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MSI 890FXA-GD70

23 Apr 2010

The MSI 890FXA-GD70 is the vendor's top motherboard based on AMD's enthusiast 890FX chipset for AMD AM3 processors. With SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 support, this board also supports Quad CrossFireX and comes with MSI's proprietary technologies, including DrMOS and GreenPower.

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HWZ's Overall Rating: 9.0

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Performance:

8.5

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Value:

Excellent layout

Good value for its features and performance

Product Specification

Processor Support and Chipset Type	AMD Socket AM3 Processors (Phenom II / Athlon II / Sempron) AMD 890FX and SB850
Memory	Supports 4 unbuffered DIMM of DDR3-2133/1800/1600 (O.C) 1333/1066 SDRAM Supports up to 16GB memory size
Storage	Southbridge 6 x SATA 6Gbit/s ports Support AHCI controller with SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and JBOD configurations JMB363 controller 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100 for up to 2 PATA devices 1 x SATA 3.0Gbps port 1 x eSATA port (rear)
Audio	Realtek ALC889 HD CODEC
Networking	Dual Realtek 8111DL Gigabit Ethernet controllers
FireWire (IEEE 1394)	VIA VT6315N chip Up to 2 IEEE 1394a ports (1 rear, 1 header)
Rear I/O	1 x eSATA/USB combo port 5 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports 2 x RJ45 LAN ports 6 x audio jacks 1 x Optical S/PDIF output 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF output 1 x PS/2 keyboard 1 x PS/2 mouse Clear CMOS button
Internal Connectors	3 x USB 2.0 connectors 2 x IEEE 1394 connectors 1 x S/PDIF output connector 1 TPM module connector 1 Power button 1 Reset button 1 OC Dial button 1 OC Dial knob 1 Green Power button 1 Debug LED panel
Expansion Slots	4 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots 1 x PCIe 2.0 x4 slot 1 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slot 1 x PCI slot
Other Features	* DrMOS M-Flash OC Dial OC Genie Lite GreenPower
Form Factor	ATX form factor, 30.5 x 24.5cm