mini-jack).

The nominal delivery set of Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 contains four SATA cables, flexible SLI bridge, Asus Q-Connector adapters, dedicated drivers and software, and a comprehensive user's manual.

Cooling System

The implemented in this motherboard cooling system involves three heatsinks, two of which are joined by a heat pipe. Such combination of two heatsinks is called to dissipate heat against CPU power converter and northbridge; the third heatsink is responsible for southbridge cooling down. Thermal interface is introduced by a thermal padding of medium depth.

Power Supply System

Power supply system of Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 consists of EPU ASP1000C chips which control CPU power converters and CPU-NB. Power converter operates under 6+2 phase scheme: six phases are alloted for CPU Vcore, and two – for CPU-NB. The system involves high-quality ON Semiconductor transistors and ChiL CHL8510 drivers. Memory power converter consists of two phases and is based on ASP1103 controller.

BIOS Setup

It should be noted that UEFI organization on all motherboards manufactured by Asus is unified. UEFI interface of M5A99FX PRO R2.0 copies the one implemented in M5A97 PRO model, merely with a few variations. DIGI+ Power Control settings have been moved from the main menu to a separate section; plus, Asus added dedicated settings to monitor memory power converter.
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  • 17 October 2012, 18:03
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