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Product Application:

AMD CrossfireX Motherboard

Product Provided by:

Sapphire

Available at:

NewEgg.com

Estimated MSRP:

$171.99 - $229.99

Availability:

Now

Review by:

Paul

Edited by:

Scott

Review date:

Aug 11th, 2008

 

 

 


 

Board Layout
 


 

The layout of the board is pretty standard.  The SATA ports have been rotated to their sides.  This eliminates any clearance issues you may have with large video cards and SATA cables.  However, in smaller cases, it my cause problems some HDD cages.
 

 
The CPU socket area has good clearance.  The RAM slots seem a little close for my comfort, but heatsinks I tested fit just fine, but some may have issues with the tons of heatpipes and fins. 
 

 
Four slots for your DDR2.  The board has official support for DDR2 1066, anything higher will have to be done through overclocking.  The board can hold a maximum of 16GB of RAM.
 

Page 1:   Intro & Specs
Page 2:   AMD 790FX Chipset
Page 3:   Packaging & Contents
Page 4:   Board Layout Part 1
Page 5:   Board Layout Part 2
Page 6:   BIOS
Page 7:   BIOS Cont
Page 8:   Overclocking & Testing
Page 9:   Gaming Performance
Page 10: Conclusion