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Hardware Asus M4A88T-I Deluxe Review

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by CardJoe, 1 Sep 2010.

  1. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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    CardJoe, 1 Sep 2010
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  2. faugusztin

    faugusztin I *am* the guy with two left hands

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    No photo of test setup :(. Would be fun to see that HD5870 on this board :D.
     
    faugusztin, 1 Sep 2010
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  3. Guest-16

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    How's that? ;)
     
    Guest-16, 1 Sep 2010
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  4. javaman

    javaman May irritate Eyes

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    lol I love itx builds. Still would prob go the intel route mind at least until AMD Fusion. Then itx will really come into their own =)
     
    javaman, 1 Sep 2010
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  5. Scootiep

    Scootiep Minimodder

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    "This is no great loss, as we're betting not many people actually have 7.1 setups."

    Speak for yourselves damn it. I'm currently running a 7.1 setup with 9 Bowers & Wilkins 600 series speaker and a Klipsch 10". There are plenty of us out there who go to extreme lengths when it comes to quality sound damn it!

    /shakes fists in anger
     
    Scootiep, 1 Sep 2010
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  6. schmidtbag

    schmidtbag What's a Dremel?

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    I think you completely missed the point in that most people don't have surround sound and for the people who do have surround sound, most of them use 5.1.
     
    schmidtbag, 1 Sep 2010
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  7. Lazy_Amp

    Lazy_Amp Entry AMD Engineer

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    Sure, that 5780 is almost twice the length of the board, but I would have also liked to see the heatsink on it as well. Probably would have doubled the weight, even with the 5780 :p
     
    Lazy_Amp, 1 Sep 2010
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  8. Pete J

    Pete J Employed scum

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  9. TWeaK

    TWeaK Minimodder

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    Lmao Pete, I just specced up a cheap barebones setup with this and it came to ~£190! The one I had was nothing though, just the board, cheap 2GB Kingston value 1333 DDR3 SoDIMM and an X2 245. Still, could make a decent media PC - better than an atom anyway.

    Like javaman said though, it's best to wait until Fusion. If anything this should become even cheaper!
     
    TWeaK, 2 Sep 2010
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  10. Jipa

    Jipa Avoiding the "I guess.." since 2004

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    Would be lovely to make a small gaming PC, but at the end of the day a board like this isn't going to help much as it's the graphics and power supply that force the size..
     
    Jipa, 2 Sep 2010
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  11. Cuzza

    Cuzza What's a Dremel?

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    THIS is the board I want to put in my Macintosh LCII. One of these days when I have time and money. *sigh*
     
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  12. HourBeforeDawn

    HourBeforeDawn a.k.a KazeModz

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    ya I use a 7.1 setup at home too

    Anyhow this looks like a nice board a side from the audio problems but I would just go with optic or hdmi to a receiver in that case.
     
    HourBeforeDawn, 2 Sep 2010
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  13. alpha0ne23

    alpha0ne23 What's a Dremel?

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    This is just an overclocked 785g board so no full HD audio with PAP so it has to have a 5*** series card to pass thru full HD audio
     
    alpha0ne23, 3 Sep 2010
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  14. MrJay

    MrJay You are always where you want to be

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    Just picked up this board, the lowest of the low Sempron CPUs 2gb of 1333mhz ram and a Lian Li PC-Q08 case as a bundle on Ebay for 150 notes! (Stupid cheep considering the lot would cost about £320 new!)

    Cant wait to swap out the CPU and see what this thing can do!

    Also cant wait to ditch my Atom ITX System *Spits on floor*
     
    MrJay, 6 Sep 2010
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  15. miester7

    miester7 My single core cpu plays crysis

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    Im assuming this wouldn't support an unlocked x2 555 to x4 B55
     
    miester7, 4 Dec 2010
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  16. Harry69

    Harry69 What's a Dremel?

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    Chech out my build, look at my last post for pics with a 5870
    http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1573224&page=2
     
    Harry69, 13 Feb 2011
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  17. Anirudh

    Anirudh What's a Dremel?

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    Can you use an nvidia Gtx 480/560 with this board. So nviDia card on amd processor
     
    Anirudh, 9 Apr 2011
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  18. Harry69

    Harry69 What's a Dremel?

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    You can use any brand card you want.
     
    Harry69, 17 Apr 2011
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  19. Guest-16

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    Lovely build Harry! Somewhat ironic given its small proportions but looking good :D
     
    Guest-16, 17 Apr 2011
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