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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - IS BEST BOARD CHIPSET 790FX
MY PC:
1- MSI K9A2 PLATINUM with AMD 790FX
2- AMD 5000+ BE Run (3.0 GHZ)
3- 2GB Corsair XMS2 ddr2 800 mhz
4- Ati HD3650 512 Mb
5- HDD ST3500820AS (RMA BY ORDER IN COMPUTER GEEKS,BUY ST3500320AS with 32 MB BUFFER AND SENT ST3500820AS with 8MB BUFFER, PRECAUTION with this store,also sold on amazon.
COMMENTARY:
This board is very stable and fast, use my amd 5000 + at 3.0 GHz with a temperature of 32 0C in windows and playing a full day, maximum temperature ... Read More
Rating: - First board was dead...pretty happy after the RMA
This board is packed with great features, but it also has a few quirks.
The heat pipes have serious potential to interfere when you are working. Be careful b/c the fins bend easily. Also, the RAM slots are pretty tight...my OCZ w/ heat spreaders fit, but i have seen some that probably wouldnt. if you have a big honkin GPU, don't count on being able to use the PCIX 1X slot. the IDE plug can be hard to get to in some cases b/c it faces out.
i love the highly avail USB and IEEE1394 headers ... Read More
Rating: - Mboard
its not a bad board works good only problem i have is half the drivers are junk that come with it. the dual core monitor that comes with it gives a blue screen of death constantly if you install it.If you have a phenom on your board. you hafto do a system restore or a complete wipe to fix the problem from what i can see.Also MSI live updater that comes with it gives nothing but errors when you use it so i dont even bother,im using vista 64bit so that might be why i never tried on XP system. you really dont need ... Read More
Rating: - Crossfire-X...Here I Come...
Although it lacks support for more than one IDE hook-up, this motherboard performs rather well. The chipset is kept cool by a nice heatsink setup and the BIOS supports quite a few options. I'm not overclocking so no feedback for that area of expertise. Manual setup for the memory timings was a little confusing for me, but nothing too hard to figure out with a little patience.
I have one dislike about this card: for single card setup you must use the first PCI-E slot which limits you for cooling ... Read More
Rating: - Quality product.
I am using these in my new build and were recognized immediately using windows xp 64 bit edition. Very very fast. can be overclocked but I just set them at their default and work perfect
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Electronics : MSI K9A2 Platinum AMD 790FX Phenom Socket AM2+ PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 ATX Motherboard
- First board was dead...pretty happy after the RMA
- Crossfire-X...Here I Come...