MSI 890GXM-G65 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

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- 2 x16 slots- 6-core capable- USB3- Heat pipes on mosfets- Attractive black and blue colour scheme - None so far... Installed perfectly with Windows 7 x64 with only obtaining to download the most current USB3 driver from MSI.

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Excellent capabilities on the Mobo. This would have to be the easiest Mobo I have ever installed.I like that it can support the AMD X6 CPU.Smaller size tends to make it simple to fit inside my case.Incredibly straightforward to over clock!USB 3.!!! Memory is close to the CPU, make sure you buy a heatsink that isn't massive or it won't match. This is a 5 egg Mobo without having a doubt but it gets four due to the fact the rebate department denied my บ rebate. I have loyally purchased MSI Mobo's for more than a decade now and I feel that I was deceived. Other corporations rebate processes are smooth and simple and even e-mail you with a copy of what they received. MSI leaves you guessing and questioning if they even received it and then you have to hunt down if the rebate was accepted or not. I will have to seriously look at my loyalty to MSI as a client simply because MSI has demonstrated their loyalty to me as a client. Its not about the บ it the principle of matter.

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Really expandable/future-proof with SATA 3, USB three., six-core help, DDR3, and so forth.Pretty good integrated graphics. An extremely annoying high-pitched noise coming from the board while under load. The MSI tech help rep. I spoke with did not speak very very good English and could not tell me if this was a problem or not...This is in a HTPC, so this is a definite deal-breaker for me.I will attempt to RMA this board and see if a replacement has the exact same difficulty. If it does, in the garbage it will go! My initial and final MSI motherboard!

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It was rapid for the 20 minutes it ran. The package was not absolutely sealed. Everything looked in tact so I installed. Attempted to enter BIOS and THERE WAS A PASSWORD SET. I don't know who is at fault right here, but I suspect I received a board a person returned. I am shocked that Newegg would ship a preowned board like this. Being opened, I thought possibly they just upgraded the BIOS, but the CMOS password is unacceptable. The complete point smells fishy.Anyway, cleared the CMOS, successfully entered BIOS and created conservative changes. Saved and exited. Board has not posted due to the fact. I tried clearing the CMOS once again. Nothing performs. I shouldn't have had to clear the CMOS to start with. THERE Ought to NOT HAVE BEEN A PASSWORD SET. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Client,We would like to apologize for the problem you have knowledgeable with this particular mb. Please e-mail me directly via usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial number and your total make contact with facts, subject heading "EAH890GXM". I would like to support you get this resolved.Ideal Regards,User AssistanceMSI Item Assistance

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-SATA six gb/s-overclockable-decent onboard graphics-It's blue -only 1 SATA cable I got this mobo with a combo with my CPU. I have gone into the settings to overclock but I havent necessary to enable overclockingI do use it for casual gaming, with the graphics on medium, every little thing runs smoothly and good. I have not tried it for any graphically intensive games like Crisis or WoW.

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this board is easy to overclock using the overclocking switch each stable at three.7 utilizing antec 1200 case 8 gs of memory 1090t cpu msi 5870 everthing runs fine do not obtain this board if u going to crossfire a 5870 or larger pci express slots are to close together u can hardly put a peice of paper involving the 2 cards and you could harm the fans on the top rated card if a peice of solder from reduced board is sticking up as well higher i tried to cross fire a 5770 and a 5870 and broken the fans on the 5870 it is greatest to use a single with this board

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It has a lot of cool capabilities and easy built in OC switches. I bought this board a month prior to Christmas. I did not but have the rest of my build until Christmas day. I installed every thing and got the pc up and operating. Today 1ቯቧ the board will not quit providing me the BSOD. I can't figure out the difficulty. I took it to my friends shop and he said it's more than most likely the board. I am preparing on returning this board and getting an ASUS mobo. Whoever else has this board, great luck to you. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Consumer,We would like to apologize for the problem you have skilled with this certain mb. Please e-mail me straight through usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial number and your comprehensive get in touch with info, subject heading "EAH890GXM". I would like to help you get this resolved.Very best Regards,User SupportMSI Product Support

