ASUS A8R-MVP

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ASUS A8R-MVP

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General
Brand	ASUS
Product name	A8R-MVP
Tested by HWI
Release date	11/27/2005
Price (min. / avg.)	-

Specifications
Form factor: ATX , CPU socket: Socket 939 , Chipset: ATI Crossfire Xpress 1600
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Reviews
ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe Motherboard Review	Legit Reviews
Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Review	AMDZone
Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Review Repost	AMDZone
ASUS A8R32-MVP: Taking the Overclocking Route via the 0404	AnandTech
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General
Brand	ASUS
Product name	A8R-MVP
Tested by	Koen Crijns
Processor / Chipset / Memory
Form factor	ATX
Supported processor(s)	AMD Athlon 64 (FX)
CPU socket	Socket 939
Processor bus	1000 MHz HyperTransport
Supported memory	DDR400
Dual channel memory
Chipset	ATI Crossfire Xpress 1600
Chipset - North bridge	ATI RD480
Chipset - South bridge	ULi M1575
Expansion slosts
PCI Express x16 slots	2
PCI Express x4 slots	0
PCI Express x1 slots	1
AGP slots	0
PCI slots	3
DDR DIMM slots	4
DDR2 DIMM slots	0
Connectivity
USB 2.0 - Total	8
USB 2.0 - On board connectors	4
IEEE 1394 controller	TI TSB43AB22A
Bluetooth
Audio
Onboard audio - Channels	5.1 channels
Onboard audio - Codec chip	Analog Devcies AD1986
Onboard audio - Codec type	HDA
S/PDIF input
S/PDIF output
Dolby Digital Live
Network
LAN - Chip	Marvell Yukon 88E8001
LAN - Speed	1000 Mbit/s
LAN 2 - Chip
LAN 2 - Speed	0
WLAN - Chip
WLAN - Speed	0
Storage
Parallel ATA connectors	2
Serial ATA connectors	4
Extra PATA (RAID) controller
Extra SATA (RAID) controller
SCSI controller
Serial ATA AHCI compatible
Cooling / Overclocking
FAN connectors	3
AMD Cool'n'Quiet
Temperature controlled fan speed
Chipset cooler	Passive
Maximum FSB frequency	400 MHz
CPU voltage tweaking (maximum)	1.35 V
Memory voltage tweaking (maximum)	3.2 V
North bridge voltage tweaking (maximum)	0
South bridge voltage tweaking (maximum)	0
HyperTransport voltage tweaking (maximum)	0
PCI Express voltage tweaking (maximum)	1.5 V
Software overclocking
Dynamic overclocking
Alarm in case of fan fail
Alarm in case of CPU overheat
Shutdown in case of fan fail
Shutdown in case of CPU overheat
Multiplier changeable
PCI clock frequency changeable
PCI Express clock frequency changeable
Heatsinks on voltage regulators
Video card overclocking through BIOS
Other
Power supply connector	24 pins
Onboard speaker
Dual BIOS
Boot menu in BIOS
Flash software in BIOS
Problem diagnosis
Automatic BIOS-update software (Windows)
Power recovery
iRDA support
Audio test
Frequency response [+]	0.1 dB
Frequency response [-]	0.28 dB
Noise level	85.6 dB(A)
Dynamic range	85.3 dB(A)
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)	0.005 %
Intermodulation Distortion (IMD) + Noise	0.05 %
Stereo crosstalk	80.9 dB
IMD+N (Swept frequency)	0.017 %
Benchmarks (Windows XP)
PCMark05 - System	5212
PCMark05 - CPU	4085
PCMark05 - Memory	3842
PCMark05 - Graphics	5520
PCMark05 - HDD	6216

External reviews
ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe Motherboard Review	Legit Reviews
Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Review	AMDZone
Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Review Repost	AMDZone
ASUS A8R32-MVP: Taking the Overclocking Route via the 0404	AnandTech
ATI's RD580: ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe	Bit-tech.net
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