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MSI 990FXA-GD80 V2 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

  • AM3+
  • AMD 990FX
  • 4×240pin DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1800*/2133* (OC)
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A great blend of performance, features and quality, the MSI 990FXA-GD80V2 AM3+ motherboard offers a solid base stone for your power house with everything you want and nothing you don't. AMD 990FX chipset natively supports the AM3+ processors allowing you to make the most of the latest computing technology. Harnessing groundbreaking DrMOS technology, precise and robust power supply to the CPU is made possible even during demanding situation. Take advantage of Military Class Components for industry leading stability and reliability. Unlock hidden CPU core and potential with a simple press of a button via the OC Genie. Enjoy a great boost of system performance with USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s. Lossless 24-bit/192KHz HD Audio and THX TruStudio PRO, an excellent complement to the solid performance, push your experience to a new level with exquisite, immersive sound reproduction.



 

  • newegg Military Class II The perfect trinity of quality, stability and efficiency all exist at one mainboard to meet end user expectations. The MSI Military Class II series products provide the long lifespan, unparalleled quality, extreme performance and ultimate efficiency. Insisting on the best stability, MSI utilizes Hi-c CAPs on Military Class series. Made of the rare element Tantalum, often used on space shuttles and satellites, which sustains very high temperatures and shows an amazingly high electrical conductivity. The super Ferrite Chokes use a Ferrite core that is Super-Permeable. Compare with traditional choke, the Super Ferrite Chokes run at a 35 degree Celsius lower temperature. The lower working temperature will enhance mainboard stability. For providing the highest quality products, Solid CAPs are also built in the entire Military Class series. This not only makes bursting capacitors a non-issue but also ensures a dramatically extended lifetime and ultra-low ESR.
  • newegg DrMOS In order to provide customers stable and high quality products, starting from P45 series mainboards, MSI is leading the industry to introduce the world's most advanced power supply component, DrMOS (Driver-MOSFET), which integrates Driver IC, Top MOSFET and Bottom MOSFET into one chip. Except for its outstanding performance in power saving, DrMOS possesses switch frequency which is 400% faster than traditional MOSFET and has great improvement in stabilizing power supply and voltage control. Even under heavy loading and overclocking conditions, DrMOS can still provide the most stable and efficient power supply and quality.
  • newegg OC Genie II – Overclock & Unlock CPU Core in 1 Second OC Genie II, the most powerful and easy overclocking technology is implemented on MSI's AMD 9-Series mainboards. MSI's OC Genie II completely automates advanced overclocking functions and offers up to 248% higher performance with the simple click of a button. It does not matter if you're a first time hardware owner, or a veteran overclocker, activating MSI OC Genie II will unlock your hidden CPU cores, overclock your CPU and your memory to simply give you the best and stable performance for free on MSI AMD 9-Series mainboard available.
  • newegg APS (Active Phase Switching) Active Phase Switching, APS, technology is an intelligent design that helps to save energy on MSI’s mainboards. The underlying idea is to switch off the power supply as soon as no electricity is needed, and when the system needs more resources again, APS will automatically adjust electricity supply accordingly. APS will automatically detect your processor’s loading at any given time and save energy accordingly. This is only possible by means of a very advanced power controlling technology. Other than software-based solutions, APS technology stands out from MSI's own research. The specially developed IC chip can operate automatically depending on the demands of the power supply, which is to reduce the total power usage.
  • newegg USB 3.0 & SATA III Compared to the 480Mbps provided by traditional USB 2.0, the all-new USB 3.0's 5Gb/s offers 10 times the transfer bandwidth, so transferring a Blu-ray movie takes less than one minute. MSI also has implemented a front panel USB 3.0 port, making the use of an external USB 3.0 device even more convenient. SATA 6Gb/s provides double the bandwidth of traditional SATA 3Gb/s, and increases the data transfer rate between your mainboard and internal storage devices, such as 7200RPM HDDs, 10000RPM HDDs and SSDs. It’s also the current trend for upcoming high-speed internal storage devices to break the existing bottleneck of a PC’s performance.
  • newegg AMD CrossFireX & NVIDIA SLI AMD CrossFireX / NVIDIA SLI technology allow two or more discrete graphics cards to work in concert in one computer system for scalable gaming performance. With these technology, the traditional graphics limitation exists no more, bringing your gaming to a new level of smooth and realism.

