Product ReviewsMSI 890FXA-GD65 ATX AMD Motherboard
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 Rating: Review Date: 09/06/13 |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/01/13 |
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Performs good, no issues due to the fact the effortless install. BIOS is simple to function with/user friendly. The OC Genie Lite works like a dream. I'll be in a position to upgrade to SATA 3 and USB three devices later. Does not come with a Crossfire bridge, ought to get w/GPU or separately. A lot of boards don't come with them these days. Can't wait till I can afford my 2nd 6870 to run crossfire. I don't have any USB three. devices however-purchased it to be in a position to upgrade. I have an AMD x4 970, thus the core unlocker is unused. |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/31/13 |
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Excellent price for 890FX chipset.Appears additional steady at high overclocks than my old 770 msi.Came with four sata cables and rear usb bracket.Have had to deal with MSI RMA quite a few occasions and had a great practical experience and that is why I chose MSI. If employing 2 dual slot cards in Crossfire, the bottom card covers one particular fan header entirely and puts A LOT of stress on the front panel header. Seriously? This is the newest 890FX motherboard however they can't design and style it to use two present cards devoid of blocking anything on the board. It was challenging to discover a decent review with an individual making use of dual slot cards in crossfire. I in no way understood why persons obtain the 890FX and use only one graphics card. Save your dollars and get an 880 or something.Program Specs:AMD 955 B.E. @ three.7GHz Corsair H50 push pull w/ Thermaltake 120mm fansMSI 890FXA-GD65XFX HD 6870 reference X2G-Talent Sniper 2X4GB 1333 9casCorsair 650TX PSUCooler Master HAF 912 |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/31/13 |
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still functioning wonderful none if you cant get previous beginning windows screen with fresh windows 7 install switch your sata cables they go bottem to best left to appropriate not top to bottem like i just assumed because of my final msi board. sata port ex: 246 135 |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/28/13 |
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Preferred "PRO": My BIOS-related concern where an enabled USB Controller setting would result in a technique hang throughout setup has ultimately been resolved with a BIOS update. (beta ver 18.1B3)Also, as stated previously, the board's layout is uncomplicated to perform with comfortably.BIOS menu effortless to navigate and manual was much better presented than those from previous builds.Have been in a position to play about with an overclock of my 555BE and have successfully unlocked the 3rd and 4th cores on the cpu. Also have been able to setup my RAID array working with the onboard controller with tiny difficulty. Have observed that there is some speaker hissing (white noise) at shutdown working with the onboard sound, but most likely not going to be a large problem for any individual.Present BIOS version providing greater reading for program temp than CPU core temp - considering that this is a beta BIOS version and the system is not running hot, I haven't concerned myself with it. Will re-evaluate with the subsequent official BIOS update. Am appreciative of the responsiveness of MSI assistance as well as their possessing supplying me with an updated BIOS file (ver. 18.1B3) that resolved my blocking problem re: USB Controller enabled|disabled status in BIOS.The only regret that I have is that it took as extended as it did for me to get this resolved and they were not in a position to determine this problem before I went through the RMA cycle the first time.Now that I've had a likelihood to play about with the program, I'm enjoying it. The develop is steady, operating Win 7 x64 and has a lot of horsepower for the gaming that I throw at it. It did take some doing, but I am now happy with my purchase. |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/25/13 |
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Nice seeking board & layout. Instructions seemed relatively effortless to comply with. DOA out of the box. Wouldn't POST with or with no memory plugged in. Every little thing seemed to power-up (Mobo LEDs, fans, and so forth.), but never heard 1 chirp from the speaker, nor got any video signal from two different recognized-fantastic vid cards. Immediately after reading about other unsuccessful RMA's exactly where the replacement board gave the similar troubles, I am really hesitant to try yet another of these exact boards. Will update soon after contacting Newegg consumer service to see what can be accomplished. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Customer,We would like to apologize for the issue you have skilled with this particular mb. Please e-mail me directly by way of usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial quantity and your complete contact details, subject heading "EAH890FXA". I would like to enable you get this resolved.Best Regards,User AssistanceMSI Solution Assistance |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/23/13 |
