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Asus M5A99X EVO
9.0 out of 10

Asus M5A99X EVO

Dual Intelligent Processors 2 with DIGI+ VRM - Digital Power D Read more

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Reviews and Problems with Asus M5A99X EVO

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Overall 8
8.0

Decent Board

Rob, Newegg
3 weeks ago
  • Summary: The update software will not connect to their servers to download updates. Seems to be a common problem with Asus boards.
  • Pros: All the ports worked and the layout on the board for fan connectors and I/O devices was convenient and hassle free. I had some trouble with the UEFI firmware, but that...
  • Cons: The SATA port configuration is not very useful. Only ports 1-4 can be set up as RAID, and if you do then ports 5-6 can only be IDE. So if you want to have a SSD and th...
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Overall 8
8.0

Good mother.

Newegg
4 weeks ago
  • Summary: Second after installing the windows on the Samsung 830 SSD, i have problems with the mouse. My mouse lags with this motherboard, no mather which usb port i change it...
  • Pros: Good motherboard. i was looking for a mother for a while, because my budget wasn't too high i was looking for all the modern features at a lower price. i finally stopp...
  • Cons: There a two cons that i've experienced with this motherboard. First i can't get the memory to run at 1866Ghz, i've loocked up guides, changed the settings manually in ...
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Overall 8
8.0

Excellent, but...

DigitalHermit, Newegg
21 March 2013
  • Pros: I have two of these boards and will be getting another one soon (more on that in the cons). I paired it with an FX-8150, Asus GeForce 660, 32G Corsair memory and insta...
  • Cons: So I mentioned I have a third board coming. After having such great luck with the first board, I ordered a second. The second one was just as easy to install, but shor...
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Overall 8
8.0

Great so far!

Newegg
21 March 2013
  • Pros: Excellent performance! Great features!!
  • Cons: Seems to have a bug where the computer reboots when the monitor goes to sleep even though hybernation is turned off.
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Overall 8
8.0

User Review

zavrocK, NCIX.com
8 March 2013
  • Summary: Just added some 1866 ripjaw and they works fine. I didn't even have to oc, it went auto to 1866. (2133 need to oc at bios) Worth the price, go for it !
  • Pros: It works well on my fx 8350, nice blue looking, low price to build a well gaming computer and EFI bioS from asus looks nice . CoolnQuiet works pretty well and the mobo...
  • Cons: No stickers, If you had a large CPU fan, you might have to switch to a cooler to free some DDR3 slots. Don't worry, the first slots that you mount your rams in wont to...
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Overall 8
8.0

great for the price and easy install

SnakeDoctor, Mwave.com
16 February 2013
  • Summary: was easy on wallet and easy to install once I got the correct parts. It comes with 2 brass spacers and there are 9 holes. if you can buy the other 7 its great buy.
  • Pros: was easy to install, runs cool and runs very cool light weight
  • Cons: only comes with 2 spacers and you need 9. Had to wait til next day to put in due to no one around here sold them.
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Overall 8
8.0

Good For the Price

Josh Wheeler, Amazon
4 February 2013
Overall 8
8.0

User Review

Newegg
2 February 2013
  • Pros: Excellent MB!! It recognized my G.Skill SSD from the start! The new UEFI BIOS is fun to play with very easy to use!! Installed easily in my case and the manual was ver...
  • Cons: No standoffs or screws included. I was upgrading an existing computer so I already had the case with screws and standoffs, plus my wife just built a brand new one so h...
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Overall 8
8.0

Pretty good board

flash, Amazon
31 January 2013
Overall 8
8.0

Six SATA ports is misleading

Newegg
4 December 2012
  • Pros: Nice graphic bios and overall layout
  • Cons: I bought this board to use the onboard raid to mirror drives on a video/photo editing setup. To enable the raid function you must set ports 1-4 all to raid. I planned ...
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