MSI 890FXA-GD70 ATX AMD Motherboard

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Really rapidlyLooks wonderfulLots of attributesStraightforward OC is good to use for a guideline when over clocking It is actually simple to believe you have a defective board as I did for the initial day. Ram does not easily set into the slots and you need to have to press it in with an quantity if force that make you be concerned about breaking this mobo.I was hoping that the automatic more than clocker would automatically OC for me with out any complications but when I run it it over clocks the north bridge to a level it warns me is risky. <- (shouldn't it know not to push its own chips this high?) soon after 1st posting a poor assessment on the first day i had it due to the ram concerns i am now really pleased with this product. I absolutely advise it. just be conscious that if you want to oc automatically you must assessment every issue in the BIOS to tends to make certain it didn't push any of you components also high.This is the develop it is in:mobo - MSI 890 FXACPU - AMD x4 965 black ed GPU - XFX Radeon 6870 Black edPSU - XFX 750w black ed RAM - CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB ƒ x 2GB)HDD - WD caviar black 1TBOS - Windows 7 residence premium ࿠-bit)Case - Thermaltake Armor A90CPU cooler - Thermaltake Frio

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shows your cpu tem on boardhas neat blue led's on ituncomplicated overclockingyou can 4-WAY crossfire none pure great, i had to construct a new method simply because iv had an asus board and it craped out on me immediately after a tiny more than a year. msi is pretty solid so far

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Got this motherboard due to the fact of all the excellent critiques. As usual every person was proper. This motherboard is excellent. Installed everything with no complications. Super rapidly. Fantastic specs. None

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board is effortless to useno overheating problemsmy 1st construct, it was incredibly clear what needed to go wherebios was straightforward to stick to 񢃀 mhz ram, and raid ) manual that it comes with is fairly vagueyou can uncover a greater 1 on the msi web site although

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Every little thing as advertised. Unlocked my Phenom II 550 BE to four cores; stable as hell immediately after operating for 4 days Prime95 OC'd (using the software program ControlCenter) at three.7 GHZ. Anything just operates! Dual GB NICs/eSATA/USB 3. and SATA 3 - was currently flashed with the newest BIOS firmware at the time I received it. Came with 3 SATA3ǜ. G cables in the box, saweet! Lastly got rid of my PCI Audigy X-Fi as I run a 7.1 speaker setup and have by no means identified a motherboard with on-board sound that could even come close to matching an actual soundcard for a 7.1 setup. This board shocked the hell outta me; the 7.1 sounds CRISP/HARD/FANTASTIC!! For my case (Coolermaster Storm Scout) there was lots of room for almost everything. I in fact Enjoy where they put the CPU power plug in at, as it was NOT on the edge of the board so it cleared my 120mm top-mounted cooling fan. A lot of space/clearance for comfort between my GTX 460 and the drive bays of the case. As other people stated, if I was employing a diverse case, I might be sorta bummed that all of the SATA ports are laying sideways and not straight up. For my case on the other hand, this worked out perfectly as it allowed a good SATA cable bundle to naturally peel out of the bundle channel of the case and plug right in. Soon after having to send my ASUS M4A79T Deluxe in 4 instances, yes Four occasions attempting to get an RMA replacement, I finally gave up with ASUS forever and purchased MSI. I will In no way look back!

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Looks excellent. Runs wonderful. Tons of alternatives. Great job once more MSI. The BIOS alternatives are entertaining for overclocking which includes the core Unlocker. The second video card covers the LED display. Even if you dont like the good blue LEDs on the board you can turn em off. So far so excellent. Its running a Phenom II x3 740 three. overclocked and unlocked to x4 three.3ghz.MSI 890fx-gd70Phenom II x3 740 3.0ghz @ x4 three.3ghz4gb Corsair DDR3 16002 x Sapphire Vapor X 5770Rosewill 1000w psuNZXT Tempest EVO