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None at all Yet an additional DOA. All hardware outdoors of the motherboard was tested with an alternate (Asus) motherboard and worked completely, all connections have been tripple checked, and so on. Sorry MSI...lost a client right here. I dont want to have to rebuild my pc yet once more and pay much more shipping charges simply because QC on your solutions doesnt appear to be a priority to you. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Consumer,We would like to apologize for the problem you have skilled with this distinct mb. Please e-mail me straight via usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial number and your complete make contact with info, topic heading "EAH890GXM". I would like to assist you get this resolved.Finest Regards,User AssistanceMSI Solution Support

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Easy setup, excellent drivers, and versatile with 6 core assistance and rapid USB three and SATA6 connections. I purchased this to replace an ASUS 785 board which was a discomfort to set up and never seemed to work to my satisfaction. This board worked like a charm correct out of the box. No installation concerns, no driver difficulties. Operating an HDTV off the onboard video adapter had no challenges and expected no tweeking. The automatic overclock switches are nice. it takes the guess work and experimentaton out of Overclocking. I'm Overclocked 20% with rock strong stability without having possessing to fiddle around in the BIOS. No negitive problems with ths board. I'd like to see much better BIOS documentation from MSI' manuals. The suitable angle SATA connectors can be a pain to connect soon after you set up the board. I would suggest connecting a few SATA cables prior to you drop the board into the case This is a non-gameing system primarily used for Multi-media presentation.AMD Phenom II X6 1055T G.Ability 4GB ƒ x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Energy ATX12V V2.2 Modular Active PFC Power Supply and an Antec 300 caseWindows 7 Ultimate

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This board was uncomplicated to install and setup. Further attributes excellent for tweeking. I located no challenges except for difficulty in obtaining compatible RAM exceeding 2GB modules.

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Slim design for HTPC low-profile situations.ATi 4290 with 128mb Dedicated VRAM is a lot of power for watching films and playing older games. Optical spdif out.Crossfire help on a uATX mobo.Rear facing SATA ports maintain SATA cables out of way of long PCI-E cards. It doesn't vacuum my floor. Running steady for practically a year. I leave this point on 24ǝ running Win7 Ultimate and by no means have to restart. I have all my media stored on yet another computer operating 1Gb lan with no issues of pulling x264 video content.If you are seeking for a stylish HTPC case, you need to appear at the MCE303. Difficult to locate but worth the effort.

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none doesn't operate 1) It's "auto" function set the voltage for my OCZ Reaper memory also low, and my AMD 1090T too higher which brought on random crashes until I realized it.two) SATA controllers intermittently fail for no explanation.three) onboard VGA locked up sometimes, as does any video card in the PCIEX16 slot.4) unresponsive RMA support.I've used MSI boards for years, but this a single is junk.Soon after a month of attempting to troubleshoot weird and random failures, I got a hold of a excellent linux-based program diagnostic which told me "system clock unstable". I in no way overclocked something so I know I didn't do it!MSI hasn't responded to my RMA request in 4 days (so far).I've built dozens of systems over the past decade -- MSI utilized to be fantastic. I don't even want a replacement. The 贶 I lost was a lesson learned that I hope you heed and I'm acquiring a Gigabyte as an alternative, which I ought to have performed in the initial spot. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Buyer,We would like to apologize for the challenge you have skilled with this unique mb. Please email me directly by means of usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial number and your full get in touch with facts, topic heading "EAH890GXM". I would like to enable you get this resolved.Best Regards,User HelpMSI Product Assistance