Learn more about the MSI 990FXA-GD80 V2

Model

Brand
MSI
Model
990FXA-GD80 V2

Supported CPU

CPU Socket Type
AM3+
CPU Type
FX / Phenom II / Athlon II / Sempron 100 Series
FSB
2600MHz Hyper Transport (5200 MT/s)

Chipsets

North Bridge
AMD 990FX
South Bridge
AMD SB950

Memory

Number of Memory Slots
4×240pin
Memory Standard
DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1800*/2133* (OC)
Maximum Memory Supported
32GB
Channel Supported
Dual Channel

Expansion Slots

PCI Express 2.0 x16
4 (2x16, 1x8, 1x4)
PCI Express x1
2
PCI Slots
1

Storage Devices

SATA 6Gb/s
6 x SATA 6Gb/s
SATA RAID
0/1/5/10

Onboard Video

Onboard Video Chipset
None

Onboard Audio

Audio Chipset
Realtek ALC892
Audio Channels
8 Channels

Onboard LAN

LAN Chipset
Realtek 8111E
Max LAN Speed
10/100/1000Mbps

Rear Panel Ports

PS/2
2
USB 1.1/2.0
4 x USB 2.0
USB 3.0
2 x USB 3.0
IEEE 1394
1 x IEEE 1394a
eSATA
2 x eSATA / USB 2.0 Combo ports
S/PDIF Out
1 x Optical, 1 x Coaxial
Audio Ports
6 Ports

Internal I/O Connectors

Onboard USB
2 x USB 3.0 + 4 x USB 2.0
Onboard 1394
1 x 1394a
Other Connectors
1 x ATX 24-pin power connector
1 x ATX 8-pin 12V CPU power connector
CPU x 1 / System x 4 FAN connectors
1 x Front panel audio connector
1 x Front panel connector
1 x Chassis intrusion switch connector
1 x Serial port connector
1 x Power button
1 x Reset button
1 x OC Genie button
1 x Debug LED display
1 x Clear CMOS jumper
1 x SPDIF-out connector
1 x TPM module connector

Physical Spec

Form Factor
ATX
Dimensions
12.0" x 9.6"
Power Pin
24 Pin

Features

Features
Superb Stability: Military Class Components

OC Genie: Easy Overclocking Technology

Unlock CPU Core: Unlock hidden CPU core and potential

DrMOS: Best power efficiency

Support USB 3.0 AND SATA 6Gb/s

Lossless 24bit/192kHz HD Audio

Quick Info

Warranty

  • Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
  • Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years


Customer Reviews of the MSI 990FXA-GD80 V2

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  • Boss 302
  • 6/16/2013 4:44:47 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsSolid

Pros: Well built

Cons: Had an issue with getting the correct Win 7 USB 3.0 host controller drivers.

Other Thoughts: Wish it had another USB 3.0 header. Running FX8350 with 16GB of ram. Working great.

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  • N/A
  • 6/12/2013 8:28:41 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsGreat board

Pros: Great looking board, easy to setup, lots of options to put cards.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: I've only bought EVGA in the past, but a friend suggested trying an MSI board and I'm really impressed with it so far. Depending how this holds up, I will be coming back when I need another upgrade.

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  • Blakbox21
  • 6/11/2013 11:29:34 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

4 out of 5 eggsproblems oc'ing

Pros: its beautiful, and fits well with any black-and-blue build. right angle SATA headers make it easy to connect all of the cables, pretty lights, debug codes, and internal buttons. funky esata/usb ports on the back. WONDERFUL uefi bios. makes everything easy to find and alter. IT COMES WITH A BUILT IN LINUX SYSTEM FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!