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Properly Cooled technique with a lot of cooling footage.Cool seeking in a window case.Decent to high end BIOS allowing me to push my 965 to four.14GHzTONS of SATA 6Gb ports.LED code monitor serves as a temp gauge when booted upCostTwin GB ethernet. No the Crosshair colors.Not quite as several tuning choices as the CrosshairNo external tuning alternatives Overall would acquire more than and over again. Was worried about getting MSI as I in no way have prior to this. I was shocked at how simple it was to use. Took just a few minutes to push past 4GHz. Fat yet lower profile heatsinks frovide ample cooling to my 2800mhz NB.Not the Asus but is on par in almost every single aspect for less.965BE ʄ.14GHzCM 212+ Push/PullMSI 890FXA-GD702x2 GB Ripjaws @ 1616 8-9-8-29-1T. 1.59V2x Saphire 6950 unlocked to 6970 crossfire running three screen eyfinityC300 x2 RAID four Samsung F3 in raid 10Corsair AX1200All inside a HAF 932

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This board has so several selections, its almost too numerous! Employed this board on a new construct and had ZERO difficulties so far. The layout is incredibly fantastic nothing at all got in the way, components are properly seperated. Running a Corsair CWCH50 so there is no interfearance with memory slots. Extremely recommend this mobo. None MSI 890FXA-GD70Phenom II 1090 X6MSI R5870 Lightning IIG.Ability Ripjaws 8gb 1600Corsair Pro AX850WCorsair CWCH50Seagate Barracuda SATA IIICooler Master Storm Scout

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Wonderful features and plenty of PCI-E slots. None Make certain you download the PDF. Manual from the MSI site for Raid configurations. Couldn't figure out why Windows wasn't selecting up my two HDD till i stumbled across a forum pertaining to it.

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Plenty of ports for whatever you require. Incredibly easy to setup. When i initially purchased the board i i couldnt get the vid to work correct. This was fixed through new BIOS. Board has been ok although working but this morning i went to power on the board and it was dead. Tested with 2 unique PSU's and the very same thing. This board is a great board for beginners if they would like an simple way to OC. Bios is layed out good. Ive heard of a few individuals having probs with the board. Hopefully RMA process is speedy. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Customer,We would like to apologize for the problem you have skilled with this specific mb. Please e mail me directly through usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial number and your total make contact with data, subject heading "EAH890FXA". I would like to aid you get this resolved.Very best Regards,User HelpMSI Product Support

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Solid looking construction and effortless install. Good layout. Auto overclock does not work. BSOD each time I attempt and use it. Have to play with BIOS to get ram to operate at 1600 MHZ and did not read ram in dual channel till I upgraded to 8 GB and had all slots filled. Initially time system builder. I mentioned the OC Geanie...I did not in fact go in developing this system with the intent of OCing and definitely not tech savy adequate. I saw the feature for "auto overclock" and it produced me feel all warm and fuzzy. So I clicked it...negative idea. BSOD and had to flash BIOS a couple of instances. As extended as I don't use any of the advanced attributes, it functions fine.SystemArmor A90This MOBOPhenom II 1075TXFX Radeon 58708GB Corsair XMS3 Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Customer,We would like to apologize for the problem you have experienced with this distinct mb. Please e mail me straight through usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial quantity and your total get in touch with data, topic heading "EAH890FXA". I would like to aid you get this resolved.Finest Regards,User HelpMSI Product Assistance

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Break out the white gloves and prepare for an exceptional drive. This is the ear biting Mike Tyson of all AMD mother boards. Lots of ranting and raving about RAM and inability to Boot! I have stayed up late several nights reading and terrified of buying this extremely mother board. I seriously wanted a set of Vital Ballistix Ram just because they light up and dam it I've never had a set of those. Luckily for me they worked out great. 8 Gig of this stuff boots proper up BL2KIT25664TB1608. Purchased two 6850 H.I.S. iceq turbos and Crossfire is a single Rude Boy. Some have the misconception that any and all RAM ought to fit any and all boards thats like saying any and all people today at wal mart belong in your house at all times. Read take the time to go to the web site of the motherboard and uncover the recommened RAM so you can boot your program. Do you have any concept of how negative it suxz to save up and pull off a split toe ninja move of ordering a entire entire 1200 technique finally get everthing in the mail and then tinker around because you bought the wrong RAM only to have to wait and send it back or save up to order more? And on yet another note the purpose of acquiring higher clocked RAM is to raise the bar for you to OC. For instance if you purchase 1333 then guess what? You can only OC till you reach the max on that RAM which some do have higher tolerances or far better good quality. Now if you get higher rated RAM guess what? The tolerance for the OC increases. Go to the MSi internet site and locate the mother board this a single and read the qualified vendors h AMD 955 QuadAntec 6008 Gig Crucial RAM BL2KIT25664TB1608H.I.S. IceQ Turbo 6850 CrossfireGigabyte keyboard I wish I had never ever purchased it suxz MSi has it somewhere on thier website that you ought to not flash to the new bios or any bios by way of the updater nicely i did it anyway and it worked wonderful i dunno go get a usb drive if your scared of that. Board ships with 1.7 as of twoቴ񳏋 and 1.8 is out now.

