ASUS CROSSHAIR IV FORMULA

ASUS CROSSHAIR IV
FORMULA
FOR: Automatic OC button, excellent on-board audio, brilliant layout.
AGAINST: None.



The Asus Republic of Gamers series
of enthusiast-class hardware
needs no introduction. The fourth
generation Crosshair motherboard for the
AMD platform is built around the latest
and the most powerful AMD 890FX
chipset. The chipset features support
for up to 16 GB DDR3 memory and 32
PCIe lanes dedicated to discrete graphics
cards. So two graphics cards confi gured
in CrossFire will run at x16 each and three
graphics cards will run at x16+x8+x8.
Out of the four bright red PCIe slots,
the fi rst and third run at x16, the second
one runs at x8 and the fourth one runs
at x4. The second one can also take a
PCIe x1 or x2 add-on card. You also get
two PCI slots which won’t be of any use
with dual-slots graphics cards occupying
the PCIe slots.The six SATA 6 Gb/s ports
along the right edge of the board are
supported by the SB850 southbrige.
Asus has used a JMicron controller
which adds a SATA 3 Gb/s port and an
eSATA port on the rear panel. A USB 3.0
controller is also present which adds a
pair of blue ports. Other components on
the rear panel include a PS/2 port for
keyboard, seven USB 2.0 ports, FireWire
and gigabit Ethernet ports, CMOS reset
button and the ROG connect button.
ROG connect allows you to monitor and
tweak the clocks and voltages from
another PC or laptop. The package
includes a USB cable for ROG connect
and an application called RC TweakIT
for use on the connected PC or laptop.
The Crosshair IV Formula is equipped
with an OC processor called TurboVEvo
for maintaining stability while overclocking
and an automatic OC switch for an instant
boost at the press of a button. Check
points for measuring the voltages using a
multimeter are also present.
The package includes six high-quality
SATA cables with retention clips, a USB
and eSATA bracket, some cable ties, a
CrossFire bridge and a one-year license of
Kaspersky Anti-virus.



SPECIFICATIONS
Rs 14,310
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CPU socket: AM3; Chipset: AMD 890FX + SB850;
Memory: DDR3-1333 (16 GB max); Expansion slots:
2x PCIe x16, 1x PCIe x4 and 2 PCI; Multi-GPU support:
2-way and 3-way CrossFire; SATA | USB: 7 | 14; Audio:
7.1-ch SupremeFX X-Fi.