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eight phase VRM's, fairly an improvement more than the MSI GD70.USB3 and SATA3, and dual x16 PCIE slots.Memory slots laid out in alternating order so that if you only run two sticks, they have space to breathe.BIOS has all the tuning attributes needed for AM3 overclocking.Blue LED's on motherboard, and you can shut them off in the BIOS (they don't match my green fans).General looks good and constructed rugged. Plenty of small extras and accessories packed into the box.Way less costly than equivalent ASUS or Gigabyte boards with equivalent 8 phase power circuitry (even after cost went up). There are no flaws to this board as it the finish revision for 890FX boards, which means that they won't get superior than this until 990FX is readily available. I'm glad I bought it prior to ฤ price tag hike. OC'd my 1090T to 4.0GHZ 鴈x20) on only 1.38750v and it can go even additional. I'm impressed that I was capable to OC so higher on such a low voltage, and it's Prime95 smaller FFT stable. |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/06/13 |
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every single thing functions as anticipated, set up with phenom x4, mushkin 1333, radeon 5770, win 7. noticeable difference more than my msi 785g, phenom x2, mushkin 800, radeon 4670, xp. had some boot concerns, got previous them. 1st game i ran... hmmm whats that smell. its my northbridge Burning hot to the touch, 190f..fantastic factor its msi. i place copper on the cpu/gpu and got silent fans so my poor. anything else runs cold as advertised so got a nb fan that solved the problem. could not get past win 7 beginning windows screen. please dont rma since ya know newegg will honer it, instead in the course of install pick repair, load drivers and set up the raid drivers(that you ought to have got from msi's web-site and place on a flash drive before you even believed of developing this) restart, go to bios set boot order, set raid or ahci and your golden. |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/19/13 |
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appears excellent, constructed up easy. as soon as constructed up didn't run at all. This board is DoI, dead on set up or DoA, dead on arrival. Board arrived nicely protected. Accepted all of my parts quickly adequate, but when I turned it on, 1 light for the cpu, then absolutely nothing. Changed PSUs just to confirm, minus all peripherals, nada. I had heard excellent factors about MSI so I gave it a shot. Not sure I'll try MSI once more, mainly because DoA does happen when in awhile. This is 2nd doa board that I've ordered from Newegg, prior was a Gigabyte. So possibly the shipping approach is bothersome. Tough to bang on newegg for this, but it is awfully frustrating to get a PCB this just doesn't work as expected, let alone perform at all. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Consumer,We would like to apologize for the problem you have skilled with this particular mb. Please e-mail me straight via usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial quantity and your complete make contact with details, topic heading "EAH890FXA". I would like to assist you get this resolved.Greatest Regards,User SupportMSI Product Assistance |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/17/13 |
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Fantastic seeking board. Slot layout, and so forth.. was uncomplicated to negotiate when plugging in components.Documentation appears straightforward to read. ...but when attempting to run Windows 7 installation, my newly built method will not proceed past the 'Starting Windows' screen.I do not however have a resolution for this challenge however, but what I have observed is that I have to disable the USB controller in order to be able to proceed by way of Windows installation and startup.Yes, in this case that meant I took the time to drive the set up by way of my PSǘ keyboard only.No, a technique without USB help is not acceptable, so this board will have to go back if I can't get a resolution by means of MSI support.Wish me luck. Technique specs for these who are curious:MSI 890FXA-GD65 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3. ATX AMD MoboAMD Phenom II X2 555 @ stock speedG.Talent Ripjaws X Series 8GB ƒ x 4GB) 240-pin DDR3 1600XFX 8800 GTS 512MB PCI-E Video cardWestern Digital Caviar Green WD5000AAVS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA drive x 2Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W ATX12V v2.three/EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Energy Supply Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Buyer,We would like to apologize for the situation you have experienced with this certain mb. Please e-mail me straight via usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial number and your complete make contact with details, topic heading "EAH890FXA". I would like to assist you get this resolved.Finest Regards,User AssistanceMSI Solution Support |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/09/13 |