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wonderful value for the cost oc genie causes cycle error, FF code, right out of the box. Waiting for replacement.... hopefully 2nd time is the charm. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Customer,We would like to apologize for the concern you have experienced with this particular mb. Please email me directly via usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial number and your complete speak to facts, subject heading "EAH890FXA". I would like to support you get this resolved.Ideal Regards,User AssistanceMSI Item Support

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i stated on my feed back final time it was a superior motherboard important word here was last night it just die the bios messed up and now i cant get something operating it wont pass this bios recovery this it let me do jack so the initially thing i'm going to tell u guys if u acquire this motherboard u mint want to back ur bios up simply because this will happen to u Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Customer,We would like to apologize for the issue you have skilled with this distinct mb. Please email me directly via usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial number and your total contact details, subject heading "EAH890FXA". I would like to aid you get this resolved.Very best Regards,User AssistanceMSI Product Support

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Solid contruction, onboard diagnostic tools, onboard power & reset buttons, and on board OC tools. A rather good fold out document for locating just about everything on the board like fan headers. The manual is useless, they spent so a lot time making sure it was in several languages that all of them suffer on content. The mother board like most has diagnostic "beep" codes however the manual doesn't include a decent list of what they mean. This board has two digit LED readout for diagnostic codes which would be a wonderful asset to method builders if it weren't for the reality that they only give you a incredibly tiny list of code definitions in the manual. All in all this manual is a waste of paper, for instance it tells you to start out with the RAM in slots 1 & two (pretty widespread) but their manual doesn't show in the mobo diagram which slots are 1 & two. Also the two outside ram slots (furthest from the CPU) had been so challenging to get the ram into I was afraid I may possibly damage the board. At the finish of the day we can talk about this bench mark or that bench mark, but what matters is that at the end of the day it just functions when all the gear is connected and to "P" switch is in the company postion, and this baord did for me. I had a ASUS Crosshair IV Formula that had so quite a few concerns that I just RMA'ed it and bought this 1 which worked out of the box. If your searching for a solid board that just plain works then this is a solid solution, if your seeking for lots of glam and fit / finish, you may possibly be much less than impressed.

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- Great aesthetics - Supports Phenom II X6 processors out of the box- Will support AM3+ Bulldozer ships with firmware update - USB three. and SATA III Ɩ gb/s)- Excellent layout for the PCIe slots - My largest gripe is there aren't a whole lot of USB ports on this board. Only 5 USB 2. ports and a single combo eSata/USB two. ports, and two USB 3. ports. I genuinely would have preferred a combo PSǘ port and one more two. port, or just two far more USB two. ports. Although this is is easily remedied with an add on USB card, still inconvenient if you have a lot of USB devices fighting for space back there, or if you can't sacrifice a PCI/PCIe slot. Terrific board. Lots of overclocking potential, good list of features. Despite the fact that, given the lack of additional USB ports, I wouldn't pay the full 赨 for this one. Picked this one up on sale for 赔, which is a far cost for what you get.

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This board is definitely incredibly solidly built. It worked suitable out of the box with my 1100T and hasn't hiccuped at all. some of the software program that comes with this board is not essential. tons of overclocking alternatives, both manually or (cough) auto.This is the initial MSI item I've purchased, and I can safely say that I enjoy it.

