AMD Fusion based mobo - Asus F1A75-M Pro

Asus F1A75-M Pro

F1A75-M Pro is the latest in line of AMD A75 chipset mobos from Asus. Just like its Gigabyte counterpart ,this mobo is based on the new AMD FM1 socket and is compatible with processors A8, A6 and A4. This is a regular sized motherboard in the ATX form factor. The mobo finds support for DDR3 1333(OC)/1066 MHz memory modules. USB 3.0, SATA 6 Gbps ports are present at the rear end of the mobo.

Test Bed: AMD A8-3850 processor, Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB hard disk, 2GB (1333MHz) Patriot DDR3 RAM, Windows 7 Ultimate (32 Bit), Corsair HX1050 PSU.

The board scored 5393 in 3DMarks 06, which means excellent graphics performance. In PCMark Vantage, the score was 4642, so it is a more than decent performer when it comes to basic office apps. In CineBench 11.5, the scores was 3.10 points, more than decent again. These scores are pretty neat but just behind the Gigabyte mobo also reviewed in this issue.

Bottomline: The new chipset gigabyte mobo is its only competitor. All in all a worthy buy.