Asus M5A99X Evo
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Asus M5A99X Evo Review
To be honest, between Z68 this and Sandy Bridge that, we haven’t had much time to check out AMD's latest motherboard offerings. It’s not that we don’t care; it’s just that the fire is burning on the other side of the fence these days. That’s not to say that the 990X chipset in Asus’s midrange M5A99X Evo is a slouch. As a real AM3+ board, it’s guaranteed to work with the upcoming Bulldozer line of CPUs from AMD. On the other hand, plenty of older 890FX boards will also work fine with Bulldozer, so is it even worth your time to check out a 990-series board? In a word: yes. For one thing, these days most 890FX board designs are pretty dated. For example, not all feature USB 3.0 headers. The most exciting change with the 990 series, though, is SLI support. It’s not that we necessarily want to run two Nvidia cards in an AMD board, it’s that we want the freedom to pick our poison. A word to multicard users: The 990X chipset in the M5A99X doesn’t have the PCIe lanes of its performance-oriented 990FX kin. The dual x16 slots run at x8 speeds when running multi-GPUs while 990FX boards let you run two x16 slots at x16 speeds. It’s truly not a deal-breaker for most folks, as the difference in performance is negligible.
Asus M5A99X Evo review
Normally, in the case of a big new processor launch like AMD's forthcoming Bulldozer chips, you'd expect the motherboards that support it to play second fiddle. But Asus' M5A99X EVO is just one of many new boards that have been kitted out with a 9-series chipset without said CPU being close to sampling. Specifically, the M5A99X makes use of an AMD 990X chipset with an SB950 southbridge. Translated, that puts it in the second tier for features: below it are AMD 970 boards, designed for value, while above it are models based on the all-powerful 990FX. The differences between the three, though, come down to relatively minor things like the number of SATA ports, USB slots and, more significantly, how many x16 PCI Express ports there are. The 970 has just one, while the 990X has two – although if you do plug in a second card for CrossFire or SLI graphics, both slots run at just 8x speed. In other words, if you want the best dual (or more) graphics performance, you'll want a more expensive 990FX board. If you want a cheap build, get a 970. So does the Asus M5A99X Evo have anything else with which to overcome its middle child syndrome?
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ASUS DDR3 2133 FM2 Motherboard M5A99X EVO R2.0 | $135.3 | See it |
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ASUS M5A99X-EVO-R2.0 AMD Motherboard | $137.59 | See it |
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ASUS M5A99X-EVO-R2.0 AMD Motherboard | $137.88 | See it |
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Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 AM3+ Motherboard - ATX, Socket AM3+, AMD AMD 990X/SB950, DDR3 2133 MHz (O.C.), SATA III (6Gb/s), RAID, 8-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, USB 3.0, PCIe 2.0, CrossFireX Ready | $138.59 | See it |
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ASUS DDR3 2133 FM2 Motherboard M5A99X EVO R2.0 | $139 | See it |
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ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0 - Socket AM3 AMD 990FX Chipset ATX Motherboard DDR3 SATA 6Gb/s PCIE Gigabit LAN 7.1CH HD Audio USB3.0 | $147.77 | See it |
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ASUS M5A99X Evo - AM3+ - 990X - SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 - ATX DDR3 2133 Motherboards | $169.95 | See it |
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ASUS M5A99X Evo - AM3+ - 990X - SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 - ATX DDR3 2133 Motherboards | $169.95 | See it |
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Amd Fx-6200 Six Core Cpu Asus 990x 8gb Ddr3 Memory Ram Barebones Computer Pc | $499 | See it |
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Amd Barebone Pc Fx-6100 Six Core Cpu Asus M5a99x Evo 990x 8gb Ddr3 | $529 | See it |
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Amd Fx-8120 Eight Core Cpu Asus 990x 8gb Ddr3 Memory Ram Barebones Computer Pc | $549 | See it |
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Amd Fx-6200 Six Core Cpu Asus 990x 16gb Ddr3 Memory Ram Barebones Computer Pc | $549 | See it |
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Amd Barebone Pc Fx-6100 M5a99x Evo Six Core Cpu Asus 990x 16gb Memory | $579 | See it |
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Amd Fx-8120 Eight Core Cpu Asus M5a99x Evo 990x 16gb Ddr3 Memory Ram Barebone Pc | $599 | See it |
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Amd Fx-8150 Eight Core Cpu Asus M5a99x Evo 990x 8gb Ddr3 Memory Ram Barebones Pc | $599 | See it |
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Amd Fx-8150 Eight Core Cpu Asus M5a99x Evo 990x 16gb Ddr3 Memory Ram Barebone Pc | $649 | See it |
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Amd Fx-6200 Six Core Cpu Asus 990x 32gb Ddr3 Memory Ram Barebones Computer Pc | $649 | See it |
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Amd Fx-6100 Six Core Cpu Asus M5a99x Evo 990x 32gb Ddr3 Memory Ram Barebones Pc | $729 | See it |
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Amd Fx-8120 Eight Core Cpu Asus M5a99x Evo 990x 32gb Ddr3 Memory Ram Barebones | $799 | See it |
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Amd Fx-8150 Eight Core Cpu Asus M5a99x Evo 990x 32gb Ddr3 Memory Ram Barebones | $849 | See it |
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Asus M5A99X Evo : (8/10)
2 expert reviews
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