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Replaced my MSI K9N sli platinum that fried a northbridge. This board was every little thing I expected. Diagnostic LEDs are a great touch, and the other LEDs on the board match my case light colors (blue). Takes 4 GB sticks of RAM in stride. Board is incredibly excellent searching, and the DrMOS chipset and heatsinks are extremely cool searching and they idle about 20C and run complete bore at 48 C. Basically cooler than my Phenom II 956. I've been told this board should take AMDs bulldozer chips. A couple of persons have complained about this board coming with older versions of the BIOS, mine came with the most up to date version. Just a couple minor bugs. At times at shutdown the energy light stays on. I have to boot and shut down the machine again to get it to go off. On the second shut down I get an fascinating noise that is almost like a hiss for a split second before all the fans turn off. Also, it comes with MSI Autoboot program which is no longer to be found on their web site. It's totally worthless, will not boot the Pc for me at all. As for OCing, I've had no difficulties with stability, EXCEPT for working with "Control Center" to return to default settings though OS is running, then it locks up. Would be good if it supported the newest memory clocks, but I don't want it. The reality that I can trust this factor to run for hours when photo rendering without locking up or crashing entirely tends to make up for these minor short comings. Troy, don't stagger the RAM in the DIMM slots. it's not like DDR2, if you only have two sticks they go in DIMM1 and DIMM2, not DIMM 1 and DIMM3. Also, make sure you have mated RAM, and not individually bought sticks. RAM can be picky, and even two sticks from the similar corporation may not operate together. That's why you purchase them in two or four packs as the RAM organization has tested them to ensure they work together. You must also realize that this board doesn't support the fastest RAM clocks out there. So to everybody else who has RAM difficulty with this board, don't try to pin the blame on the board, simply because it's most most likely some thing you're doing, or the RAM itself.MSI 890FXA-GD70AMD Phenom II x4 three.four Ghz BE Deneb8 GBs of Gskill's RIPJAW seriesATI FirePro V5800two 1.five TB WD tough drives700W energy

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Nicely laid out. A lot of USB ports and headers. Very customizable Bios. No active heatsinks, cuts back on noise. Reset button access on the back. PSǘ Ports. Dual NICs, and handy eSATA / USB combo ports. Truly has a full 7 expansion slots.A swift appear at this board shows its got pretty much every thing. About what you would expect out of an 890FX board, loaded to the teeth. Color scheme is nice, and anything is about as uncomplicated to access and overall nicely believed out as you can get these days. Can't figure out how to give you post codes when there are challenges, with beeps or the onboard LEDs. When there is a issue, the motherboard simply enters and endless reboot cycle. I havn't noticed a motherboard of this good quality level do that in over a decade - even budget boards these days have self diagnostic tools that are quite superior.I had a negative memory module, and pinpointing it as the difficulty was just like it was 20 years ago - given that the system wouldnt give me any post code to tell me the challenge, i had to manually check just about every component. Luckily i assumed memory was the challenge so i didnt waste a ton of time, but in this day and age i anticipate self diagnostics to work. Whats worse, in the course of this endless reboot mode, the bios doesnt know how to drop into secure mode - you have to manually reset it into secure mode each and every time you boot it with the switch on the back, or risk staying in the reboot loop regardless. This actually is a high quality board in simple style, and if all the components work proper, you'd by no means notice the only factor i found incorrect with it. Dilemma is, when you have a best tier product from a respected brand name, you anticipate everything to be flawless, and that wasnt the case. I felt like it was a โ Chaintech motherboard from 1995 even though diagnosing issues.Other then that, great board! efficiency is there and it recognized my 1100T out of the box with no flashing the bios, so, overall not a negative item - wouldnt tell an individual not to get it explicitly, like i have with other products in the past, (Asus boards, specifically) but i also in all probability wont purchase from MSI again promptly till i try the competition out first, as i expected more from this price point.

