Upcoming 890FX Motherboards - Due April 26th

I'll add more to the thread as I find them.

Asrock 890FX Deluxe3
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3...0fxdeluxe3.jpg

Asus Crosshair Formula IV
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5...formulaiv2.jpg

Asus Crosshair IV Extreme
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/7...rivextreme.jpg

Biostar TA890 FXE
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1...rta890fxe1.jpg http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4...rta890fxe2.jpg

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Seen above, the upcoming board features 6 phase PWM and supports Athlon II or Phenom II CPUs with a TDP of up to 140W, and has a black PCB, a relatively beefy cooling system, four DDR3-1800 memory slots, the BIO-unlocKING technology for unlocking processor cores, and four PCI-Express x16 slots for CrossFireX setups.

The TA890FXE includes one eSATA and five SATA 6.0 Gbps ports, Gigabit Ethernet, 7.1 channel audio, a FireWire connector, a debug LED, and nothing but solid capacitors.

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Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7...a890fxaud5.jpg

Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/4...a890fxaud7.jpg

MSI 890FX-GD70
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7592/msi890fx.jpg

They all look nice . altough the NB cooler on the asus boards is so close to the first pci-X16 slot (and thus the videocard) .. it frightens me

the asrock is the only one with active cooling on the PWM area.

LOL it looks pretty tempting also.

:hump: Beautiful hardware :hump:

Can't wait to gets my hands on one.

All those boards look nice, I'm really digging the Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 the most. Can't wait to get my hands on one with a 1090T.

Im prolly gonna go for the crosshair extreme.

in what way will these mobo's be be better than the 790 mobo's? i know they are vamped up for use with x6 cores but if 1 wasn't plannin on a x6 core just yet is there any benifits? and has the ud7 an gd70 realy got 6 pcie slots :o?

The ASRock active cooling is that thing that i realy dont like...
But i can remouve it if i dont need it (not going to OC over 1.6V).

What i realy like is that two SATA3 connectors by the end of the board, looks like a nice feature for
RAID0/1 field in external mode. Nice one...

The UD7 look like it could support wather cooling for the NB/SB (the midle of the heatsink looks like it could be connected).

But GA faild with 7 segment displays, two of them, so wide spread? I dont like that, perfer it like on ASRock or Biostar.

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Originally Posted by Valg

The ASRock active cooling is that thing that i realy dont like...
But i can remouve it if i dont need it (not going to OC over 1.6V).

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Agreed I have not had much luck with those type of fans. Biostars cooling looks heavy duty, and I love biostar but man I hate those colors.....

Yeah, they should use Yellow and/or Blue/Black instead of Grey/White...
But insane looking board...

I don't understand why any board still needs a floppy header these days. So i'm pretty confused as to why the gigabyte appears to have x2 1x to the right of the sata ports and a second on the side next to the pci slot. Floppy raid :) ?

that is an old pic of the msi board, there is newer pics around amd forum. it is funny because when that pic first came up everyone gave them a hard time for the pcie slots and the new pics actually show they got rid of one of the pcie slots in favor of pcie1x slot. then giga shows off their flagship board & it has 6 pcie slots but noone really give them a hard time about it ;)

also suprised asrock is only one w/ active cooling on fets - they seem to be putting out some nice boards. liking most all the color schemes compared to past boards too

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Originally Posted by crazydiamond

that is an old pic of the msi board, there is newer pics around amd forum.

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Fixed now. :)

I think the ASRock picture is beta one, and/or fake...
http://www.asrock.com/mb/photo/890GX...3(Enlarge).jpg

Look at the heatsink, it says ASRock...

If the FX is real, then the GX would have 890GX Extreme3 on the heatsink...

And the USB ports... They say there will be 12/14 connectors, and i can see ony 10 (6 at back), 4 on board...

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Originally Posted by Valg

I think the ASRock picture is beta one, and/or fake...
http://www.asrock.com/mb/photo/890GX...3(Enlarge).jpg

Look at the heatsink, it says ASRock...

