Asus Asus Motherboards A88X-GAMER

Bought this for a mini pc build, and I think I made the right choice. It has everything I needed, from 4 dimm slots that runs upto 2133mhz ram, 2 pci slot to run crossfire if needed. I have it running a A10 7860k with a r7 250x graphics card in dual graphics mode. Which wasn't easy to do and get running properly, but got there in the end. It has 7 sata 3 ports which is more than enough. The only small gripe is the amount of fan headers, there is only 2 not including the cpu header. I have a 240mm liquid cooler so there is all them gone. No intake or exhaust options, so it's either a fan hub or some splitters. The addition of a gpu boost switch is good, allows an instant 30% gpu boost. The uefi bios is simple and straightforward if your into tweaking.All in all a good board with lots of quality features that you'd expect from Asus.If anyone would like to let me review stuff for them. Like I see a lot of people do on here, then I would give a very unbiased, very honest and in depth review.UPDATE : 2/6/2016I had this board running a A10 7860k with r7 250x which after a lot of messing about. Finally got running in dual graphics mode, so I thought! After a good few hours running benchmarks found that it was just running on the gpu alone. This is because the chip and the gpu weren't truly compatible. Since then I have done a lot of research and reading and found the right gpu that goes with the chip. Which is the r7 260x, now got it running super smooth. AMD should publish a list of compatible GPU's for their apu's.Any how, all is well now, and the motherboard is brilliant, loads of overclocking features. Great connectivity (apart from the lack of fan headers).So if your in the market for mini atx board to run an APU, then I would give this one some serious consideration.

 Great Motherboard I stuck in a (AMD A6-6400k (3.9Ghz) FM2) processor from CEX(£15) and 12GB of DDR3 RAM and threw the lot in a CiT Midi Mesh Gaming Case (with 4 fans)(Green) with a Aerocool Integrator 600W Power Supply and an Arctic Freezer 7 CPU Fan(all from amazon) - now I have enough PC Power to travel back in time :) well almost :) Great board easy to install(comes with screws and feet) and good BIOS GUI, good price reputable amazon seller 5 StarBuild Hint: The case card reader plugs into a USB port on the motherboard ;) Remember to install CPU Fan the right way round for ur caseCiT Midi Mesh Gaming Case with 4 Fans, 3 Green LED and Card Reader - Vantage Green/BlackAerocool Integrator 600 W 12 cm Power Supply Unit - BlackARCTIC Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 - 150 Watt Multicompatible Low Noise CPU Cooler for AMD and Intel Sockets

Purchased for my son's first gaming PC. Coupled with one of AMD's new(ish) APU's it's great value for money. It's small and compact and gives his pc a sleek, tidy appearance on the inside. It runs quietly thanks for the included Asus AI Suite which lets you manage your fans speeds and monitor temps in real-time. Has all the features necessary for a first gaming pc and at great value. I purchased an AMD APU (CPU + GPU on the same chip) to keep the cost down for his first PC and it does the job nicely. My son plays games like WoW and League of Legends at a decent framerate without needing an additional gfx card. When he's a bit older and plays newer games he can couple it with a dedicated gfx card and really boost the performance, making this motherboard a great choice for those wanting an inexpensive pc, capable of being upgraded.

I Brought this for my micro ATX build and it's been working fine for about a month, can take almost any graphics card (I installed a GTX 950) came with 2x 6GB/s SATA 3.0 cables and has a good amount of ports, I would rate this item 5 starts if only it had more then one fan header, but you can easily purchase a splitter for £3

Fantastic motherboard, great value for money and has all the necessary connections you could need.Was bought as part of my first computer build and has worked flawlessly no problems whatsoever, plenty of room for upgrades as well.Would recommend this to anyone looking to start a build.

Having had this motherboard for over a year now. I felt it was time give my own review. This is a brilliant motherboard. I first installed it into a smallM-ATX case. It has brilliant support for the processor I use (Athlon 860k) and has handled the overclocking to 4.5Ghz @1.512 volts. I have installed a cooler master water cooler and I can say that this board does not get hot at all. It supports 3 fans (1 CPU and 2 Intake/Outake). The Asus AI Suite is one of the only programs that can read the CPU temp somewhat accurately and has 4 RAM slots for a maximum of 64 GB supported. There are more SATA III connects than you can shake a stick at ( I have 4 Hard drives 1 SSD and an optical drive Installed). The BIOS has this easy mode that loads by default. But this can easily be changed to the more advanced mode for the Overclocking that you may want to do. This has PCI-E slots so anything from 2012 to the present day. Overall I am very pleased with this product and would defiantly recommend this motherboard and ASUS to my friends!

This motherboard is great value. I got it on offer in the lead up to Christmas so it only cost £33. This motherboard is perfect for a first build. It has a FM2+ socket so is compatible with AMD's budget APUs (I used the A6-6400K) and some Athlon CPUs (e.g. the X4 860K which I upgraded to so not to greatly bottleneck a GTX 960). There's a PCI-e 16x slot and plenty I/O. I like having HDMI as standard and it has plenty SATA connections for SSDs, Hard Drives and the optical drive I salvaged from my last PC (yes, they are still useful)Overall for the price I got it for, it's a great board and even at £50, I'd say go for it if you aren't trying to run any graphics card more powerful than a GTX 960 because the compatible CPUs just aren't powerful enough for anything more. All in all a good board. My cousins have a computer using the board and an A6 APU that they use for movies and light gaming. Would recommend