AMD’s Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) has been around for quite some time already, but it’s only recently that ASUS released the Crossblade Ranger – the company’s first Republic of Gamers (RoG) motherboard that supports both A88X chipset and FM2+ socket. Design and Construction As soon as we took the Crossblade Ranger out of its packaging, we already saw some undeniable traces of its RoG lineage. In terms of the overall design, the Crossblade Ranger looks very similar to some of the Z97 boards under the ROG lineup, particularly the ROG Maximus VII. The far end of the of the Crossblade Ranger’s left side houses the board’s I/O ports which comprises of four (4) USB 3.0 ports, two (2) USB 2.0 ports, an RJ-45, BIOS Reset button, TOSlink optical out, three video ports (VGA, DVI and HDMI), a PS/2 port and six (6) gold-plated 3.5mm jacks for the sound. The bottom half of the Crossblade Ranger is not as busy compared to the other half. Placed around the edges of the of the bottom-half of the board are headers for (arranged in order from left-to-right) audio, TPM, ROG_EXT, Chassis Fan (CHA_FAN2), a pair of USB 2.0 and for your case’s front panel lights and buttons. Read more in our articles including "XTREME Appliances joins 9.9 Shopee Sale" and "PlayStation Plus games unveiled for July 2026".
AMD’s Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) has been around for quite some time already, but it’s only recently that ASUS released the Crossblade Ranger – the company’s first Republic of Gamers (RoG) motherboard that supports both A88X chipset and FM2+ socket. Design and Construction As soon as we took the Crossblade Ranger out of its packaging, we already saw some undeniable traces of its RoG lineage.
In terms of the overall design, the Crossblade Ranger looks very similar to some of the Z97 boards under the ROG lineup, particularly the ROG Maximus VII. The far end of the of the Crossblade Ranger’s left side houses the board’s I/O ports which comprises of four (4) USB 3.0 ports, two (2) USB 2.0 ports, an RJ-45, BIOS Reset button, TOSlink optical out, three video ports (VGA, DVI and HDMI), a PS/2 port and six (6) gold-plated 3.5mm jacks for the sound. The bottom half of the Crossblade Ranger is not as busy compared to the other half.
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