Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 Motherboard (AMD 970/SB950, DDR3, 6 x S-ATA 600, ATX, PCI-Express 2.0, USB 3.0, Socket AM3+)

Title : Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 Motherboard (AMD 970/SB950, DDR3, 6 x S-ATA 600, ATX, PCI-Express 2.0, USB 3.0, Socket AM3+)
ASIN : B008RPZ5SC
Description : ASUS M5A97 LE R20 AMD Socket AM3 970 90MIBJP0G0EAY0MZ M5A97 LE R20 Components Motherboards
Features :

• Compatible Processors:Sempron, Phenom II X3, Athlon II X2, Phenom II X2, Athlon II X4, Athlon II X3, Athlon X2, Sempron X2, Phenom II X4, Phenom II X6, FX ( supports CPUs with up to 8 cores, Maximum TDP 140 Watt )
• Chipset Type:AMD 970 / AMD SB950
• Max Processors Qty:1
• Data Bus Transfer Rate:4.8 GT/s
• Processor Socket:Socket AM3+

List Price : £74.99
Price : £66.00
Saved Price : £8.99

category: Products
brand: Asus
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Rating : 4.3
Review : First Time Builders - BEWARE!
While this motherboard functions perfectly well for AM3/AM3+ processors, and has a nice BIOS and built-in overclocking features, there are a couple of things that people should be aware of:

1. It doesn't include a motherboard speaker, which was also disappointing. Furthermore, when I added one (that I was lucky enough to have spare before the board arrived) it failed to produce any 'beep' sounds - which seems to be a common problem with this board. This makes it harder to diagnose potential faults than would be the case with most other boards.

2. This board has no onboard video, so you'll need a PCI-E graphics card to get a picture out of it. Even if you do have a GPU, onboard graphics are still worth considering as they come in handy for troubleshooting display problems, or as a backup in the event that your main card fails.

3. While the first PCI-E slot is x16 speed, the second is only x4, which prevents this board from performing as well as a x8/x8...