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loaded all the stuff, booted right up, all my mb's have been MSI for the last five years, I've had fantastic luck with them.This was no exception. Overclocked my 1090T to 3.663 with OC Genie, I haven't even been into the Bios however. None so farManual don't quantity to much, but you genuinely don't need ti. For the cost this is a good MB, you can spend a lot more for the the very same MB. My specsMSI 890FXA-GD651090T ThurbanHIS 5770 (juniperxt}Critical 64 sata 3 ssd300 g raptorRosewill 700w ps. |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/09/13 |
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good board it terms of design hissing noise on my speaker when its shutting down i was obtaining a steady blue screen so i did some config change but similar problem blue screenso i change the SATA cable (the white 1 the board came with) and my pc started functioning fine i practically thought it was the MB |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/07/13 |
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Very highly effective board, usb three., sata 6gigs why Ƙx,8x,8x,8x) when you could just go ྰxቬx) ? hmmAM3+ support?M-Flash! Good little solution in the bios that assists backup and update the bios in 1-2 minutes!Extremely impressive MSI but... Small USB Bios bug.Default settings set the PCIe slot at 8x set your bios to optimized for PCIe16xBios ver. 18. will give you troubles. if you cant boot from disc or into windows at all with your usb controllers enabled... it suggests you will need a bios update or you wont get anyplace.Download the newest bios update here - Difficulty solvedhttp://www.msi.com/product/mb묒FXA-GD65.html#/?div=BIOSMake positive you have the file named A7640AMS.I10 extracted from the zip onto the flash drive. then select that file with M Flash in the bios then update. tadaa effortless.Issue resolved Do not RMA this motherboard. there is nothing at all physically wrong with it....(after a bit of study) i regret RMAing mine when i located out it was just a little software bug. I hate waiting for RMAs... anywayIdentified issue with bios 18. there is an updated version at MSI's site. comply with the link!THIS BOARD IS Entirely WORTH IT! |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/06/13 |
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Simple to assemble, great instructions, looks perdy. Nothing but Haven't performed any overclocking but. |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/02/13 |
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Fast , runs cool, looks very good and 2 16x pci slots None Instailled Computer tune up (a computer software that updates almost everything for u )This create ranks in the prime 8% of all computer systems in the world says this software program here is the build.CPU- amd 965 black OC to three.7ghz ( 47 degrees max)CPU cooler- 520 hyper coolermasterHHD-640 WD caviar blackPsu- ultra x4 750Ram- g talent 4gb 1333mz gaming ramCase- cooler master storm scoutMobo -this one particulargpu- Msi Gtx 560 ti twin frozr two ( OC to 1ghz core)Booted initial begin up, this build rocks my dream Pc |
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Rating: Review Date: 06/16/13 |
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The features are fantastic up to a point. I enjoy the wide spacing of the x16 lanes and additional x1 slots. It's an FX board for a fantastic value. Doesn't come with lengthy xfire bridge. Isn't an enthusiast overclocker, you can overclock, but it's in auto mode due to stability. I tried to get a 3.6 but it was buggy, nonetheless auto overclock has no difficulties receiving it there. I was acquiring a 4.1 with an phenom 1090t on a 790fx, can't look to get close to that with this board. For the price it's a incredibly very good board. If you're an enthusiast overclocker, commit a lil more and go with either the GD70 or a diverse brand. I'm not at all unpleased, I bought it early on when there had been no testimonials anyplace and my only dissappointment is in the overclocking arena. Possibly some forums will have this worked out later. |
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Rating: Review Date: 05/19/13 |
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- Quickly, High end northbridge and every thing else- AM3 socket, DDR3 Dual Channel, Sata 6Gb/s, USB 3.- OC Genie, uncomplicated to overclock every thing. Really steady- OC'd my 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz easy.- Dual PCIe x16 at x16 speeds. (Amazing)- Attractive- M-Flash for bios updates makes it super simple. -Had the infamous USB controller challenge. Just flash the bios to 18.1 with the m-flash. No require to whine and give 1 egg. Not a massive con, but annoying none the significantly less.- Not truly another con but the northbridge heatsink seems really smaller for a higher finish northbridge. Wonderful mobo for the cash. It will hopefully last me a bit longer into the future with dual crossfire capabilities, USB 3. and Sata III. Runs hella quick with my HD 6870 and rips by way of any games. Definitely go for it. |
