Performance wise the sapphire board keeps close company with the asus.
Sapphire pure platinum a85xt socket fm2.
The apu socket is powered by an 8 phase vrm.
Sapphire pure platinum a85xt pt f2a85x motherboard atx socket fm2 amd a85x.
The a85xt is based on amd a85 fch chipset and supports next generation trinity apus in the fm2 package.
21 asus sabertooth z77 with i3 3225.
It looks like the pure platinum a75 fm2 isn t sapphire s top socket fm2 offering.
Picture is for reference only actual board may be slightly different.
6 item component description 1 amd cpu socket fm2 2 amd a85x hudon d4 chip 3 ddr3 dimm slots 1 4 4 pci e 2 0 x16 slots 2 5 pci e 2 0 x4 slots 1 6 pci e 2 0 x1 slot 2 7 pci slot 2 8 mini pci e x1 msata connector 9 24 pin atx power connector.
The first company to offer us a retail ready motherboard with amd s a85x fch sapphire presents a couple.
Pure platinum a85xt firmware.
So we were pleasantly surprised at the simplicity of its q bios.
Running vrm components lining one side of the cpu socket.
For more details on sapphire s.
The sapphire pure platinum a85xt is a full atx sized board that supports the latest generation amd apu a10 a8 a6 a4 series trinity processors using socket fm2.
20 asus f2a85 v pro with a10 5800k.
Sapphire pure platinum a85xt.
In fact it.
Making a play for the finest fm2 board around is the sapphire pure platinum a85xt priced at around 100.
With the recent release of amd s new trinity apus motherboard manufacturers have been quick to respond with their socket fm2 offerings which support this new platform you can include sapphire in this group with their newest release the pure platinum a85xt which is armed with full support for everything the trinity apu and a85x chipset brings to the table.
Immediately this is a board.
Of six socket fm2 boards two rise to the top sapphire pure platinum a85xt.
We don t see too many motherboards from sapphire the company is best known for its graphics cards.