Moving further into the bios we find further overclocking options such as the ability to vary your memory speed and timings.

As mentioned elsewhere in the article the A8R32-MVP allows you to have two full speed 16x PCIe slots and the following screen in the bios is where you select this setting. By default both have 16x enabled. As well as 16x you can also set either slot to 1x, 4x or 8x if you wish. Finally the screen also allows you to supply some extra current to your graphics cards and Southbridge if required.

Finally, as with all motherboards you have various temperatures, voltage and fan speed monitors. These are all shown on one screen so when you’re in the bios you can monitor what’s going on. These readings can also be accessed via Asus Probe when in windows.

Asus Software

If you’ve bought an Asus Motherboard in the past few years you’ll more than likely be familiar with one version or another of Asus probe. The software allows you to monitor the goings on within your PC such as temperatures, speeds and voltages from within Windows. It’s a useful tool for the enthusiast and about a year or so ago it received a little bit of a facelift. Here’s how the most recent version looks:

Also bundled with the A8R32-MVP is the Asus Update utility which allows you to keep things like your motherboard bios up to date, again a simple tool however it does exactly what it’s meant to.