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None. Has fourƯ cpu power phasing, which is NOT the market common. The board's MOSFETs fry either correct out of the box or under any sort of overclock when employing an x4 or x6 processor. This kills power to the CPU and the program won't boot, requiring you to replace the board. This is a Extremely typical problem with this board, search the net and you'd be amazed at all the negative critiques and complaints regarding this precise difficulty...I even have a "my MSI 890fx fried" club thread on a preferred overclock forum where many other people have posted their MOSFET failures with this board and the 790fx. It's NOT a heatsink problem, it's just a lack of quality and dated technology. After getting two of these fry and receiving nowhere with MSI consumer support, Newegg came by means of for me and gave me a full refund(outside of my 30day return policy due to the faulty nature of the board)which was used to buy an Asus CHIV Formula from here(CHIV = ideal board ever, btw). My original review on this 890fx was noticed by an MSI rep who requested that I send them information about my boards and the troubles I had so they could aid me, I did that and THEY By no means REPLIED. Thanks for absolutely nothing, MSI. I will Never acquire a different product from you once more.

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Nice board. effortless overclocking, although im new at it but have messed arround with the settings lightly. it was a pain to install RAID drivers. the manual didnt cover it. only the on-line one did. i knew to put in the cd, but it realy assists to know exactly where in the cd it is. load drivers b4 installing os. please go to msi's internet site to get that .pdf manual. trust me it helped with this. no issues following i recomend this card for gaming ex... little fyi dont go cheep on motherboards. that is the most crucial factor in a laptop. assume of it as the spinal cord, if spine is poor, the brain cant comunicate with other parts. same as the computer.

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reconized all 6 cores on start off,usb three. is a good addition,fairly very good motherboard for the most portion the memory slots are to close to the cpu so if you are wanting a massive heat sink and fan your fairly much out of luck,often it takes two times to start off the board,the dimm slots only has 1 clip so if your thinking of employing the fans from the g skill memory it wont perform for the most part the mobo is fairly decent but for 200 dollars you would think they would of created thoose issues not there

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Getting been with MSI for fairly a few years and there merchandise just maintain finding superior. This is the greatest board I have had. With Sata II and USB III on board it has everthing I required for my new construct. Nothing that I can uncover. If you are looking for a excellent solid AM3 board you can't go wrong with this board. It has everything you want. I got this with a AMD Phenom II x6 1090T, 2x Sapphire Toxic 5850 2g, 8gig G Skill Ripjaws PC3 12800 and a Roswell Lighting 800 driving 3x ASUS VE276Q Black 27' monitors in Eyefinity.

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Very good searching, decent board. If it had overclocking that worked, it may well be a excellent board. Purchased this board in order to use the IDE controller with an Iomega REV Drive, The JMicron IDE controller only supports challenging drives. The manual does not address this. Is shows full IDE support. Also, I can\'t use any of the computer software overclocking tools or BIOS overclocking settings with no a total lockup The processor is a X6-1090T with 16 gig RAM. Talked to tech support and they explained that the overclocking is not supported and would not discuss it with me. When I asked for a supervisor, the rep hung up on me.Back to Asus, this is my last MSI board. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Customer,We would like to apologize for the issue you have experienced with this distinct mb. Please e-mail me directly through usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial number and your complete get in touch with info, topic heading "EAH890FXA". I would like to help you get this resolved.Very best Regards,User SupportMSI Item Support

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we'll see when I get my RMA.. . .I suppose it is pretty. This factor may be great when it functions but they will suffer my one egg rating for sending me a defective mobo. Specially when it fees this considerably. It has enough positive evaluations, I just felt my defective RAM slot must be reflected somewhere. Google the difficulty and you'll see its not hard to locate a few a lot more circumstances of this out there so just be aware of that. The 2nd memory slot was defective and placing any memory in that slot prevents the board from posting (used several confirmed operating RAM sticks of different brands). And you HAVE TO use slots 1 and 2 specifically if you want to run dual channel memory. You have to populate RAM slot 1 for the board to post consequently slot 2 getting defective limited me to single channel memory. I've read others were able to boot with slots three and four populated but that would not work for me. Maybe that was part of the malfunction? Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Client,We would like to apologize for the problem you have experienced with this distinct mb. Please e-mail me directly by way of usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial number and your full contact information, subject heading "EAH890FXA". I would like to aid you get this resolved.Greatest Regards,User SupportMSI Item Support