GIGABYTE GA-F2A85XM-D3H (rev. 1.0)

Zitat: Best Award Excellent value, great performance and tons of expansion make this a brilliant FM2 motherboard

Zitat: hexus_award_recommended_small Pro: + Impressive price-to-features ratio + Competitive performance + USB 3.0 and eight SATA ports + Comparatively power efficient Con: - Layout could do with a tweak - BIOS could be more enthusiast-friendly ...this is very much how the FM2 platform should be presented - as a cheap, do-it-all solution that´s competent in all areas. Gigabyte aims to provide fresh impetus to AMD´s A-series APUs by retailing a cost-effective motherboard based on the premier A85X chipset. Dubbed GA-F2A85XM-D3H and sporting eight SATA 6Gbps ports, a quartet of USB 3.0, three video outputs, and opportunity for Dual Graphics and two-card CrossFire, this is very much how the FM2 platform should be presented - as a cheap, do-it-all solution that´s competent in all areas. The layout could do with a tweak and the BIOS would certainly benefit from being a little more user-friendly, but priced at £55 and offering practically all the features of boards costing 50 per cent more, Gigabyte´s got it pretty much spot-on. We´d couple the board up with an energy-efficient A10-5700 CPU and some el-cheapo 8GB DDR3 RAM, thereby providing a solid foundation for a competent PC build. Recommended if you´re in the market for a no-frills PC that´s laden with modern connectivity.