Grading motherboards are always a bit difficult , since the parameters for judging a good motherboard often differs among persons. So there will always be some disagreement among users.
So for simplicities sake lets just list PRO’s and Cons and be done with it.
PRO’S
- Price : With a the 970 coming at 5k+ range and the 990FX coming at 8500+ range the prices are good for those who just want a board and wont do any kind of overclocking. this are pretty decent boards for budget guys who wants to dabble at high end without burning a hole in the pocket.
- Overall looks are pretty good with the gold being not overused.
Unfortunately the pro’s stops there only.
Con’s
- Bios is a big letdown for me. It lags a lot even with keyboard and several features are missing.
- The VRMS needs to be more beefy, it puts more than necessary a vcore and thereby ramps up the heat output.
- Availability : as of now the boards are not widely available. i couldn’t find a flip-kart link or any reputable online seller selling them.
Despite the shortcoming i would really would love to see this board in the market albeit in a refined form : maybe with a better VRM and a bit better QC? found quite a few misaligned IC’s which shouldn’t happen these days.
Overall a 6/10 from me. Decent board but there are vast rooms for improvements. without those improvements i cant really recommend it.
with that i bid my leave…
Sumon
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