ASRock A88M-G / 3.1 A88X motherboard - AMD Socket FM2 + [A88M-G/3.1]

It offered motherboards with three different chipsets for Kaveri APUs. In addition to new issues such as the top chipset A88X and the mid-size model A78 (u. A. With CrossFireX support) are well proven A55 and A75 available that for previous APUs formed as FM1 and FM2 versions the base. The FCH (Fusion Controller Hub) - as AMD calls the Southbridges on APU motherboards - A55 continues to be the entry-level version is, when you have indeed waive USB 3.0 and SATA 6G, but you can buy very cheap.

The tips chipset A88X (Bolton-D4), a pure FM2 + -Neuentwicklung, has even more to one and only supports the RAID modes 0, 1 and 10 even RAID 5. In addition, when using is a "Kaveri" -APU and a corresponding VGA the new interface standard PCI Express 3.0 introduces support for, whereby the bandwidth over PCIe 2.0 doubles theoretically!

When offered here ASRock A88M-G / 3.1 is one of the top models from ASRock, which has access to the high-end A88X as Southbridge. According solid the board in the Micro-ATX form factor is equipped: four DDR3 memory modules natively support a clock speed of 2,400 MHz or 2,400 MHz overclocked and can be used with a total capacity of up to 64GB. Also, one PCIe 3.0 graphics card, which is addressed with 16 lanes and other components via a PCIe 2.0 slot with 4 lanes, one PCIe x1 and a conventional PCI port do their job.

A little highlight on ASRock A88M-G / 3.1 is also that there are on the I / O shield on the back of the motherboard two nagelneueUSB-3.1 ports with Type A and Type-C connector, provided by the ASMedia ASM1143 additional chip. The new USB Type-C port is particularly thin and can finally be connected at both ends. USB 3.1 is commonly associated with the maximum attainable speed of 10 Gbit / s per port twice as fast as USB 3.0.

Media such as SSDs and hard drives manages the board has eight SATA 6G ports (incl. RAID support) and a horizontal M.2 slot, which is connected with a maximum of four PCI-Express 2.0 lanes and thus extremely high speeds can reach up to 20 Gbit / s. It can be used from 30 to 80 mm length M.2 SSDs. The M.2 port shares its data lines with the PCIe x4 slot, so that only one can be used which respectively. Internally the board offers two USB 2.0 and one USB 3.0 header with two ports supported by each header. Finally, four fans can be connected to the board, one with 3 pins and three 4-pin PWM connector.

The remaining connection repertoire includes at the back of the board itself including two USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports, a PS / 2 port for (older) Input devices, five 3.5-mm audio connectors and an optical S / PDIF output for 7.1 sound and one Gigabit LAN. Also available for picture playback via integrated APU graphics unit three types widespread Monitor outputs ready: HDMI, DVI and VGA. It supports dual and triple monitor setups and resolutions up to 4K Ultra HD.

Format: Micro ATX

Color: Black, Red

Chipset: AMD A88X FCH

Socket FM2 + (for APUs and Athlons 4th generation from "Kaveri" and older "Richland" and "Trinity")

RAM: 4x DDR3 (max 2.400 MHz.)

Dual-Channel

Max. 64 GB

1x PCIe 3.0 x16 (16 lanes)

1x PCIe 2.0 x16 (electrical 4 Lanes, shared with M.2)

Compatible Multi-VGA configurations: 2-Way Crossfire

1x PCIe 2.0 x1

1x PCI

Internal connections:

8x SATA 6G (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10)

1x M.2 NGFF (PCIe 2.0 x4, max. 20 Gbit / s, horizontal, sizes 2230 to 2280)

2x USB 3.0 (1x header)

4x USB 2.0 (2x header)

4x fan (3x 4-pin, 1x 3-Pin)

1x Serial port header (COM)

1x TPM

Power / Reset / LED / Front-Audio

External connections:

1x USB 3.1 (Type C, max. 10 Gbit / s, by ASMedia ASM1143)

1x USB 3.1 (Type A, max. 10 Gbit / s, by ASMedia ASM1143)

2x USB 3.0

2x USB 2.0

1x Gigabit LAN (Realtek RTL8111GR)

5x audio (7.1, ALC 1150)

1x S / PDIF optical

1x PS / 2 keyboard / mouse

1x HDMI

1x DVI-D

1x VGA (D-Sub)

Compatible multi-monitor configurations: dual, triple display

Power supply:

1x 24-pin ATX12V

1x 8-pin EPS12V