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ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6
8.9 out of 10

ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6

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Reviews and Problems with ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6

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Overall 6
6.0

Great board, but...

Tezcat, Newegg
2 weeks ago
  • Summary: * One of the heat sinks got TOUCHED in installation, came loose.
  • Pros: * Love the massive options for overclocking.
  • Cons: * The only display port that seems to work is the VGA; even went as far as to find an adapter for the DVI-D port, still no joy. Didn't find out until I'd had a DVI-D a...
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Overall 6
6.0

Its okay.

Zyros, Newegg
3 weeks ago
  • Summary: Secondly and most important. Ive come across an issue that no matter what i do-overclocking or even stock, the system wont stay stable for a long period of time, more...
  • Pros: Adjustable features
  • Cons: First things first and this seems to happen with every asrock motherboard ive encountered and thats the CPU heating up in the bios. Not a concerning thing to too much ...
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Overall 6
6.0

Decent MB, bad onboard sound

Newegg
26 March 2013
  • Summary: Too "starry" of a bios, I'd prefer a more professional design.
  • Pros: As other reviewers pointed out, combined with a good CPU this motherboard provides very good performance for the price.
  • Cons: Bad onboard analog sound. I have blitter (squeaking noise) when scrolling through pages.
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Overall 6
6.0

Wanted it to be great.....may still be okay

Newegg
15 March 2013
  • Pros: Slick board with all the previously stated benefits. Started out great but a month in the board started to act up and finally after a two week period of testing it was...
  • Cons: Took quite awhile to figure out what the issue was. Retested memory, CPU, drivers, firmware and other things before settling in on MOBO as the issue. I hope the RMA is...
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Overall 6
6.0

User Review

ecchiboz, Newegg
5 February 2013
  • Pros: im too tired right now for writing them down..
  • Cons: Both USB3.0 under ethernet socket are not working.. other parts seems to work ok
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Overall 6
6.0

User Review

Newegg
14 December 2012
  • Summary: Also not really a problem but USB 3.0 on this board does not work with keyboard, mouse or iphone, only flash drives.
  • Pros: I really want to like this board, so Ill give it 3
  • Cons: Two boards now with defective audio jacks. Now I need to buy a sound card.
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Overall 6
6.0

ASROCK FM2A85X

Newegg
11 December 2012
  • Pros: Was an excellent motherboard for 3 days and then it just died. It would not see the hard drive. Tried to get into the bios setup and it just wouldn't do it.
  • Cons: Didn't last to long, just 3 days.
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Overall 6
6.0

ASRock FM2A85X Board Situation

Newegg
29 November 2012
  • Pros: This board has an excellent bios. Amazing visuals and abilities that other boards don't have. Great look, black and shiny. It will make you system look nice. It can ha...
  • Cons: The main con for this board is that recently every time I start my PC fresh the bios splash screen pops up then the screen goes black and leaves a cursor location at t...
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