This setting was preventing our Phenom II X6 from getting over the 250MHz mark until we changed it to 'Ignore'. The VCore was set to 1.416 and was preventing higher settings regardless of what was set in the AI Tweaker page. It turns out they are limits in some way. There was a list of voltages that at first we thought were only a display. In the power section of the BIOS we found some odd settings. The front has the 'Extreme Design' logo that has become standard for this level of product along with a few badges to highlight important features and supported products (like the Phenom II X6). This is to denote that it is an AMD based product (Intel is blue). ASUS has given the box a light green tint (almost a powder green). The M4A89TD PRO/USB3 arrived in a box that's eye catching, but thankfully not eye-watering. Will the performance of this board along with the features list equal the price? You know what to do to find out. These features include Turbo Unlocker, Core Unlocker, Turbo Key II, TurboV EVO all for only $184.99 on. This is an AMD 890FX based motherboard that headlines the upper end of their mainstream products.Īs the name suggests, the M4A89TD PRO/USB3 does have USB 3.0 on-board along with a host of other features. Today we are taking a look at one of these the ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3. It is this mindset that allows ASUS to produce the excellent products that they have. This team of tinkerers continues to improve on their designs with new BIOS features, new drivers and in some cases, new revisions of products that ASUS already has on the market.

ASUS makes some great boards, but to the R&D team it is still not enough. This is what you get when you talk about ASUS' R&D team. Well, imagine a room full of the same people. There is always one more tweak, hack, or adjustment to be done to get that few extra MHz out of their systems. Have you ever known someone that just has to tinker with things? You know the guy I am talking about.

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