Motherboards

ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 FM2 Motherboard Review

Specifications

General
CPU
  • Support For socket Fm2 100W processors
  • Digi Power Design 
  • 8 + 2 Powher Phase Design
  • Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology
  • UMI-Link GEN2
Chipset
  • AMD A85X (Hudson-D4)
Memory
  • Dual Channel DDR3 memory Technology
  • 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
  • Supports DDR3 2600+(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, unbuffered memory
  • Max. capacity of system memory 64GB*
  • Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2
  • Supports AMD Memory Profile (AMP)

*Due to the operating system limitation, actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64bit CPU, there is no such limitation 

Bios
  • 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support
  • Supports “Plug and Play”
  • ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
  • Supports jumperfree
  • SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
  • DRAM, APU PCIE VDDP, CPU and CPU NB/GFX Voltage Multi-adjustment
Expansion / Connectivity
Slots
  • 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: single at x16 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4), or dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4) ; PCIE5: x4 mode)
  • 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
  • 2 x PCI slots
  • Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-way CrossFireX™, CrossfireX™ and Dual Graphics
Storage
  • 7 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and “Hot Plug” functions
USB 3.0
  • 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by AMD A85X (Hudson-D4), support USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
  • 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by ASMedia ASM1024, support USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
  • 1 x Front USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) by AMD A85X (Hudson-D4), supports USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
Connector  
  • 7 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors
  • 1 x IR header
  • 1 x CIR header
  • 1 x COM port header
  • 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
  • 1 x Power LED header
  • 1 x Chassis Intrusion header
  • 2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)
  • 3 x Chassis Fan connector (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin)
  • 1 x Power Fan Connector (3-pin)
  • 24 pin ATX power connector
  • 8 pin 12V power connector
  • XFire Power connector
  • Front panel audio connector
  • 3 x USB 2.0 Headers (supports 6 usb 2.0 ports)
  • 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)
  • 1 x Dr. Debug with LED
  • 1 x Power Switch with LED
  • 1 x Reset Switch with LED 
Rear Panel I/O

I/O Panel

  • 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
  • 1 x D-Sub Port
  • 1 x DVI-D Port
  • 1 x HDMI Port
  • 1 x DisplayPort
  • 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
  • 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
  • 1 x eSATA3 Connector
  • 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports
  • 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
  • 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
  • HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
Other Features / Miscellaneous
Unique Feature
  • ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)
  • ASRock Instant Boot
  • ASRock Instant Flash
  • ASRock APP Charger
  • ASRock XFast USB
  • ASRock XFast LAN
  • ASRock XFast RAM
  • ASRock Crashless BIOS
  • ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
  • ASRock Internet Flash
  • ASRock UEFI System Browser
  • ASRock Dehumidifier Function
  • ASRock Easy Raid Installer
  • ASRock Interactive UEFI
  • ASRock Fast Boot
  • ASRock X-Boost
  • ASRock Restart To UEFI
  • Lucid Virtu Universal MVP
  • Hybrid Booster
  • ASRock U-COP

*Lucid virtu Universal MVP can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.

**LuicidLogix Virtu MVP only supports Windows® 7 OS or later versions.

Support CD
  • Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD Live! Explorer, AMD Fusion, Cyberlink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX multimedia Suite – OEM, Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar
Accessories
  • Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Sheild
  • 4 x SATA Data Cables
Hardware Monitor
  • CPU Temperature Sensing
  • Chassis Temperature Sensing
  • CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer
  • CPU Quiet Fan
  • CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control
  • CASE OPEN detection
  • Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore
Form Factor
  • ATX Form Factor
  • Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)
OS
  • Microsoft® Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit/ Vista™ /Vista™ 64-bit compliant
Certifications
  • FCC, CE, WHQL
  • ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

This is an extremely complete series of features. Especially for a board thats targeted at the low cost desktop and HTPC market. On the whole it has just about every feature that you would expect to find on most high end motherboards. Such boards that would normally be in the 200$ or higher price range.

In reality the price range of this board is a double edged sword. Its price is high overall for the market that it’s targeting. The sub 400$ computer market is notoriously difficult to encourage people to spend the extra money for features. The board is direct competition price wise for the Gigabyte FM2A85X-UP4, as well as in the feature department. You can find both boards in the 100-130$ price range currently. While this is tempting for the average pc enthusiast. When it comes to those that are really looking at machines in this price range, if they are self built or purchased as part of a package. A twenty to thirty dollar difference in price can quickly sway a lot of buyers. In this price range.

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