ASUS 890FX Crosshair IV Formula Teardown

[Kitkat]

like it says.... teardown

Original: http://it.21cn.com/hardware/board/2010/03/29/7431556.shtml
English: http://translate.google.com/translat.../7431556.shtml (thanx chewy)

Box art and press release image. (i dont know if official statement is next week or not but some etailers have preorders up for this and gygabytes.
http://www.xfastest.com/viewthread.php?tid=40015.

Map cool map lol incase u get lost: http://www.sweclockers.com/imagebank/201003/Specs_stor001.jpg

HD pic found going around trying t find good uniqe images a good one:
http://www.sweclockers.com/imagebank/201003/Form_stor001.jpg

Full HD images (before cooler design finalized)
http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/showthread.php?t=248175

Another look
http://www.donanimhaber.com/On_Bakis_Asus_ROG_Crosshair_V_Formula_AMD_890FX-19222.htm

Crosshair IV bios on support page?

http://support.asus.com.tw/download/download.aspx?modelname=Crosshair IV Formula&SLanguage=zh-tw

Complete unboxing + "test" not hardcore (There are 2 drop downns below the main picture like so)

1: Physical
2: Test

click both dropdowns to see the pics. Shows all the lights ect

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ko&tl=en&u=http://www.playwares.com/xe/12528456

Crosshair IV youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnxnL6w2M3c

More pictures from hardwarezone

http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/product-guide/view/23166

Austrailian Press release

http://www.tweaktown.com/pressrelea..._iv_formula_irresistible_to_gamers/index.html

HD images (360 ect)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSjZ43ww0Wk

unboxing
http://www.techreaction.net/2010/04/22/preview-unboxing-of-the-asus-crosshair-iv-formula-890fx/

Bios
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbobadCyn3E

Unboxing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JMmg9iSdIY +HD picks/video

Extras
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maXBlvNunyU

 

[ChewyBrownSuga]

English

http://translate.google.com/transla...n.com/hardware/board/2010/03/29/7431556.shtml

 

[erocker]

DDR3 2000 Mhz sounds very nice. I wonder if it will have that divider?

 

[kenkickr]

I so want this board but not gonna happen after shelling out for the EK Crosshair III block. Mines sexier because of it

 

[facepunch]

i love the look of this one and the extreme but the only reason i would up upgrade from my croshair lll is if these boards show better overclocking ability

 

[Kitkat]

im sure crosshair GENE is coming mid refresh its too big a money maker for asus to stay away from

DDR3 2000 Mhz sounds very nice. I wonder if it will have that divider?

They got it to 900 over in a previous gigabyte interview i watched, so wouldnt be suprised if it went even higher 25 ect. bottleneck = gone.

 

[Kitkat]

more press images also at the top and here http://www.xfastest.com/viewthread.php?tid=40015

 

[cadaveca]

I've hit 975mhz mem on Crosshair3, so 2000 seems doable, given the right cpu.

 

[Kitkat]

I've hit 975mhz mem on Crosshair3, so 2000 seems doable, given the right cpu.

referring to actual speed 790FX stops at 18XX (actually) (900 over 1866 i mean) ill try to find that too. i have some 1800 that runs higher also on it but there's no use The 890GX can go to the same and 4.2 GHz on 965 to give some idea and its the dumbed down ver of FX I got some more pics too but i just lost the link ill try to find it and post them.


offtopic (i cant view my sent messages in my profile i mean is it posible thanx)

 

[runnin17]

I'm holding out for the Crosshair IV extreme or the MSI 890FX board, but this looks like a great board!

 

[Kitkat]

added a map in case u get lost cruising around this board

 

[Lionheart]

Holy shiat, that is one nice looking board, gimme now

 

[dumo]

This from coolaler....

http://www.ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showpost.php?p=82100&postcount=1

 

[Kitkat]

cool candy dumo

 

[cadaveca]

Heh..I said 2000 was doable...now I don't need to psot any screenies. Thanks Dumo!!

 

[Kitkat]

Full hd pictures (before the cooler design was "finalized" but hey they are the first HD pics to take a look adding tot he top also

http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/showthread.php?t=248175

 

[WarEagleAU]

i love this thread. I so want this board but it may be awhile before I can get it.

 

[Kitkat]

http://www.donanimhaber.com/On_Bakis_Asus_ROG_Crosshair_V_Formula_AMD_890FX-19222.htm

added to top unboxing and the top also i didn't think there was a light on it but on this one the ASUS words light up in red and the extreme has the ROG symbol light. At least that's wot it looks like from some angles?


Crosshair IV bios up on support page?

http://support.asus.com.tw/download/download.aspx?modelname=Crosshair IV Formula&SLanguage=zh-tw


Complete unboxing + "test" not hardcore (There are 2 drop downns below the main picture like so)

1: Physical
2: Test

click both dropdowns to see the pics. Shows all the lights ect

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ko&tl=en&u=http://www.playwares.com/xe/12528456

 

[btarunr]

Want something better than Crosshair IV Formula?

Try it big brother Crosshair IV Extreme:

Shitload of OC-friendly features.

 

[WarEagleAU]

ok I am robbing a bank to get this Extreme board....nuff said.

 

[Kitkat]

Want something better than Crosshair IV Formula?

Try it big brother Crosshair IV Extreme:

http://www.techpowerup.com/img/10-03-02/20b.jpg

Shitload of OC-friendly features.

lol oh we know about it. Some of us cant wait tho lol

 

[Kitkat]

Crosshair IV Formula video. "The crosshair IV is under NDA but this guy called ASUS and cleared it"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnxnL6w2M3c



(added to the top also)

 

[Kitkat]

CROSSHAIR IV FORMULA AMD-890FX

Final specs

Model:
ROG Crosshair IV Formula

CPU:
AMD socket AM3 Phenom™ II /Athlon™ X4 /Athlon™ X3 /Athlon™ X2 processors

Chipset:
Latest AMD chipset (800)

System bus:
Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0

Memory:
4 x DIMM, dual channel, up to 16GB
DDR3 1866 (OC)/1600(OC)/1333/1066MHz

Expansion:
3 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (@ dual x16, triple @ x16, x8, x8) with ATI CrossFireX™ technology
1 x PCIe 2.0 x4
2 x PCI 2.2

Storage:
6 x SATA 6Gb/s with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
1 x SATA 3Gb/s
1 x eSATA 3Gb/s

LAN:
Marvell Gigabit LAN

Audio:
SupremeFX X-Fi 8-channel audio built-in with EAX 4.0 support

USB/ IEEE1394a:
2 x USB 3.0, 12 x USB 2.0 (7 at back I/O, 5 onboard)
2 x 1394a ports (1 at back I/O, 1 onboard)

Software:
Kaspersky antivirus 1 year license (and ROG software not mentioned)

Feature:
ROG Connect, GameFirst, Core Unlocker, Turbo Key II, MemOK!, CPU Level Up, SupremeFX X-Fi built-in , Extreme Tweaker, iROG, Loadline Calibration, Voltiminder LED

Form Factor:
ATX, 12” x 9.6” (30.5cm x 24.4cm)

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=24288

 

[bpgt64]

I can't wait for these to come out!!! Gonna swap my i7 920 in for one!

 

[Kitkat]

i kinda wish since its "ROG" and the slots are lined up for perfect for tri fire (which this bored should have pushed cause the advert would go hand in hand) that they all ran 16X

the EVO will be 2x 16X
the ROG Crosshair IV Formula 2X 16X (then 16 8 8) when populated
the ROG Crosshair IV Extreme (i think is all 4 16X) everything else is apeshit on it.
So i duno yet. but looks fun