MSI has released two new AMD APU motherboards, and they do look chill. As such we review the MSI A88X-G45 Gaming edition. It seriously is one of the most beautiful and feature rich motherboards that MSI can offer for Kaveri. The new MSI FM2+ gaming series motherboards features Killer LAN, Audio Boost sound enhancement technology, and a whole new software and hardware design for enhanced gaming performance. In addition Assassin's Creed Liberation HD comes for free. We will test this motherboard with AMDs new A10-7850K APU, which has has eight Radeon cores totalling towards a nice 512 shader processors clocked at 654 MHz base and 720 MHz boost. The APU memory controller supports up to DDR3-2400 MHz memory speeds. As a K-series processor it is unlocked as well so you may tweak a little more out of it. The motherboards features a Killer Gigabit Ethernet controller and now comes with Audio Boost technology for better sound clarity and USB Audio Power that delivers a constant 5V power at all times to the USB ports. Based on Military Class 4 components you should get better durability and stability when overclocking. The motherboards have DVI, HDMI, VGA and DisplayPort out with a maximum resolution of 4K over DP. The A88X-G45 Gaming is an ATX form factor board and can seat two graphics cards. You are going to spot six USB 3.0 ports and two USB 2.0 ports. It's four DIMM slots that house a total of 32 GB of DDR3 memory at a maximum of 2400 MHz. The A88X-G45 Gaming features eight SATAIII connectors.