charlietee
Golden Member
Looking at putting a AMD system together using the ASRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ and pairing it with the AMD A10-6800K Richland.
While reading reviews on the 6+ one review stated that when a socket FM2 CPU is used that the PCI lanes are only compatible with the 2.0 standard.
Then it goes on to say that the 6+ does not support the Virtu Universal MVP so you can combine the processing power APU with a add on video card. Then went on to say that other motherboards were available that make use of the Virtu Universal MVP.
Watched a NewEgg video about the Trinity APU's and they guy from AMD talked about the big advantage MVP with approved add on AMD video cards.
Since it is a budget build as much as I like the ASRock Extreme6+ especially since it is on sale right now at NewEgg would like to get a board that can take advantage of the APU.
With the new processors on the horizon I would like to keep all options open and really do not know how they will affect upgrade paths in the future.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
While reading reviews on the 6+ one review stated that when a socket FM2 CPU is used that the PCI lanes are only compatible with the 2.0 standard.
Then it goes on to say that the 6+ does not support the Virtu Universal MVP so you can combine the processing power APU with a add on video card. Then went on to say that other motherboards were available that make use of the Virtu Universal MVP.
Watched a NewEgg video about the Trinity APU's and they guy from AMD talked about the big advantage MVP with approved add on AMD video cards.
Since it is a budget build as much as I like the ASRock Extreme6+ especially since it is on sale right now at NewEgg would like to get a board that can take advantage of the APU.
With the new processors on the horizon I would like to keep all options open and really do not know how they will affect upgrade paths in the future.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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