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Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: more than 1 year
Pros: Good bios overclocking settings. Jumped right in with a Phenom II 940 and was able to go nuts with OC settings.
Cons: Could use a few more voltage options in the bios. VCore is slightly limited (1.55v max) where as the Phenoms will easily accept much more voltage with proper cooling.
Other Thoughts: PAY ATTENTION BEFORE YOU GIVE A BAD RATING: Hybrid crossfire will NOT, I repeat, NOT work with any ATi video card in the HD 48XX series. It is designed to work with only a select few video cards (i.e. HD 2400 pro, HD 3450, HD 3470). So don't buy a motherboard for Hybrid Crossfire unless you have one of these cards and check ATi' website for compatability.
Phenom II 940 BE (OC'ed to 3.65Ghz) 8Gb OCZ PC8500 DDR2 1066 (@ 5-5-5-15 DDR2 800) 3 WD Caviar 320Gb Harddrives in RAID 0 Two HD 3870's crossfired. Antec 900 case Antec NeoPower 650W power supply
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Cool chipset
Reviewed By: matt on 7/26/2009
Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: chipset runs about 10C lower than my dfi 790fx mobo
Cons: price same as am3 boads
Other Thoughts: dfi mobo was running hot so i tried flashing the bios and now I have to reset cmos everytime it falls asleep, so I got this board
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9mos, all good.
Reviewed By: mark on 7/10/2009
Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Solid construction, decent layout, stable, solid caps, decent NB cooling, decent bios, decent IGP, good-enough manual, on board dip switches for power and overclock. Still using original bios from 9mos ago...no woes with Ubuntu 8.x thru 9.04.
Cons: BIOS resets to ugly monster pic if I add/remove Nvidia 9600gso vid card...meh. (apparently some windows users have serious bios stumbles but that's not a factor in linux)
Other Thoughts: Bought as part of combo deal -- wasn't really on my radar -- but it was an easy build with excellent fit and finish. Would buy again (AM3 version next time). Linux doesn't like Ati/Fglrx but that's not the board's fault. IGP is fine for 2d linux; 3d? HD video? try nvidia.
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Model
Brand
MSI
Model
DKA790GX
Supported CPU
CPU Socket Type
AM2+/AM2
CPU Type
Phenom II / Phenom / Athlon 64 / Sempron Supports AMD AM3 CPU up to 140W
FSB
2600MHz Hyper Transport (5200 MT/s)
Chipsets
North Bridge
AMD 790GX
South Bridge
AMD SB750
Memory
Number of Memory Slots
4×240pin
Memory Standard
DDR2 1066/800 (DDR2 1066 only for AM2+)
Maximum Memory Supported
8GB
Channel Supported
Dual Channel
Expansion Slots
PCI Express 2.0 x16
1 x mazarine PCI Express x16 slot with x16 operation (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant) 1 x light-blue PCI Express x16 slot with x8 operation (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant) - When 2 PCI Express x16 slots are all installed, the PCIE x 16 lanes will auto arrange form x16/ x0 to x8/ x8. Do not use the light-blue slot when only one PCI Express x16 card is installed.
Reviewed By: on 7/29/2009
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: more than 1 year
