Product DescriptionMSI 945GCM478-L Motherboard If you're running a socket 478 system and are looking for the most economical way to move up to SATA and PCI Express, look no further. This MSI 945GCM478-L Socket 478 mainboard offers powerful performance at an extremely affordable price. Based on the Intel 945GC chipset, this versatile microATX platform is designed for Intel Pentium D/4, Celeron D socket 478 processors with FSB 800/533MHz. The MSI 945GCM478-L supports DDR2 667MHz memory up to 4GB, PCI-E x16/x1, Fast Ethernet LAN, SATAII, USB 2.0, and high-definition audio. Other great features include Live Update and MSI Dual CoreCenter. For superior performance at an affordable price, choose the MSI 945GCM478-L socket 478 motherboard.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Good board, great price.
Its stable, feature rich - sticking a P4 2.8ghz in it with an 8800 Ultra (Bottlenecked, but...) gave me a rather "passable" system until I can afford to fix my main box. In the manual it says that DDR2 is not backwards compatible - but I am running perfectly stable on 1066mhz ram. (OCZ PC-8500 DDR2-1066, I believe.)
The manual is a bit skimpy, but tells you all you need to know...
The bundle is lacking, but I had no need for any extra software.
Comes with XP/Vista drivers. ... Read More