Conclusion

Overall		+	-
At a first glance ASUS leaves a good impression with its F1A75-V Pro. Especially the digital power design as well as the space between the PCI-Express x16 slots are major plus points. Furthermore we very much like the color design and to us it's very appealing.		- Design - Layout - Digital-PWM
Layout		+	-
Generally the F1A75-V Pro's layout is well thought. Once more very practical are the angled SATA connectors. Furthermore the placement of the PCI-Express x16 slots is well thought too and therefore nothing needs to be criticized at this point as there is space between them and the last one isn't close to the motherboard bottom's edge. You will also find an entire set of video outputs consisting of no less than four video connectors. What was also very practical is, that it uses the same CPU mounting kit as AMD AM2/3's motherboards, which means the socket is compatible to older coolers. And of course, the possibility of adding up to six USB3.0 devices is also very practical. The only inconvenient concerns the memory slots which are quite close to the socket and it can cause incompatibilities with big heatspreaders and huge CPU coolers.		- Angled SATA connectors - Connectors a the bottom edge accessible in any case - All Video output - Removable BIOS chip - Same mounting kit as AM2/AM3 Boards	- Memory slots quite close to the socket
Performance		+	-
Because this is the first socket FM1 board we review we compare the performance value to socket AM3 and socket AM3+ boards. Generally the board didn't show any performance drops which already leaves a good impression. It absolutely isn't surprising that a four core Llano CPU is slower than a six core Phenom II. Nevertheless it is very interesting to see that the budget CPU comes with a new memory interface that can outperform Phenom II by quite a margin.		- Memory bandwidth
Recommendation		+	-
If you should consider assembling an energy efficient home server or desktop PC then the F1A75-V Pro will be a good choice.		- Home-Server - Office PC
Rating
The ASUS F1A75-V Pro receives four out of five stars.

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1
Page 2 - Specifications	Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2
Page 3 - Layout	Page 9 - SuperPi/WPrime
Page 4 - Connectors and I/O	Page 10 - Games
Page 5 - Test Setup	Page 11 - Conclusion
Page 6 - FutureMark

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Author :Christian Ney, c.ney@ocaholic.ch Copy edited and translated : Christian Ney, c.ney@ocaholic.ch & Marc Buechel, m.buechel@ocaholic.ch