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Worked wonderful for a handful of days. Right after a fresh reload of the OS (XP Pro x 64), functions fine for a couple of days then will not load OS. Varried error codes. Replaced Challenging drive, added memory as per manufactures suggestion, no improvement. Updated bios, no inprovement. On my final attempt, OS loaded fine, clicked on desk top and screen went blank. Sending at my cost to manufacturer for repair . I have another computer system with an MSI 790FX-GD70 motherboard and it operates fantastic. Recomend the 790FX-GD70 and avoiding the possible troubles with the 890GXM. Also recommend returning motherboard at the first sign of difficulty, I spent alot of time attempting to repair the challenge myself and went properly more than the time limit for returning this product. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Customer,We would like to apologize for the situation you have skilled with this unique mb. Please e-mail me straight by way of usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial quantity and your complete make contact with data, topic heading "EAH890GXM". I would like to aid you get this resolved.Greatest Regards,User HelpMSI Solution Support

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Anything else performs good. Integrated graphics will play 3D games at low to medium settings. I'm working with the PNY XLR8 240-Pin 1600 DDR3 SDRAM with this mobo, but when I OC it to 1600 my laptop eventually freezes up. I'd give five stars if I knew it was fully the RAM's fault. Memory test on the RAM at 1333 provides no errors.

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quickly post, x6 compatible, manages power well. little board with large board functionality. incredibly pleased with this product... bios screen is corney, when i saw the box it produced me think twice that i purchased a trash board but not true MSI, get rid of the corney logo on the bios screen, we are in the year 2012! also employ a designer to make you a greater box style, the box looks like its a no frills can of peaches and its far from it, incredibly high good quality board right here undercover

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none This is a followup to my post of 12ǘ񳏊 12ᚱᚳ PM.I submitted an RMA and the new board they sent me is DOA.It won't even boot and MSI sez it checked out fine and will not assist me anymore. I utilised MSI for years, but it appears now they're junk. I'm just write off the 赀 I ended up spending on this motherboard and buy a Gigabyte. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Buyer,We would like to apologize for the problem you have seasoned with this particular mb. Please e-mail me directly through usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial quantity and your comprehensive contact details, topic heading "EAH890GXM". I would like to aid you get this resolved.Ideal Regards,User HelpMSI Item Assistance

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Like the title says this by far the finest micro-atx board on the marketplace, it has all the attributes of a full atx rig. CrossfireX!Awesome bios!Constructed very nicely, up there with the best brands!The side sata ports are in fact easier to get to, I don't know what individuals are complaining with there? Only dilemma I had when installed is I had to clear the CMOS with the jumper simply because it would not let me into bios.

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Other than the hair-pulling very first setup, has worked flawlessly so far. Operating it with a Phenom II x6 1055T and a EVGA 9500 GT and 4GB of 1333 DDR3. Its a beaut. MSI really ought to hire somebody who's better at english to write their directions. They had me going out of the way carrying out points that didn't even operate to flash the BIOS.Oh, speaking of...THE BIOS OUT OF THE BOX DOES NOT Assistance THE X6 PHENOMS, BE Certain TO GO TO THEIR Web page TO Locate THE NEWEST BIOS There's a video on youtube that shows you how to do it in actually about 30 seconds. For the adore of lord gustav don't be like me pulling your hair out for two hours trying to figure out anything to actually operate.

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Fantastic MB!! Operating a X6 1090T and is OC yet runs cool with stock cooler, even under load. There are none.

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Properly My new ASI came in nowadays for my new 6 core construct. This ones wonderful just like the last a single, properly till these days. The ethernet adapter on my 1 that is ONLY 1 MONTH OLD went out.. Will try to see if newegg or the manufacturer stand behind their EGGCELENT buyer service. We'll see. As of suitable now I would not suggest this board like I did in my initial evaluation.... Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Consumer,We would like to apologize for the problem you have skilled with this unique mb. Please e mail me directly by way of usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial quantity and your total contact facts, topic heading "EAH890GXM". I would like to enable you get this resolved.Very best Regards,User HelpMSI Product Assistance