If the FX is real, then the GX would have 890GX Extreme3 on the heatsink...

And the USB ports... They say there will be 12/14 connectors, and i can see ony 10 (6 at back), 4 on board...

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Asrock uploaded it to their website around 9:15am GMT, but they have hidden it, I managed to grab it before they did. ;)

I have very good experience with Biostar TA890GXE , probably going for their 890FX

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Originally Posted by Nelly

Fixed now. :)

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didnt take ya long ;) i dont know if its just me but the ch formula pic isnt showing up as well

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Originally Posted by imamage

I have very good experience with Biostar TA890GXE , probably going for their 890FX

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My preference is the Asus Crosshair Formula IV but I reckon it's going to cost around £180 here in the UK? :shrug:

I would not be at all surprised if the Biostar is £50 ($75) cheaper in the UK, here is hoping.

Hack the planet!

I hope this is "beta/fake", because this is the first ASRock board i dont like...

1. 890GX Ex3 and the mATX 890GX Pro have 14 USB total. This one nas 10.
2. The GX Ex3 and Pro have evolved: no IDE and no Floppy. Why to return that in FX? No place for SATA/USB ports then anyway...
3. On the GX Ex3 there are 5 fan connectors: 2x4pin and 3x3pin, and they all can be controled in BIOS. The FX show 5 of them too, but one allready used,
and at stupid places, whare the GX is great at tactic positioning of the fan connectors...

Lets hope this board is not in production...

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4. ASRock regulary uses this:
http://www.imagesforme.com/upload/5c61be81.jpghttp://www.imagesforme.com/upload/8bec2949.jpg

Not this:
http://www.imagesforme.com/upload/74cf8115.jpg

This kind of connector ASRock uses ond Low End boards like N68-S etc...

5 sata ports on the biostar is way too little for me . and i think for a lot of people ..

dammit! I want to see an mITX! Where's DFI?

Hmmm...

BETA: 890GMH/USB3
http://www.pctreiber.net/reviews/asr...890gmhusb3.jpg

Release: 890GM Pro3
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.as...l=890GM%20Pro3

The same board, new name + some new layout...

PS - I just emailed ASRock, se they can confirm to me, if this IS the the real FX, or if it IS NOT the real FX board...
I hope not...

I've always liked the msi boards for am2+/AM3. This 890 installment looks solid. I hope the bios is as solid as it is on my k9a2 plat.

Btw, is this the "new" pic of the MSI 890fx?
http://www.ocworkbench.com/wp/wp-con...0fx_gd70_1.jpg
That new fet design is freakin' ugly!

I'm really digging the UD7. Liquid cooling w/ an x6 seems to be the way to go and this board will support it. I was hoping it would have 10 total sata, but 8 is good enough. Kill the floppy and did ANYONE notice the power/reset button position? Are they nuts? My fat fingers will never reach those!

Anybody got some news on 870 boards?

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Originally Posted by sutyi

Anybody got some news on 870 boards?

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ASRock will have 870GX Extreme3. Will look similar to 890GX Ex3,
8+2 filters, UCC, just no IGP.

Picture:
http://www.imagesforme.com/show.php/...me3board01.jpg

The final product may look a litle different...:welcome:

Here we go found the Asrock cache for the Asrock 890FX

http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=uk

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Originally Posted by [XC] Synthetickiller

Btw, is this the "new" pic of the MSI 890fx?

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the pic in the original post is the newest pic now, the one in your post is the old pic he had up at first

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Originally Posted by Nelly

Here we go found the Asrock cache for the Asrock 890FX

http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=uk

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Oh God... Why?:(

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Originally Posted by [XC] Synthetickiller

I've always liked the msi boards for am2+/AM3. This 890 installment looks solid. I hope the bios is as solid as it is on my k9a2 plat.

