ASUS A88X-PRO (FM2+) Motherboard Review

Overclocking

Having already reviewed and tested our A10-6800K on a few systems now we know its limits – 4.8GHz. Getting higher than that is possible but a combination of suicide-run voltages and thermal throttling mean going higher is more or less pointless. Getting to 4.9GHz requires so much extra voltage that the CPU overheats and downclocks to lower than 4.8GHz. So when we started overclocking on the ASUS A88X-PRO motherboard we knew exactly what we should aim for – 4.8GHz. As expected the ASUS A88X-PRO did that without a hitch. We used a manual voltage of 1.51v to achieve 4.8GHz. If you had a better chip than us then 5GHz would probably be possible with 1.5-1.55 volts but you’re just going to need some solid cooling. Either way the ASUS A88X-PRO, like most ASUS motherboards, is perfectly equipped for overclocking.

Overclocked Performance and Power