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MSI X48C Platinum LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

MSI X48C Platinum ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

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Review Summary (read all 18 Reviews)

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Total Reviews:	18

well umm

Reviewed By: DLack on 2/18/2009

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Its a good board... will crossfire, ddr2 OR ddr3, not sure about OCing though.

Cons: pain in the rear to set up, since is doesnt ship with BIOS 7.3 you have to use a much slower CPU i used a intel E1400.

Other Thoughts: if you have the time and energy to try to build this one then use it. it was my first build and it turned out great but if i had to do it again i would use a different board for my first build.

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DANgit

Reviewed By: Ace(mantura) on 2/16/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

Pros: Looks effing BEaUtiful

Cons: Wouldn't post or beep...at all.

Other Thoughts: I guess I should have switched out the processor like the guy said before me. I just didn't have any way to do it, and the RMA time frame is closing fast.

Is there Anyone in Tucson with an extra CPU?

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Yes

Once you get it working...

Reviewed By: Conundrum on 1/14/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Runs great once you get it straightened out.

Cons: Ships (at this time) with 7.0 Bios which does not recognize newer processors and hangs system on powerup.

Other Thoughts: Bought this with an E8500. It started to post then either locked up or continuously power-cycled. I bought a Celeron 430 for $45 and it came right up. Using that I installed the 7.3 bios, swapped my E8500 back in and everything worked perfectly after that.
Weird thing is that I bought a Samsung 1TB HDD with this and during OS install it detected the Samsung as well as two additional "Removable Drives". No idea why. First install it put the OS on "F:" and made the removable drives C: and D: and the CDROM E:. Second install it put the OS on "C:". No idea what that was all about.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Yes

Model
Brand	MSI
Model	X48C Platinum
Supported CPU
CPU Socket Type	LGA 775
CPU Type	Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo
FSB	1600/1333MHz
Chipsets
North Bridge	Intel X48
South Bridge	Intel ICH9R
Memory
Number of Memory Slots	6×240pin
Memory Standard	DDR3 1600 / DDR2 800
Maximum Memory Supported	8GB
Channel Supported	Dual Channel
Expansion Slots
PCI Express 2.0 x16	2
PCI Express x1	2
PCI Slots	3
Storage Devices
SATA RAID	0/1/5/10 Matrix RAID
Onboard Video
Onboard Video Chipset	None
Onboard Audio
Audio Channels	8 Channels
Onboard LAN
Max LAN Speed	10/100/1000Mbps
Rear Panel Ports
PS/2	2
USB 1.1/2.0	8 x USB 2.0
IEEE 1394	1 x IEEE 1394a
eSATA	2 x eSATA 3Gb/s
S/PDIF Out	1 x Optical
Audio Ports	6 Ports
Onboard USB
Onboard USB	4 x USB 2.0
Onboard 1394
Onboard 1394	1x 1394a
Physical Spec
Form Factor	ATX
Windows Vista	Certified for Windows Vista
Power Pin	24 Pin
Features
Features	4-phase PWM IC dual channel PWM design and Hi-c CAP ATI CrossFire Ready MSI Live Update Live Update 3 Support DDR2/DDR3* Circu-Pipe
Packaging
Package Contents	X48C Platinum Driver Disk User Manual Rear I/O Panel Shield IDE/PATA Cable FDD Cable SATA Cable 4-pin to SATA Power Cable USB & IEEE 1394 Bracket Accessories

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