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Foxconn A75M FM1 Motherboard Review

Motherboards/AMD FM1 by stefan @ 2011-10-26

For users which are not pretentious, the A75M FM1 motherboard from Foxconn represents a solution to consider, in case we want to get the benefits of the Lynx platform, like the powerful IGP or the quad core APUs. For making this board even more attractive, the Dual Graphics feature should be enabled, along with the ability to be able to modify the memory speed and its timings.

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The heatsink has the following measurements 111mm length, 105mm width and 51mm height; the total weight is 198g:

When looking from underside the heatsink, we can see the three 6mm heatpipes with HDC; the bottom plate is covered with a transparent plastic protective film:

Even the bottom plate is designed like a small heatsink; on its laterals we can find holes for mounting the clips:

Here is how the clips look like, for mounting on AMD platforms:

With the help of the two included screws, we can mount them really easy:

The last steps would be to put a small quantity of thermal compound on the CPU HSF and to fix the heatsink onto the CPU, by pressing the clips down:

The fan can be installed on the heatsink with the supplied rubber mounts, which act as noise dampeners:

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