The sound level for the onboard audio is about 1/2 as loud as my old dead 10 YEAR OLD Foxxcon A7GM-S meant to replace it. Not that big of a deal for me as it's purely as a 2nd computer I only use in the garage. Yes I've tried multiple different Realtek audio drivers and the sound is just low. There's no audio boost but mixer and options are at 100% gain. The audio quality is fine it's just much lower than I expected.
Upgraded from an AM2+ board that had DDR2 RAM. I had to buy new DDR3 RAM for this board but my AM3 Phenom 1045T dropped right in and booted up first time no problems on Win 7. Yes I was using an AM3 CPU on my old AM2+ board. Gotta love BIOS updates. :)
Installed drivers with the CD. The Realtek NIC drivers only recognize 100 Mbps so far, a work in progress. The NIC disconnected randomly until the Realtek drivers were installed, it doesn't like the default windows driver. Pretty happy overall except the NIC issue is driving me nuts I just can't get it to actually communicate at 1000 no matter what adapter options I play with. Wondering if anyone else got stuck at 100 mbps with this board even though I know it's supposed to do 1000? I'm not gonna knock off an egg because there is a possibility it's a switch or wiring issue. Still tracking it down.
Windows did notice the change and required a confirmation ID over the phone which is always a hassle. Worked perfect since first boot without any changes in the BIOS required. Paired with my old 750 Ti and now my garage PC is back and better with USB3.
| RAM | DDR3 |
|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 1333 MHz |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 4 |
