ASRock 890FX Deluxe3 review
in Motherboards
Verdict
Creative, sensible design and plenty of features, although its quirks and price could put some off
Review Date: 23 Aug 2010
Reviewed By: Mike Jennings
Price when reviewed: £115 (£135 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
Features & Design
Value for Money
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| Details | |
|---|---|
| Part Code | 890FX Deluxe3 |
| Review Date | 23 Aug 2010 |
| Price ex VAT | £115 |
| Price inc VAT | £135 |
| Overall rating |
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| Performance |
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| Features & Design |
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| Value for Money |
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| Motherboard form factor | ATX |
| Motherboard integrated graphics |
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| Compatability | |
|---|---|
| Processor/platform brand (manufacturer) | AMD |
| Processor socket | AM3 |
| Motherboard form factor | ATX |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Multi-GPU support |
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| Controllers | |
|---|---|
| Motherboard chipset | AMD 890FX |
| South bridge | AMD SB850 |
| Number of Ethernet adapters | 1 |
| Wired adapter speed | 1,000Mbits/sec |
| Graphics chipset | N/A |
| Audio chipset | CH HD Audio |
| Onboard Connectors | |
|---|---|
| CPU power connector type | 8-pin |
| Main power connector | ATX 24-pin |
| Memory sockets total | 4 |
| Internal SATA connectors | 0 |
| Internal PATA connectors | 1 |
| Internal floppy connectors | 1 |
| Conventional PCI slots total | 2 |
| PCI-E x16 slots total | 3 |
| PCI-E x8 slots total | 0 |
| PCI-E x4 slots total | 0 |
| PCI-E x1 slots total | 2 |
| Rear ports | |
|---|---|
| PS/2 connectors | 2 |
| USB ports (downstream) | 4 |
| FireWire ports | 1 |
| eSATA ports | 1 |
| Optical S/PDIF audio output ports | 1 |
| Electrical S/PDIF audio ports | 1 |
| 3.5mm audio jacks | 6 |
| Parallel ports | 0 |
| 9-pin serial ports | 0 |
| Extra port backplane bracket ports | N/A |
| Diagnostics and tweaking | |
|---|---|
| Motherboard onboard power switch? |
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| Motherboard onboard reset switch? |
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| Software overclocking? |
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| Accessories | |
|---|---|
| SATA cables supplied | 4 |
| Molex to SATA adaters supplied | 1 |
| IDE cables supplied | 1 |
| Floppy cables supplied | 0 |
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User comments
Eh?
"For a start, the tiny fan atop the chipset's heatsink has little effect on cooling: the motherboard idled at 36ûC with the fan enabled, and 40ûC with it removed."
But if you only observed it idling then you can't really tell what effect it'll have with the system under load, surely?
By nichomach0 on 25 Aug 2010 
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