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On the picture you presented, version is 0A. On the first picture of GD70 version is 1.1 - so the latest product release.
Waiting tests with Asus, MSI & DFI boards with 890FX chipset. Do you have any hints where to look for ? :yepp:

I`m aiming at Asus Crosshair Formula IV. Two PCI ports which I need, for Wi-Fi and sound card. I`ll sacrifice one GPU PCI-E instead of PCI-E x1. Probably 100$ cheaper than Extreme version. Hope it`ll be good :D

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Originally Posted by SSN774

I`m aiming at Asus Crosshair Formula IV. Two PCI ports which I need, for Wi-Fi and sound card. I`ll sacrifice one GPU PCI-E instead of PCI-E x1. Probably 100$ cheaper than Extreme version. Hope it`ll be good :D

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http://www.orbitmicro.com/global/ris...-c-33_898.html

there still other solutions to that problem. not like your going to more then

will finally be upgrading to ddr3 then lol been waiting ages for these 890FX.

I hope there is an 890FX Micro Atx in all of this. ASUS Crosshair IV Gene would be cool.

Anyone know something about Boards from DFI ?

can a big pci-x16 be used to put in a pci-X1 (small) card ?

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Originally Posted by CrimInalA

can a big pci-x16 be used to put in a pci-X1 (small) card ?

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Yup :)

What are the chances for TRIM raid support on 890fx platform ?
I'm currently running 2 intel ssd in raid 0 and was awaiting intel to support it , but now i'm moving to amd platform ... I'm curious . Is it 0.0000 ?

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Originally Posted by CrimInalA

What are the chances for TRIM raid support on 890fx platform ?
I'm currently running 2 intel ssd in raid 0 and was awaiting intel to support it , but now i'm moving to amd platform ... I'm curious . Is it 0.0000 ?

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I don't know how well OCZ responds to consumer requests, but it probably wouldn't hurt to ask it on their forum or contribute to a thread about it there if it already exists.

I'd like support as well for 890/790.

To my knowledge, it's only Intel right now.

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Originally Posted by [XC] Synthetickiller

I don't know how well OCZ responds to consumer requests, but it probably wouldn't hurt to ask it on their forum or contribute to a thread about it there if it already exists.

I'd like support as well for 890/790.

To my knowledge, it's only Intel right now.

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Intel doesn't have it either. It was all a misunderstanding because of the wording in the readme file for that driver.

Link: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...4&postcount=63

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Originally Posted by crazydiamond

the pic in the original post is the newest pic now, the one in your post is the old pic he had up at first

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Glad they cleaned up that ugly mosfet cover. :up:

Sorry for the confusion!:(

I think they all have a nice appearence, and am anxious to see how they perform. Im definitely liking the Crosshair IV Extreme, and it just may be my next board.

...aside from the IGP what is the Major difference/ performance to the GX series & 870 series?

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Originally Posted by duron

...aside from the IGP what is the Major difference/ performance to the GX series & 870 series?

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at least 2 PCIe x16 slots at x16 speeds (GX you are looking at x8 speeds)

confirmed 335 htt on one of those...worked on it for a while last evening, but would not go past that number....but 335 is awesome by itself and for all those getting non BE 6 cores, that goes a long way in OC'ing.

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye4077

at least 2 PCIe x16 slots at x16 speeds (GX you are looking at x8 speeds)

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so it's more geared towards a Gaming rig?
so i guess if one is not really into heavy gaming or CAD works the latter would suffice :rolleyes:

any chance to see how is asrock performing in oc? are we have someone from asrock or that is close to that company?

@prznar1

they have a Fan page on FB
you ask & post your queries there & someone directly from ASrock will answer you.

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Originally Posted by Mtemel

in what way will these mobo's be be better than the 790 mobo's? i know they are vamped up for use with x6 cores but if 1 wasn't plannin on a x6 core just yet is there any benifits? and has the ud7 an gd70 realy got 6 pcie slots :o?

