Review MSI A88XM Gaming: Motherboard Gaming Mikro untuk AMD Kaveri

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Reza Afrian Ramadhan

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Motherboard

April 8, 2014

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Fenomena APU Kaveri dari AMD yang beberapa waktu terakhir ini sering dibicarakan memang menarik untuk disimak. Sebuah APU dengan kemampuan GPU yang bisa dibilang luar biasa adalah suatu hal yang sangat menarik dari produk ini. Berbagai vendor motherboard pun turut meramaikan kehadiran Kaveri ini dengan mengkreasikan berbagai motherboard. MSI sebagai salah satu produsen motherboard ternama di dunia turut menciptakan motherboard berbasis chipset AMD A88X untuk Kaveri tersebut.

Produk motherboard untuk Kaveri yang baru saja hadir di lab. pengujian kami adalah produk dari lini “merah” yang umumnya dikenal dengan sebutan Gaming Series. MSI meluncurkan motherboard FM2+ untuk APU terbaru dari AMD, yaitu MSI AX88M Gaming. Penasaran dengan wujud dan performanya? Yuk simak review berikut ini!

Spesifikasi

CPU

• AMD Socket FM2+/ FM2 A-Series/Athlon™ Processors
* Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset

• AMD® A88X Chipset
Main Memory

• 4 x DDR3 memory slots support up to 32GB
• Supports DDR3 1333/ 1600/ 1866/ 2133/ 2400(OC) MHz
• Dual channel memory architecture
• Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory
• Supports AMD Memory Profile (AMP)
• Supports Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
* For the support status of AMP/XMP memory modules, please take MSI’s Memory Support list as reference.

Slots

• 2 x PCIe x16 slots
– PCI_E1 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x16 speed*
– PCI_E4 supports up to PCIe 3.0 x8 speed*

• 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
* Only FM2+ processors can support PCIe 3.0

Graphics

• 1 x VGA port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920×1200 @60Hz, 24bpp

• 1 x DVI-D port, supporting the maximum resolutions of 2560×1600@60Hz, 24bpp/ 1920×1200 @ 60Hz, 24bpp

• 1 x HDMI port, supporting the maximum resolutions of 4096×2160@24Hz, 36bpp*/ 3840×2160@30Hz, 36bpp*/1920×1200@120Hz, 36bpp and 1920×1200@60Hz, 36bpp

• 1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2160@24HZ, 24bpp**

** The DisplayPort does not support “Hot-plug”.
On-Board SATA

• AMD® A88X Chipset
– 8 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
– Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID5 and RAID 10
USB

• AMD® A88X Chipset

– 4 x USB 3.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
– 8 x USB 2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB connectors)

• VIA VL806 Chipset

– 2 x USB 3.0 ports on the back panel*

* These USB 3.0 ports do not support M-Flash recovery function.

Audio

• Realtek® ALC1150 Codec

– 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
– Supports S/PDIF output

LAN

• Killer E2205 Gigabit LAN controller*
-1 x LAN port on the backpanel
* The Killer Network Manager is only available for Windows 7 and Windows 8 currently. The supported drivers for other operating systems would be available on the website if provided by vendor.

Internal I/O Connectors

– 1x 24-pin ATX main power connector
– 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
– 8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
– 3 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports)
– 1 x USB 3.0 connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.0 ports)
– 1 x 4-pin CPU fan connector
– 2 x 4-pin system fan connectors
– 1 x Front panel audio connector
– 2 x System panel connectors
– 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
– 1 x TPM module connector
– 1 x Serial port connector
– 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
– 1 x OC Genie button
– 1 x Power button
– 1 x Reset button
– 1 x OC Genie mode switch
– 1 x Slow mode booting switch

Back Panel I/O Ports

– 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
– 2 x USB 2.0 ports
– 4 x USB 3.0 ports
– 1 x VGA port
– 1 x DVI-D port
– 1 x HDMI port
– 1 x DisplayPort
– 1 x Optical S/PDIF-Out connector
– 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
– 6 x OFC audio jackss

* This platform supports dual-display function (HDMI+VGA, HDMI+DVI, VGA+DVI) and triple-display function (HDMI+VGA+DVI)

MSI Reminds You…
• The graphic output can only work with CPUs with GPUs core inside.

Dimension

• 9.6 in. x 9.6 in. (24.4 cm x 24.4 cm) Micro-ATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 6 mounting holes