Gigabyte GA-F2A85XM-D3H AMD Socket FM2 A85X (Hudson D4) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Motherboard

Gigabyte GA-F2A85XM-D3H AMD Socket FM2 A85X (Hudson D4) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Motherboard - Review

Great budget AMD FM2 board!
This board goes fine with newer "Trinity" line of APU's from AMD. I own a computer repair business, and this works great for a value oriented system. It has loads of SATA ports, and you can put up to 32GB of RAM on it. I always update the BIOS, if the board didn't ship with the latest version. This one shipped with F1 so I used the handy "Q-flash" feature in BIOS to update it to F2. Another nice thing about this board is that it has two BIOS chips, so if you have problems with BIOS, you can switch to the backup and restore your board. The board seemed very stable after a 24 hr burn in. I don't know anything about the overclocking abilities, but if you want to do that (make sure you get the "K" designation APU's), I'd look to a different board. This one really is a budget oriented board. Go for a more expensive board that has the higher end VRM/Power Phase design with heat sinks over the assembly.

Pros: Great for the price. Seems to be very stable. Plenty of connectivity...

Details about Gigabyte GA-F2A85XM-D3H AMD Socket FM2 A85X (Hudson D4) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Motherboard

Brand: Gigabyte

Features of this Gigabyte GA-F2A85XM-D3H AMD Socket FM2 A85X (Hudson D4) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Motherboard

• APU: FM2 Socket, AMD A series processors, AMD Athlon series processors; Chipset: AMD A85X
• Memory: 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory; DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066; Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
• Onboard Graphics: APU 1 x D-Sub port, 1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 2560x1600, 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200
• LAN:Realtek GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
• Expansion Slots: 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16); 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4); 1 x PCI Express x1 slot;1 x PCI slot
• Multi-Graphics Technology: Support for AMD Dual Graphics technology (Only A series APUs support AMD Dual Graphics.)
• Storage:8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors supporting up to 8 SATA 6Gb/s devices; Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and JBOD
• USB: Up to 4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports; Up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports

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ASIN : B009O7YZ7O

Description : Windows 8 ready GIGABYTE 3D BIOS technology with Dual UEFI BIOS design GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 4 Classic technology Supports socket FM2 AMD A-series/ Athlon-series processors Enhanced AMD Radeon HD 7000-series graphics (DX11) integrated with the APU 2 PCI-E 2.0 x16 interfaces with AMD Dual Graphics, Eyefinity and CrossFire support Features HDMI/ Dual-link DVI/ D-sub ports for Triple-Monitor support 4 native USB 3.0 ports with transfer rates of up to 5Gbps 8 native SATA3 ports with up to 6Gbps link speed and RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support GIGABYTE On/Off Charge technology with 3x USB power design

Customer review : Crossfire, crossfire, crossfire.....
I have a at least 60 builds with Gigabyte MBoards over the last 5 years and this is the most recent. (I have acquired some hard earned skills). No where, not the website, not the documentation, not the quick guides nor Tom's hardware forums not even any of the reviews, could I find information about enabling crossfire. I bought the Gigabyte 6670 GV-R667D3-2GI and tried all the usual places for instruction about enabling Crossfire...Nothing.

Anyway here it is. This motherboard and the graphics above will work together as a cross fire pair. And, you do not need a cable or connector.

After setting up the MB and making sure it is working properly, turn the system off. Install the Graphics card in the PCIE16 slot (closest slot to APU).

Power up and hold down "Delete" key and boot into bios. In the Bios menu go to peripherals, and down to GFX. Select GFX, change it to NB PCIe and "Force" IGX ( and I set ram = 512. )

Then let the system...

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category: Motherboards

brand: Gigabyte

Rating : 4.3