ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 Pro Reviews

So the real question is why would you buy this over any other midrange AMD 990FX board? In short, the small stuff. Five PWM fan headers provide the ability to compute in peace. Up to 14 USB 2.0 ports and four USB 3.0 ports make running out of external ports a non-issue. The included software is great, even for pushing an overclock to the limit from within Windows, and the BIOS is similarly well laid-out. The extra SATA ports allow for extra devices without losing the ability to run a crazy RAID setup if you so choose. Even the things you may only use a single time, like the MemOK! button and the USB BIOS Flashback, are worthwhile additions – though you may never need them, the one time you do you'll be thanking the stars you chose the M5A99FX Pro R2.0. I know that I'll be keeping it around to house the FX-8350 that hums along at 4.7 GHz without even pretending to think about overheating the onboard VRMs.