MSI 880GM-E43 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

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Very Stable - Good Bio's - A lot of selections if you want to OC your program!!! It's a solid, feature rich small board!!! Not 1!!! My budget build:AMD Phenom II X6 1075T Thuban three.0GHz 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT75TFBGRBOXMSI 880GM-E43 AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD MotherboardMushkin Enhanced Silverline 4GB ƒ x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop MemoryThermaltake TR2 W0070RUC 430W ATX12V V2.2 Intel Core i7 Compliant Dual 80mm Fans Full Cable Sleevings Power SupplyAsus VE205T Black 20" 5ms 1600 x 900 WideScreen LCD Monitor w/SpeakersI Enjoy Newegg

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LOTS!:- Posted on First Boot, with my AMD Phenom II X6 1055T- Cost (Bought for very same cost locally)- Sufficient ports offered. Just wish it had USB three., but I can add an internal card in the future.- Integrated Graphics give me decent performance. Been obtaining 30+ fps on Call of Duty Contemporary Warfare two on Automatic settings.-Straightforward OVERCLOCK! Turned on the automatic OC utility in the bios to attain a stable three.5ghz on Air cooling, up from 2.8ghz. 7.6 CPU rating in Windows Ultimate 64-bit. Handbrake blazes via encoding now. A video that use to take me 25 minutes to encode, on last year's iMac with a core two duo Ɠ.06ghz), took me two minutes and 30 seconds, whilst I was copying a 30gb folder to an external drive and watching a 720p h.264 video from the same drive. Few:- At first I believed I had a faulty graphics chip, but it turned out to be a driver related issue. The CD-related drivers are fairly much all useless. The OS installer fairly a lot did the entire job, and to be honest it was 1 of the easiest installs in 10+ years.- Lack of added cables. But to be honest I have many boxes full in my closet from over the years. This can either be resolved by such as at least one more sata cable or stating on the box somewhere what is and what isn't included. The HD 4250 card is decent for everyday use, but I do plan on upgrading some thing in the next month. Most likely to a 460 GTX.I'm possibly going to add a SSD drive to increase startup time. And some extra RAM can't hurt.My newest develop:Antec Two Hundred CaseCooler Master 500W Extreme Energy PlusMSI 880GM-E432x2GB Corsaid DD3 1333MHzAMD Phenom II X6 1055TSeagate 500GB 7200RPM Asus 24x DVD Burner

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I have built three systems so far with this board. It was straightforward, almost everything worked as advertised, and they have been operating well for more than a couple months now. None so far. Two systems utilised the on-board video, and one utilized an nVidia Fermi 465 card. Each function fine.

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None when board arrives not working Doesn't function. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Customer,We would like to apologize for the issue you have experienced with this certain mb. Please e-mail me directly via usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial number and your complete contact facts, topic heading "EAH880GM". I would like to assist you get this resolved.Best Regards,User SupportMSI Item Support

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Good motherboard. Straightforward to setup and preserve. Extremely stable. No problems whatsoever. Running Linux 64bit and Windows 7 64bit with excellent results. I use the method under Linux to run virtual versions of Windows 2008 Server and Windows 7. The MB has been wonderful. None that I've discovered

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Great Bios with good fan manage built inUnlocks Cores very properly, Turned my Athlon II 445 to a roaring Phenom II x4 B45 with a CPU mark of 4000. hello L3 cache񑦪 is playing 1080 HD no problem.Technique with unlocked core and bare minimum componentsƓ.5" HD, + 1 case fan) idles at 66W.Has both PCIe X1 and a X16 slotBios is overclocker friendly, can shop different setting.Ram immediately connected at right Speed/settings 4Ǜ of the sata slots are sideways(see other thoughts for explanation)No winki(MSI instant boot office/internet Linux distro) even though driver CD contains files forno onboard speaker plug, uses external on board and LED lights to communicate. Really nicely put together board. Only complaint is about how only one SATA port faces up on the board and the other are on the side. This is my very first micro ATX create and the case I have just barely fits this Mobo in. There is about an 1Ǟ" clearence between side of board with sata ports and PSU in case. Took out PSU, but no other place for it and can't finangle cord in any way. I don't know of any slim 90° bend Sata cable which can plug in(ordering an ultra profile one to see if it will function). So I am stuck with one SATA port unless I either put Mobo in a new case, or get a SATA remedy(PCIe to SATA, or IDE to SATA). Installed W7 with USB drive. So no optical in Mini case but till I make a decision upon remedy.BuildMSI 880GM-E43Athlon II X3 445GeIL ƒ x 2GB) DDR3 1333 Model GV34GB1333C9DCPixxo CI-8102H Black MicroATX Mini Tower w륚W PSUSamsung EcoGreen F3 HD153WI 1.5TB SATA2 5400rpm 32MBRosewill RNX-N300X PCI Wireless Adapter

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- Great cost-Legacy support PCI slots-HDMI -HD audio & video-Nice bundled software -SATA ports in a strange spot-No speaker out pins for supported case This mobo was bought as component of a DIY combo package. A excellent mobo for the price. Not for hardcore gaming, but it is perfect for HD audio, video, multi-tasking, surfing, and business/home use.

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Modest, fine mobo for a workstation. The included drivers disk is no great, the realtek lan and audio drivers DO NOT Work IN WINDOWS 7 PRO 64 bit. DO NOT even try to use the disk, it will screw up your computer system! The default drivers that come with win 7 pro 64 function, but the "offical" drivers from realtek DO NOT Work.Realtek has a main difficulty with the sound drivers that they are ignoring, hundreds of men and women are no able to use the sound on this motherboard and other people with the identical chipset because the drivers do not detect when you plug in speakers in window 7, just do a google search for it and you will see TONS of people with this problem.YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! I would look for diffrent mobo with a diffrent lan/audio onboard chipset.

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This motherboard is fairly awesome. it gets the job completed. Havent had any difficulties with it so far. none.

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There are no pros when the board keeps blue-screening. Regardless of how it looks or how the specs look. I bought a number of of these boards for a smaller small business and have had nothing but trouble out of Everybody tof them that I have attempted installing. Immediately after doing a clean install of numerous various versions of Windows 7, I still get a BSOD at some point in time... whether or not it's during a software program install, update, or just by sitting idly. Now this does not make any sense to me why you would sell such a faulty item. I've waited a couple of days too long to send the boards back to NewEgg so I will have to get in touch with MSI. I don't even believe that I want this same board since I've had problems with a lot more than one of them and hope that I can get this resolved ASAP!!! Utterly disappointed in MSI!!! Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Customer,We would like to apologize for the problem you have experienced with this particular mb. Please e-mail me directly via usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial quantity and your total get in touch with info, topic heading "EAH880GM". I would like to support you get this resolved.Greatest Regards,User SupportMSI Product Support