Sapphire Pure Black 990FX Pro Reviews

Taking a look or relook and evaluation of the AMD 990/950 chipset motherboards has been an interesting experience. CPU dies shrink and transistor density have gone into the billions with ever lessening voltage to send the on/off signals to all of them at ever increasing speed. The focus for these motherboards really turns to better and more efficient power delivery. Overclocking stopped being a "cheat" and something for only the most advanced users to toy with quite a few squares back. In fact, it can be confidently said that taking that extra performance holed up in these always improving and evolving pieces of silicon is the number one selling point of most any motherboard you care to consider these days. Despite the usual warning against overclocking, companies provide you every possibility to obtain the highest overclock you can get with minimal effort. This leaves me at a loss at times when reviewing some of these motherboards.

It looks flashy, but this high-end motherboard’s performance is disappointing for the price

A strong, stable AMD offering from Sapphire, the Pure Black FX990 is definitely one for the multi-GPU crowd or the storage hog.