MSI 790FX AM3 Motherboard
Posted by: Jase
Thursday, 21 May 2009 08:28 10,788 views
Product:MSI 790FX-GD70
Reviewer: Dave Pung
Date: 05/13/2009
Price: $179.99
Provided By: MSI
Company URL: www.msi.com.tw
About MSI:
Micro-Star International Corporation, Ltd. (TSEC: MSI, 2377) is one of the IT industry’s leading manufacturers of computer hardware products and solutions, including world’s top five and Taiwan’s top three motherboard manufacturer, Taiwan biggest and world’s top five server manufacturer, and has been the leading graphic card manufacturer for the past four years. Today MSI is pressing forward with the development of new products, such as notebooks and consumer electronic products. The sales of MSI’s MP3 product has been growing rapidly, making MSI one of the top MP3 product suppliers in Taiwan since 2004. Through world class engineering, manufacturing & design innovation, MSI is dedicated to providing leading-edge hardware products and robust solutions that are easy to implement and integrate while also enhancing overall performance, value and ultimately the individual end user’s personal digital life experience. With annual worldwide sales of US $2.4 Billion in 2005, MSI ranks 26 in the Taiwan Top 1000 Companies for 2005. For more information and product details please visit www.msi.com.tw
MSI 790FX-GD70
Specs: CPU
|
• |
Supports 64-bit |
|
• |
Supports AMD CPU |
|
• |
For latest |
Chipset
• AMD 790FX (AMD RD790) Chipset |
|
| - | HyperTransport connection to AMD Phenom/Athlon processor |
| - | HyperTransport supporting speed up to 2.6GHz (5200mt/s) |
| - | Supports 4 PCI-E x 16, & 1 PCI-E X 1 |
|
|
|
• ATI SB750 Chipset |
|
| - | Supports SATAII controllers for six drives |
| - | Supports single channel Ultra DMA 100/133 master mode EIDE controller |
| - | Supports Hi-Speed (USB2.0) controller 480 mb/s transfer rate up to 11 ports |
Main Memory
| • | Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600*/1800*/2133* (OC) SDRAM, 16GB Max |
|
|
|
Slots
| • | Four PCI Express X16 slots , support ATI CrossFire Technology (PCI Express Bus Specification v2.0 compliant) {Slot configurations: Dual CrossFire (16X+16X), Quad CrossFire |
| • | One PCI Express X1 slot |
| • | Two 32-bit PCI slots (3.3v/5v PCI Bus Master slots) |
On-Board IDE / SATA
| • | An IDE controller on the ATI SB750 chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100 operation modes. |
| - | Can connect up to 2 IDE devices |
| • | SB750 supports 6 SATA II ports (SATA1-6). Transfer rate is up to 300MB/s. |
| - | Supports up to 6 SATA |
| - | RAID 0 or 1, 0+1, 5 is supported |
| - | RAID function work w/ SATA/SATAII HDDs |
| • | JMicron JMB322 controller supports 2 SATAII (SATA7/8) & eSATA port |
| - | RAID 0, 1, is supported |
| - | RAID function work with SATA/SATAII HDDs |
BIOS
| • | The mainboard BIOS provides “Plug & Play” BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically. |
| • | The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications. |
| • | Supports boot from LAN, USB Device 1.1 & 2.0 and SATA HDD |
Audio
| • |
8 Channel |
|
• |
True Blu-ray |
| • | Compliance with Azalia v1.0 spec. |
| • | Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing |
LAN
| • | Dual Realtek® 8111DL Gb LAN chip |
| - | Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1000Mb/s |
| - | Compliance with PCI-Express v1.0a |
IEEE1394
| • | VIA VT6315N controller |
| • | Support up to 2 IEEE 1394 ports (rear x 1 / front x 1) |
| • | Transfer rate up to 400 mbps. |
On-Board Peripherals
| - | 1 floppy port supports 1 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes |
| - | 1 serial port (supported by pin-out) |
| - | 1 audio jack (6-in-1), coaxial/fibre SPDIF out |
| - | 11 USB 2.0 ports (Rear x 7 / Front x 4) |
| - | 2 RJ45 LAN jack |
| - | 1 eSATA/USB share port |
| - | 2 IEEE 1394 a connectors (Rear x 1/ Front x 1) |
| - | 1 CD-in pinheader |
Dimension 12 in (L) x
9.75 in(W) ATX Form Factor
Mounting 9 mounting
holes
Features
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
The MSI Live |
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
Norton - Blocks online identity theft by phishing Web sites - Detects and eliminates spyware - Removes viruses and Internet worms automatically - Protects against hackers |
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
AMD |
Picture time, its picture time, time to get your crayons and your cameras!
Tags: Motherboard