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I am extremely happy with this board. I located most elements of it to be very easy to use and was standard for computer building. It has a lot of choices for overclockers and so far has been really steady. Setting up raids is a little difficult and there is really small documentation on it. This is my initially MSI board (normally use ASUS but my final board i wasnt content with s decided to try MSI) I had to do quiet a bit of analysis to uncover how to get a raid up and running with an existing pair of hard drives. (for a new set of difficult drives it appears like it was much more standard assuming you use windows set up to set up raid) So far i am really pleased with the motherboard more than all and if all continues to go this nicely i will be an MSI customer in the future

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This board saw my Revodrive 120 correct away. It has 6Gb. All the RAM timings (more than are listed on the ram sticker), but as a noob I don't know what these mean so Auto is very good. PCIE x16 and X4. Lots of OC and voltage selections. Installed a Sapphire 5850 (full size Vid) and the Revo drive in the PCIe X4 slot is only 1ǚ inch away. TIGHT! Hopefully the video card doesn't melt. The OC switches just bump the FSB speed ten% each and every. both enabled = 440mHz FSB. I had currently OC'd my 1090T to three.8Ghz and those OC switches made it unstable (kept freezing up Win7). Backed off the CPU OC and functions fine.

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High-finish motherboard in a micro-atx kind element, USB three, mostly specs. Lots of space for substantial heatsinks such as Scythe Large Shuriken (but it covers slots 1 and 2 for RAM). Does not truly go to sleep (fans will nevertheless spin, lights still on). Died twice, with identical symptoms as noted by MassiveOverkill. Motherboard will look like it's in sleep mode (slowly pulsing LED for energy), but will not boot back up. It will, all the same, turn on everything (except POST or CPU) if you unplug the 4-pin CPU header. It tends to do this when left alone, overnight. The first time I solved it by unseating the PCIe graphics and then seated it again, but at the same time, one of the caps above the CPU seemed to have popped and then started emitting smoke. That mentioned, it was the week ahead of finals and I had no time for this... Then the motherboard did it once more, overnight, Monday of finals week, so that was horrible. Went out to a neighborhood shop instead and got a replacement, sent in this for RMA. That's twenty dollars I'll by no means see once more (had to give it to a pal to send in for RMA; was not capable to make it to the post workplace myself, due to the fact I had a flight to catch...). Hopefully the 1 I get back will not have the similar issues. I'd be quite un-enamored with MSI if I spend twenty dollars + the cost of the motherboard, and support turns out to be certainly flaky. I'll try to update this evaluation (can I?) if this gets solved... But beware of this issue nonetheless. You may well want to consider twice prior to employing this motherboard for even semi-crucial applications like schoolwork... 1055t 鲽W version) with XFX 9800gt and 2x 2gb a-data cheapo ram. Manufacturer Response:Dear Valued MSI Buyer,We would like to apologize for the challenge you have experienced with this unique mb. Please e-mail me directly by means of usersupport2@msicomputer.com your mb's serial quantity and your complete make contact with information, subject heading "EAH890GXM". I would like to assist you get this resolved.Most effective Regards,User HelpMSI Product Help

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Seems like a decent set of capabilities for the value. Very straightforward to install, didn't have to mess with any settings to get it to perform. I got this MB as part of a DIY Computer Combo kit. When I initially place it with each other, I would regularly get CMOS Terrible Checksum messages. Immediately after a whilst, I couldn't get the Computer to boot. Right after some investigation, I discovered the battery was not seated properly in its little socket, so as soon as I pressed it firmly in spot, the MB began functioning flawlessly. The Radeon HD 4290 on-board graphics, although not at all large-finish, is fairly reasonable for integrated graphics. Operates great for most apps and has no trouble rendering blu-ray movies. Also involves HDMI output.By default, the CMOS sets the CPU fan to run at full speed all the time. Possibly this is necessary for a greater finish or seriously overclocked processor, but with my Phenom II X4 955 operating at stock speed, it is just not required. I tweaked the CMOS to only increase the fan speed when the CPU gets hot (which it seldom does), so now my Pc runs quite quietly most of the time.

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value, futures, HDMI and so on.. agree with prev about not a lot of space for large heatsinks because of the RAM slots are realy close to the CPU.