Results 1 to 4 of 4

Thread: Asrock A320M Pro4

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    Leiden, the Netherlands
    Posts
    4,372

    Asrock A320M Pro4

    I bought my first AM4 board today, an Asrock A320M Pro4.
    Why this board?
    • it is cheap (so I have money left for other things).
    • it has four RAM slots, so I can expand the RAM in the future (up to 64 GB).
    • it has two PS/2 ports, so connecting to my KVM switch is easy.
    • it has two M2 ports, so connecting new, high speed SSDs is no issue.
    • it has no RGB lighting, as I have a crunching farm -I'm not the local Coney Island annex.
    • it fits all present AM4 CPUs and APUs (up to and including 95 Watt TDP ones).


    I bought 16 GB Crucial Ballistics Sport DDR4 240 MHz RAM sticks (2x 8GB)
    -mostly because that it the max speed an AMD APU of the Bristol Ridge generation supports, but the colo(u)rs of the sticks go well with the board too.

    And last, but not least, the total and utter king of cool AMD Excavator APU-ness: The 35 Watt TDP AMD A12-9800E.

    My next purchase -with a little care your euro goes a long way!- will be an Asrock AB350M Pro4 with a Raven Ridge APU, the quad-core/octo thread Ryzen 5 2400G
    -a mbo/cpu combination that should be even better the new A320 board.

    First out goes the old and trusty FM1 A6-3500 triple-core, that was a stand-in for my Core2Q-8200 after its mobo died.
    I will give the Core2Q-8200 to my daughter, as a replacement for her Core2-5300. Perhaps she can even use the RAM too.

    Second out goes a FM1 A8-3850, that was a stand-in for my i7-3770 after its mobo died.
    I will give the i7-3770 to my son, as he also crunches under my account -presently with my old i3-2100.

    After that I am all AMD, as far as X86-based crunchers go. Only the wife and the kids use Intel -which might change when I build a new, silent PC for my wife, using an AMD SOC.
    Last edited by Dirk Broer; 02-04-2018 at 01:23 PM.


  2. #2
    Join Date
    May 2004
    Location
    Kent, UK
    Posts
    3,511
    Welcome to the AM4 club. I have the Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 board. Basically the same as yours but with flashing lights (I don't mind them).
    Mine's for crunching and cryptos.
    Darkness isn't there, but you can't see through it

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    Leiden, the Netherlands
    Posts
    4,372
    Quote Originally Posted by Ototero View Post
    Basically the same as yours but with flashing lights (I don't mind them)
    I do not know about you, but in my 'man cave' there's three LAN switches, two HDMI switches, an 8-port KVM switch, five raspberries, a beagle bone and eight running PCs, all blazing at least one power light. It never gets dark....


  4. #4
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    Central Pennsylvania
    Posts
    4,333
    Quote Originally Posted by Dirk Broer View Post
    It never gets dark....
    ROFLMAO: Every device I own has an indicator for when its on and off, except when the power is out then its really really DARK







    Challenge me, or correct me, but don't ask me to die quietly.

    …Pursuit is always hard, capturing is really not the focus, it’s the hunt ...

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •