Asus Tuf Sabertooth 990fx R3 0

• #1

ASUS signs off the AMD socket AM3+ platform with a motherboard that'southward built to last, the TUF Sabertooth 990FX R3.0, its third TUF serial motherboard based on the AMD 990FX chipset. The board could be the platonic upgrade for AMD FX processor users wanting to hold on to their builds a few years longer, as it features cut-edge connectivity, such equally iv 10 Gb/southward USB 3.1 ports (including a type-C port), eight additional five Gb/due south USB iii.0 ports (of which four are via headers), a 20 Gb/due south M.ii slot with NVMe support, and the very latest VRM innovations ASUS made for the TUF series.

The lath draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS power connectors, and uses a 10-phase VRM to status it for the CPU. The lath supports 220W TDP AMD FX-9000 series CPUs. The CPU socket is wired to four DDR3 DIMM slots, and the AMD 990FX northbridge. Expansion slots include four PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots, of which three are wired to the 990FX flake, and run at x16/NC/x16 or x16/x8/x8 depending on the way they're populated; while the quaternary slot is wired to the SB950 southbridge, and runs at gen 2.0 x4. Storage connectivity includes five SATA half-dozen Gb/s ports likewise the M.2 slot. eight-aqueduct HD sound and gigabit Ethernet (Intel i211V controller) brand for the rest of it. The board is driven by UEFI BIOS, and features Windows 10 certification. The company didn't reveal pricing.

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• #iv

If anything I dig the looks. And give thanks god for no LEDs.

It nonetheless has that brilliant green 5vsb LED.

• #ten

I think I will stay with my R2.0 until ZEN FX arrives

Pro´south:

At that place is M.2 support
USB 3.ane
Intel i211V ethernet controller (R2.0 has a crappy Realtek 8111F)

Con´due south:

PCI-Limited 2.0
DDR3

The realtek 8111f does fine on my end lol

• #12

I could alive with that, just no RGB lightning.

It has it simply information technology can be turned off.

• #13

It has it but it can be turned off.

Teach me master.

• #14

I read it on Asus site lol

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

• #15

Con´s:

PCI-Express 2.0
DDR3

Cypher Asus can do to change that. 990FX is PCI-e 2.0, not that annihilation can saturate the pair of 16x 2.0 slots and DDR3 is on the CPU's. This is just a basic update that add a feature ready that isn't available on other boards.

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

• #21

I don't think I've always seen major revisions of boards, Sabertooth seems to be the only ane which often gets 2-iii major revisions.

All the top stop asus boards do. Deluxe, Binge, Crosshair, Sabertooth etc.

Asus Tuf Sabertooth 990fx R3 0,

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