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Rating: Review Date: 05/02/13 |
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The cause I went for an 890fx was to run my 1090t BE cpu. I put that cpu on my 790fx motherboard inplace of my 955BE, but win7 just didn't like the transform to a lot more cpu cores, my computer system crashed undesirable. No challenge, I have added backups on hand and I get it back up and operating like a champ. I introduced an ssd drive and it crashed once again. Takes along time putting it back with each other, so I purchased this board. It's not a poor board, I so far can't look to be in a position to get the voltage menu's off auto. I can go into amd overdrive and set the settings, but cpuz states it's still operating at 3.6 as an alternative of the four.1 amd O states it is. But this does come with a point named "control center" so I'm in a position to get this thing overclocked to 3.9 so far by upping the voltage necessary. My cpu is only operating 1.32v thru handle center (default 1.27v) to get it there. I'll be delighted with this board after I can get it stable at four.1 once again. The 1090t rates a WEI rating of 7.eight after overclocked w/less then 1.4vcore To get this board to post I had to get rid of the battery. Yes, you study appropriate. I thought I messed a thing up, but after replacing the ram I removed the battery for a spell and everthing was alright. Until I replaced the ram back the way I had it, then I had to get rid of the battery again. Now all is nicely with her. I really like the pcix1 slots, it's what led me to get this in the first spot. I need them. All other brands put them in spots that would cover them up with a video card, or right up against the north bridge heat sink.....A massive explanation I'm making use of two 5670's in xfire. Oh,the price fell 10 bones and totally free ship!!! *BLECK*, anyway, my initial MSI make. Hat's off to being the only mobo manufactuer that makes use of lots of pciex1 slots and then producing it so you can use at least two no matter which variety of video card you decide to use. If your cards can get more than the nb h/sink then that's two, and 1 if you use only one massive vid card. ram runs at 9-9-9-24 1t in the 1333 flavor, will try 7's later on. Proper now my WEI score for my rig is 7. and that's simply because I'm testing a couple of 5670's in application xfire. Don't know why, they won't beat out my 5850's, but I just want to be able to aid other people choose on their wants without having spending as a lot as I did for these 5850's. Right now the only games I play are LFD2(rarely) and BFBC2 and a single 5670 will play those, I'll just have a tiny additional of a increase. My two essential ssd (sata3.)drives in raid score 7.eight, my 8gigs of gskill sniper scores 7.six as does the cpu without having overclocking. I put this all in an antec 300 full blown w/fans and I'm utilizing a corsair 650w psu. A couple of 5770's would make this a decent technique. I'm working with a 92mm scythe angled fan and with tuniq paste it keeps the x6 nice and cool. Will locate out how cool through 3dmark tests. If you like pciex1 slots, then this is amazing. If you like pciex1 slots and the capacity to run xfire at x16, then this is it. Oc'ing isn't done the ole way, just so you know..it can be completed. |
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Rating: Review Date: 04/25/13 |
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Good hunting board if it worked. Bought right here on Newegg and installed board. The usb controller would freeze windows every time. I flashed a new version of bios and nevertheless when I had the usb controller on it would freeze windows. Lastly gave up and just bought the Asus equivelent. Hope I get it quickly. BTW Newegg was rapidly in shipping this point! Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Consumer,We would like to apologize for the problem you have knowledgeable with this distinct mb. Please e-mail me straight by way of usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial number and your comprehensive contact facts, topic heading "EAH890FXA". I would like to help you get this resolved.Very best Regards,User HelpMSI Product Help |
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Rating: Review Date: 04/14/13 |