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higher oc'ing cappability i supose ???

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Originally Posted by mav2000

confirmed 335 htt on one of those...worked on it for a while last evening, but would not go past that number....but 335 is awesome by itself and for all those getting non BE 6 cores, that goes a long way in OC'ing.

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What is one of those?

335 is about the same limit i hit on my 790FX board, no improvement there?

i would prefer Crosshair IV Series

but my Crosshair III is very new!!! i will use it for more time

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/2...1227363d06.png

Range of prices for these motherboards?

S4lu2!.-

holy awesome!! I'm really lovin the look of the ASUS Crosshair Red and Black!! :yepp: awesome awesome!!

But I gotta re-prioritize my hobbies.. The computer is suckin up a lot of valuable car funds.

Asus Crosshair Formula IV 890FX/SB850 on sale in UK :)

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...6Gb-s-RAID-ATX

What to do now ... :shrug:
Wait for Gigabyte or bite this ASUS ...
First let's wait for new CPU ;)

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Originally Posted by Lightman

Asus Crosshair Formula IV 890FX/SB850 on sale in UK :)

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...6Gb-s-RAID-ATX

What to do now ... :shrug:
Wait for Gigabyte or bite this ASUS ...
First let's wait for new CPU ;)

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Oooohhhhh, that looks nice.

:)

My 8 year association with DFI mobos, looks to be coming to an end, no news from DFI nada, nothing, silence...............

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Originally Posted by mongoled

Oooohhhhh, that looks nice.

:)

My 8 year association with DFI mobos, looks to be coming to an end, no news from DFI nada, nothing, silence...............

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They have some serious problems...
They have not released a 790FX AM3 board,
and this is the board im talinkg about:
http://images.people.overclockers.ru/176186.jpg

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Originally Posted by Valg

They have some serious problems...

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Last I read.. DFI rumored to exit consumer mobos

Any updates on that story?

any ideas when the crosshair IV extreme is due out?

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Originally Posted by ReKcOlNu

Last I read.. DFI rumored to exit consumer mobos

Any updates on that story?

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I thought DFI released a statement saying this was false. Don't have a link but it would be in the news section if you wanted to dig it up.

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Originally Posted by V0id

I thought DFI released a statement saying this was false. Don't have a link but it would be in the news section if you wanted to dig it up.

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Abit also denied the rumours that they was going to exit the motherboard market, look what happend there. :(

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Originally Posted by Nelly

Abit also denied the rumours that they was going to exit the motherboard market, look what happend there. :(

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Ahh true. I don't really know whats with them haven't seen any announcements for either Amd or Intel boards for a while. I hope they haven't gone bust they made some good boards in there time.

December 21, 2009
it is that fake rumor. DFI as always will be late for about one month...

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Originally Posted by prznar1

December 21, 2009
it is that fake rumor. DFI as always will be late for about one month...

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Lest hope Your words are true...

To loose DFI after Abit and EpoX is not very funny... :(

I loved Abit... After Abit, ASRock is my second (now first) favorite brand...

^ most of my mobo before was Abit, then i was lost when they went byebye
then it was Epox(2themax here in HK) then they also went byebye
now it's all mixed-up :D

ABIT EPOX DFI

my opinion Biostar may be next

haha just a joke

no foxconn boards anymore either.

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Originally Posted by demonkevy666

no foxconn boards anymore either.

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let's start panic right now!

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Originally Posted by duron

^ most of my mobo before was Abit, then i was lost when they went byebye
then it was Epox(2themax here in HK) then they also went byebye
now it's all mixed-up :D

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Well, lets hope ASRock and Biostar want go the same road...

Im sure Asus will be fine..

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Originally Posted by demonkevy666

no foxconn boards anymore either.

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w00t?

http://www.foxconnchannel.com/produc...pset=AMD+890GX

I see them healthy and alive... Hon Hai wont die!:up: