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MaximumPC

12/2011

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.

TechRadar

08/2011

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 M5A99X Evo - AM3+ - 990X - SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 - ATX DDR3 2133 Motherboards	$149.88	See it
ASUS M5A99X EVO AMD AM3+ AMD 990X ATX AMD Motherboard	$149.88	See it
ASUS M5A99X EVO AMD 990X AM3+ Motherboard - ATX, Socket AM3+, AMD 990X Chipset, 2133MHz DDR3 (O.C.), SATA 6.0 Gb/s, RAID, 8-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, USB 3.0, CrossFireX/SLI Ready	$149.99	See it
Asus M5a99x Evo Am3+ Amd 990x Sata 6gb/s Usb 3.0 Atx Amd Motherboard With U	$149.99	See it
ASUS M5A99X Evo - AM3+ - 990X - SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 - ATX DDR3 2133 Motherboards	$149.99	See it
Asus M5a99xevo Amd 990x Plus Sb950 Chipset Digi+ Vrm Efi Bios Dual Graphics	$157.67	See it
Asus M5a99x Evo Am3+ Amd 990x/sb950 Chipset Atx Adm Desktop Motherboard	$162.04	See it
Asus M5a99x Evo Am3+ Amd 990x/sb950 Chipset Atx Adm Desktop Motherboard	$162.04	See it
Asus M5A99X EVO Socket AM3+/ AMD 990X/ Quad CrossFireX& Quad Sli / A&GbE/ SATA3&USB3.0/ ATX Motherboard	$162.65	See it
Asus Us M5a99xevo M5a99 Evo Motherboard M5a99x	$162.98	See it
Asus M5a99x Evo Socket Am3+/ Amd 990x/ Quad Crossfirex& Quad Sli / A&gbe/	$165.49	See it
ASUS ATX - AMD AM3+ FX/PHENOM II/ATHLON II/SEMPRON 100 SERIES PROCESSORS - SOCKET AM3 - M5A99X EVO M5A99X EVO	$171.49	See it
Asus Computer Intl. Asus Motherboard, AMD 990X/SB950, Phenom II, ATX, Max 32GB DDR3, 2PCIEX16, 2PCIEX, PCI, GBE, Audio M5A99X EVO	$173.82	See it
ASUS TeK M5A99X EVO AMD AM3 Plus 990X-SB950 DDR3 PCI Express SATA 6GB-s USB3 ATX Retail	$184.94	See it
Asus Motherboard M5A99X EVO AMD AM3+ 990X/SB950 DDR3 PCI Express SATA 6GB/s USB3.0 ATX Retail	$200.53	See it