Asus Announces F2A85-V FM2 Motherboard

[N.Broekhuijsen]

Asus has expanded its lineup of FM2 Motherboards with the F2A85-V.

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[icemunk]

99.9% of people using FM2 would not need a second PCI-E 16X slot, if you want to go multi-crossfire then you should go with AM3+ or an Intel chipset. FM2 is for APUs with built-in graphics, and maybe if you want a boost.. an additional discrete graphics. These boards are for budget systems.

 

[Wisecracker]

If they desire to sell a *boat load* of components, Asus should expand its lineup of Hudson FM2 F2A85-V ITX motherboards.

 

[master_chen]

Even though I don't like "blue" line of Asus' boards in general, this one's looks truly fine for my eye...

 

[greghome]

really really bad SATA output layouts though

 

[ubercake]

Do these manufacturers have leftover "classic" PCI hardware or what? Is anyone still using this?

 

[flyflinger]

"...price point of $100."

mmmmm..... so why is newegg selling this thing at $119~???

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]flyflinger[/nom]"...price point of $100."mmmmm..... so why is newegg selling this thing at $119~???[/citation]

Maybe Newegg decided that they wanted to sell it for $120 instead of the $100 MSRP.

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]greghome[/nom]really really bad SATA output layouts though[/citation]

Unless you're doing discrete x discrete Crossfire/SLI in the APU system (in which case you are probably fail), the second PCIe x16 slot probably won't have a large, dual-slot card and it's unlikely for many of us to use the PCI slots. Although not ideal, "really really bad" seems like an exaggeration, all things considered.