I Managed to get the chance to to review the F2A55-M Motherboard , its a mATX
Motherboard but it got some nice features and i want to share its results here.
The Box:
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/6770/201302271821.jpg
The Packaging:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2069/201302271823.jpg
inside the box I found the following:
•User’s manual
•I/O Shield
•2 x SATA 6Gb/s cable(s)
•1 x DVD Drivers
•Manuals
The Motherboard:
http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5012/201302271824.jpg
the F2A55-M is a mATX motherboard , it have the Solid Capacitors on Board and
they are 5K Capacitors
http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/7319/201302271825.jpg
here is the FM2 Socket and on the the right side are the 4x DDR3 DIMMs on Board
that can holds up to 64GB total RAM with DDR3 2400MHz Speeds (OC)
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/492/201302271826.jpg
this section views the AMD A55 FCH (Hudson D2) Chipset which controlls 6x SATA
3GB/s ports
http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/9130/201302271827.jpg
there are 2x PCIe 2.0 x16 Slots which can run as single x16 or dual x8 in case
of Crossfire or SLI use, 1x PCIe 2.0 x1 Slot , 1x Standard PCI Slot
http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/2118/201302271828.jpg
the Rear I/O P{anel have 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port ,1 x DVI,1 x D-Sub,1
x HDMI,1 x LAN (RJ45) port(s), 2 x USB 3.0 (blue),4 x USB 2.0 and 1 x Optical
S/PDIF out,6 x Audio jacks
Testing and Benchmark setup:
the setup
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/5295/mbspec.jpg
Benchmarks:
I Also Managed to overclock the CPU to 4.43Ghz Speed and the results were the
following..
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2261/benchoe.jpg
Conclusions:
ASUS F2A55-M Motherboard is a Fair Enough for SOHO or Budget HTPC ,the features on board like the DIGI+ helps to make the motherboard perform much better in overclocking and Stability, also the EPU where it allows the motherboard to Save Power a lot.
