Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H review
A bargain FM2+ board, but it has few USB3 ports and expansion slots.
Specifications
FM2+, microATX, A88X chipset, supports: Trinity, Richland, Kaveri APUs
Looking at the rear of the board, it’d be good idea to add a USB3 card. There are only two USB3 ports on the backplate, along with four USB ports, a single PS/2 port, three 3.5mm analogue ports, an optical S/PDIF port and a Gigabit Ethernet port. The F2A88XM-D3H also has three graphics outputs, one of which is a HDMI output that supports a massive resolution of 4,096×2,160.
We tested the F2A88XM-D3H with an A10-7850K, and the test system scored 70 in our multimedia benchmarks, which is what we’d expect to see. If you’re using an unlocked processor, you can alter clock and voltage settings in the F2A88XM-D3H’s BIOS.
We like the Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H, especially the four memory slots and support up to 64GBs of fast RAM and many SATA3 ports. However, it isn’t perfect, with few USB3 ports and expansion slots. Even so, if you need a compact motherboard for your new Kaveri processor and don’t want to spend a lot of money, you should check out the bargain F2A88XM-D3H.
Basic Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Rating | **** |
| Processor socket | FM2+ |
| Form factor | microATX |
| Size | 244x244mm |
| Processor support | Trinity, Richland, Kaveri APUs |
| Processor external bus | 100MHz |
| Chipset north bridge | A88X |
| Chipset south bridge | A88X |
| Passively-cooled north bridge | yes |
| Integrated graphics | No |
| Supported memory type | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory speed | PC3-19200 |
| Memory slots | 4 |
| Maximum memory | 64GB |
| Dual-channel support | yes |
Buying Information | |
| Price | £53 |
| Supplier | http://www.ebuyer.com |
| Details | www.gigabyte.com |
Internal Ports | |
| Power connectors | 1x 24-pin ATX, 1x 8-pin ATX |
| PCI-E x16 slots | 2 |
| Dual graphics architecture | CrossFire, AMD Dual Graphics |
| PCI-E x4 slots | 0 |
| PCI-E x1 slots | 1 |
| PCI slots | 1 |
| Fan headers | 2 |
| Floppy ports | 0 |
| IDE ports | 0 |
| Serial ATA ports | 0 |
| RAID chipset (max disks) | AMD A88X (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD) |
Features | |
| Wired network ports | 1x 10/100/1000 |
| Sound (ports) | Realtek ALC887 (optical S/PDIF, 3x analogue) |
| USB2 ports / headers | 6/3 |
| Firewire ports / headers | 0 |
| Legacy ports | parallel header, serial header |
| Other ports | VGA, DVI, DisplayPort, HDMI |
| Cables included | 2x SATA |
| Brackets included | none |
| Software included | none |
Setup and Overclocking | |
| Voltage adjustment | CPU/RAM/Chipset |
| CPU clock max adjustment | 40MHz |