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It is an AM3+ socket and crossfire compatible. Newegg got this product to me, rapid as usual. Thanks Newegg. Out of the box, with a fresh install of windows 7. The usb ports hold providing me errors. I installed 2 xfx 5870 cards in crossfire set up, and now I get 0x00000116 errors (blue screen of death, have not observed this considering that windows 98) When I take away one card, with only one particular graphics auto running, (only way i can do something with no crashing) windows will not load till reinstall a card (does not matter what sort, nvidia or ATI) back into the 2nd PCIe slot. The ether net port periodically shuts its self off as effectively. When I made a tech help ticket with MSI, The technician was additional interested in closing the ticket instead of helping me with the issue. There is also no tech assistance number to call, you have to wait days to get a response, to finish up with practically nothing. Stay away from this Mobo like the PLAGUE Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Client,We would like to apologize for the concern you have knowledgeable with this particular mb. Please e-mail me straight by means of usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial quantity and your total contact facts, subject heading "EAH890FXA". I would like to support you get this resolved.Ideal Regards,User AssistanceMSI Product Support |
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Rating: Review Date: 04/10/13 |
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Runs ideal with 16 gigs four X eight of Gskill ripjaw 1300 memory and AMD 6 core CPU. The onboard Raid works flawless with western digital black 1 tb really hard drives. Has 4 pci express x 1, 2 USB 3-, Booted up initial try with out a difficulty. Drivers on cd worked well with windows 7 ultimate 64 bit. I enjoy this board and MSI your ok also. No front connection header for usb 3. and no Firewire. but what can you exspect from a 149.99 Motherboard Cease seeking and Purchase this board the additional pci express X1 slots are close to not possible to come across on a excellent top quality Motherboard . No bios flash necessary for six core processor |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/30/13 |
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Lets just start out by saying that this is an outstanding board. Initially Tech to price tag ratio this is wonderful for any exactly where among a mid variety board to a gamer board. The board has so several useful features. The bios is rapid and normal nothing at all specific. But with Sata III, USB 3 and up to 14 usb 2 ports this board for this value you cant go wrong. The q connectors also come in handy for front panel connectors. And with the AM3+ and bulldozer assistance you can really upgrade this board. The MSI support has generally been incredible so if you ever have a difficulty then you rest assured that they'll do what they can. NO SLI why cant they just make these boards with both. Int*l currently integrates both so why cant amd. Absolutely -1 egg. Tha is my only complaint. 4Ǜ adequate mentioned just dont acquire if you want SSSLLLLIII |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/23/13 |
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fantastic price for the quality and functions. a lot of choices in the bios if you are an overclocker. building of the board and heatsinks is some of the greatest i've seen. there are no dinky plastic push springs holding the chipset heatsinks on. it dosnt include a flux capacitor. the pack of pins for attaching motherboard wiring is genius! silverstone raven 2 casethis mobo1055t8gb of mushkin blackline2x important 64gb ssdwin 7 pro 64bitevga gtx460 x2a variety of pumps, radiators, fans and tubing for the cooling of stuff. |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/05/13 |
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Overclocking, usb three. all the pci-express slots like all the lights that light up on the motherboard None that I have discovered Replaced a gigabyte 790fx-dq6, this motherboard is just as good as my old asus p4t-533 mb. |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/02/13 |
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Updated specseightư energy phasememory dimm slots back to appropriate placementAM3+ cpu help( it has the AM3+ pin holeƠ pin power connector for PCI-E video cardsHas 4 PCI-E x4 slots for PCI-E SSD or soundcardRuns greater than GD70!!!!! ALL day No Zambezi to poplulate AM3+ socketNo 990fx chipset When you make this technique PLEASE turn on C1E assistanceotherwise you will get random hault errors |
This is probably my 20th Build i have performed in the final ten years, and this board has been by far the easiest to set up, the OC genie is excellent, i have my Phenom II 965 over clocked to 4Ghz utilizing the oc genie and i have not had a problem with it but almost everything runs quick and smooth.... Not as of but.. at first i was scared to go back to msi soon after the MSI K9A Platinum few years back, I'm just glad i did MSI 890FXA-GD65AMD Phenom II 965 BEH70 Corsair CPU Hydro cooler Antec 600Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinite 6Western digital 1tb sata 6.0gb 64mb cache 7200 rpm 16gb Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333Corsair 750HX 750watt psuWindows 7 64bit