990FX Partner Boards

AMD 990FX boards have been on the loose for some time now -- we've had the Asrock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional for most 2 months. Along with its Fatal1ty- branded board, Asrock offers two other 990FX-based motherboards: the 990FX Extreme4 and 990FX Extreme3. The company also has a couple of AMD 970 motherboards available.

The Fatal1ty 990FX Professional is currently retailing for $190, which is very affordable for a loftier-finish motherboard. The price is specially impressive considering the included features, such as USB 3.0, SATA 6Gb/s, 8-channel audio, dual Gigabit LAN with Teaming office, 12 + 2 power phase blueprint as well as Quad Crossfire and SLI back up.

Despite being a Fatal1ty-branded product, we similar the look and design of Asrock's premium lath. It has an excellent layout and UEFI BIOS interface.

We too included the Asus Crosshair V Formula in our review kit. This board costs considerably more than at $230, only doesn't seem to justify that premium.

Features such as USB 3.0 remain the same, while the Crosshair V Formula drops one of the two gigabit Ethernet jacks and eSATA ports. The audio has been upgraded to the SupremeFX X-Fi ii codec, while the lath also features an extra full-length PCIe two.0 x16 slot. Overall, we prefer Asus' aesthetics, but its board virtually equal in terms of functional design.

Asus also has the Sabertooth 990FX available, as well equally various 990X and 970 motherboards. The Sabertooth 990FX is a cheaper alternative to the Crosshair V Formula, as it costs simply $190 nonetheless it is notwithstanding very well equipped.

Although we've but received boards from Asrock and Asus so far, other manufacturers such as MSI and Gigabyte already take their flagship 990FX boards in stores, including the $145 MSI 990FXA-GD65 and $250 Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7.