For those who've had this board for a while (~6+ months), has it run hot? Any stability issues? I'm concerned about the lack of FET heat sinks.
206537
I've had it almost a year for the media computer I built. No issues whatsoever.
1819793
I recieved my UD3 May 15th 2012. It was a rev 1.1 with a F4 BIOS. That is the minimum for FX support. All the boards that come out now should be at that or above. I would say buy it. Very nice board. I run a FX-8150 OC'd to 4.2 at 44.8C under load.Good luck and have fun.Just remember: You never finish building your computer...you just run out of money.Update: August 2014: I just bought another for a Livingroom HTPC and it is Rev 4.0 with the latest BIOS for the Rev 4 and it is F2. I plugged in an old FX 8150 and it works great.
56863
I noticed it does run a little hot but it has never had a thermal event. The BIOS in this particular model is incredible. There is a lot you can do to configure and customize. I install these all over for many of my clients and they love them. The only thing I did not like it that it did not come with internet. Had to use a wifi card because the wifi msata mini that came on the unit did not work
418293
I stuck with the stock fans and they've worked for me - quiet, no overheating. That said, I should mention that I'm not overclocking anything in this build and did the best I could to keep wires out of the airflow channels (cable management is still a challenge in this form factor, but if you're doing it for cooling and don't care what things look like once the case is closed, you're fine). I'm running an i5 4670K with stock heat sink/fan, Corsair Vengeance RAM, 2 x 2TB hard drives.
1515099
I'm running an i3 4130t in this exact case without an issue. The case fan is a little loud if that's a concern. The 4130 doesn't get real hot so a quieter lower RPM case fan is sufficient to keep it running. I use mine as an always on server so it runs 24/7 without a single problem to report. It's been several months since I built the server out.
406665
I got mine used from an owner that used it for heavy mining and gaming, and it has been cool and quiet. It's exhibited no artifacts, so I'd say it's reliable. The MSI version in particular has solid build quality.
406668
the card is very reliable if well treated. and if you're lucky. I've used one card full-time maxed out for a year now running F@H, and the only sign is the fans starting to show age. The second card, the fans quit after 6 months, and I'm still waiting for MSI to send me a fully-functioning card after 3 RMAs. keep in mind F@H is running the card at full power, which is much harder on the card than even logging 16 hours a day of most games.for most people and most applications, the card is reliable and should last at least until you build your next gaming pc.
1278034
Mine works great with it and I have overclocked. The board is a beast and I have had nothing but a positive experience with it.
142799
Ours is a few months old, and I didn't update the Bios... ours is working fine!
74063
I'm about to put a review up, but I've had it for 3 weeks and it does get VERY hot. Much hotter than a 17" I had and hotter than a 15.4" I had. I mean like I didn't know it was safe for it to run this hot, and this is straight out of the box. However, I game for significant periods of time and I haven't had an overheat. Someone in newegg said this thing gets to 64 degrees C with a cooler, and that is accurate. If you buy this for gaming, I would reccomend a cooler (that shoots air to the front of the computer, since that's where the vents are) and u shud be fine. It comes with a free 2 yr accidental dmg warranty (if you register it w/ asus by mailing them a small slip that comes w/ the computer), so send it back if it does overheat.
1761855
Hello my friend. We tested two hours running at full capacity. It will be overheating, but it will not crash.Usually you can reduce the CPU load operation.
1395867
Had it for almost a year now and no problems at all. I'm going to be getting rid of it due to the fact that I'm going to be watercooling in a little bit in a new case, but it was amazing while I had it. You can't go wrong with ASUS motherboards. It's scary how reliable they are.
680876
My experience is I play a lot of old windows games and this motherboard handles it beautifully on all high settings.And the cpu and gpu intergrated runs super cool .Of course I have an fm2+ cpu at 65watts Quadcore 3.1 which is very nice./ If you multi task accept no less than a Quadcore and you won,t go wrong!!!! So if you don,t game heavy this is a dream motherboard. Make sure you have also plenty of memory/ram and a decent cpu cooler other than stock and it should be around for a long time to come.!!!! My personal experience is it,s Very Very Very Nice!!!!
567183
Asus, Gigabyte and MSI make some really good boards. The cool thing about the FM2/FM2+ series is that it's something you can grow with as it is just gaining speed as a great "beginners" option. I see where AMD is going with this new "idiot proof" technology, along with HSA and MANTEL to simplify things, right now, it's not so simple because a lot of the stuff for this chip is basically beta, but when they start unlocking the new drivers for this thing I think your gonna see some bang for your buck here! If your looking for a recommendation for a mobo, for the beginner, novice gamer, or HTPC enthusiast look no further than the Gigabyte G1 Killer Sniper A88X motherboard. It has a wicked built in 7.1 Realtech sound card (cost cutter there), 3.0/2.0 usb, audio DAC port, audio AmpUp, Durable antistatic shielding, and most importantly.... DUAL BIOS! Which makes it more attractive than all the other FM2+ boards out there, it's basically noob proof... How bout that!
926419
Yes, I have this board, but with an AMD 8-core CPU. I had problems getting it to read due to the complex BIOS of the board. Make sure the last 4 digits of your motherboard serial number matches your BIOS version. The final fix for getting it to read was removing the CPU and CMOS battery for a minimum 5 minutes (as directed by ASUS) and then after the systems boots, adjust the BIOS clocking from 1600MHZ to 1866MHZ.
781364
its decent for it. its got integrated graphics which kinda sucks, but itll play things like skyrim on low settings, if you want to use that as a benchmark. i havent noticed any overheating problem. i personally use it for gaming as im a twitch streamer and this is my main rig atm.i havent really tried newer games on it as much. it has slowdown with dolphin (gamecube/wii emulator) but runs things like Skullgirls no problem.
1664936
No, that does not sound normal at all. Mine has never heated up noticeably, even when transferring hundreds of gigabytes. Sounds to me like there's something the matter with yours.