According to Colorful FM2A75 Tomahawk C The technical specifications of the A78AK D3 V16 motherboard, the best supported CPUs are:
AMD Richland series APU, including:
- AMD A10-6800K
- AMD A10-6700?
- AMD A8-6600K
- AMD A8-6500
And AMD Trinity series APU:
- AMD A10-5800K
- AMD A8-5600K
- AMD A6-5400K
- AMD A4-5300
This is mainly because:
1. The FM2A75 chipset of the motherboard specially supports the AMD APU and CPU of the FM2 interface.
2. A78 is a high-end CHIPSET, which can provide sufficient bandwidth for APU.
3. The VRM power supply design of the motherboard can provide stable power supply for these APUs.
4. BIOS can optimize the above APU to maximize its performance.
5. If other interface CPUs are installed, compatibility may be lacking.
To sum up, if you want to maximize the performance of this motherboard, the above AMD APUs are the best matching choices.