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But let's get down to business. First up, the rear IO connectivity. Allow me to zoom in a little here as there's a lot to be seen.

From left to right that's the old fashioned PS2/mouse keyboard connector. Then I count a total of six USB ports of which the blue colored ones are USB 3.0 (two), then one eSATA port, one Gigabit Ethernet port (nice) Digital audio in the form of optical TOSLINK connector, and then all the way to the right the analog audio connectors.

You can also spot D-SUB (VGA), DVI and a HDMI connector all managed by the R4250 IGP. It is chucked full alright, I like that. The HDMI connection is v1.3 (xvycc) and HDCP compatible by the way.

When we flip the board around we stumble into the processor area, socket AM3. To the right of the small blue heatsink we spot one 8-pin CPU power header, underneath the heartsick we see all solid core chokes, and quality capacitors catch the eye. The motherboard has an 8+2 phase power circuitry. That's plenty enough for a motherboard of this caliber.