Cons: slot placement was a bit of a problem, partially due to the incorrect placement of my water cooler (h80i). OC GENIE. do not use it! i tried it to overclock my fx-8350, and it blue screened 4 times before i disabled it. this board does not let me adjust the cpu bus speed, but only the multiplier. also, cpu-z is showing the voltage at 1.246, but when i set it manually, it fails. not the best board for overclocking. at least not the way i know how to

Other Thoughts: if you don't plan on doing any overclocking, this board will do you just fine.

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  • RoosterPenguin
  • 6/10/2013 7:02:23 PM
  • Tech Level: Average
  • Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

4 out of 5 eggsGreat motherboard

Pros: This is a great motherboard, too many cons to describe them all

Cons: Look at other thoughts
I had to knock an egg off. :(

Other Thoughts: I had this problem in which the debug led panel was giving me "FF". I had this problem with the 890fx before so I did the following. Remove the RAM and insert one into the FOURTH slot. I don't know why it works but it just does. Hope this cleared out some issues.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

We apologize for the issues that you are having with this product.
Are you still having any issues right now? Feel free to let us know at usreview@msi.com and we can assist you to resolve them, thank you.

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

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  • AMD4LIFE
  • 5/28/2013 6:22:14 PM
  • Tech Level: Average
  • Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsMSI - A Company You Can Trust!

Pros: There are simply too many options to list, there is NOTHING it can't do, Best board I ever owned hands down.

I love the Digital CPU temp display on the motherboard in real time. I always know where I am at when gaming by just a quick glance.

THX Studio PRO built in the Motherboard!!!! WOW!!!

And with MILITARY GRADE COMPONENTS and TESTED, it is a no brainer.

I love you MSI

Cons: None!

Other Thoughts: If your looking for a killer AM3+ board, THIS IS IT!!!

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  • N/A
  • 5/28/2013 9:56:45 AM
  • Tech Level: Average
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

2 out of 5 eggsFF Code

Pros: Like the Board layout

Cons: Got a FF code post when replaced the power supply

Other Thoughts: I have switched from Asus boards to MSI, but I didnt expect to get a FF code when all i did was replace the power supply. Seems kinda sensitive to me.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

We apologize for the issues that you are having with this product.
FF is caused when JPWR2 is not connected. You will need both JPWR1 & JPWR2 hooked up in order to get the system to work.

If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch with our tech support team directly at 626.271.1004 for assistance during regular business hours from M to F, 9am to 6pm Pacific Time.
Or you can email us at usreview@msi.com, thank you.

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

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  • Vid guy and builder
  • 5/27/2013 6:59:30 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsWorked good

Pros: It is a nice looking board and it worked flawlessly right out of the box. It has good features and accessories. The 8GB of memory bundle made it a great deal.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: I use this, a top of the line 8 core, a GTX660oc vid card with 2gb, 8GB of ram, and an SSD to edit hi def video in a really fast paced setting. It works pretty good, especially for the price of the build.

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  • Panther57
  • 5/26/2013 11:42:21 AM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: more than 1 year

5 out of 5 eggs1Yr and going... MSI Rocks.

Pros: Great Overclocking capabilities.
UEFI Bios/ClickBiosII.
MSI Quality made.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: I upgraded from an MSI 790FX-GD70 to this. Overclocking is amazing with the Bios settings and the boards abilities. I'm running an FX-8150 at 4.0Ghz with ease. Mine is the 1st version, but there is no difference with V2 except the preloaded Bios. I also own the 990FX-GD65. This is a better board (my GD65 is running my HTPC), just not as many Bios features.
It's an awesome board. Get one and you'll be bragging too.

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  • ryn.cor21
  • 5/23/2013 10:34:17 AM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: more than 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsGreat Customer Service/Warranty - Stable MOBO

Pros: Great motherboard all together and has everything you need to run a Vishera out of the box. I ordered this board because I got one DOA from Newegg and I stepped it up to this one instead of a cheaper one from MSI. This board has been a pain in the neck because the sideways USB 3.0 ports onboard. I bent the pins on the connector and got a RMA from MSI. Then I got a new board that has good pins but wont post. Finally a new RMA from MSI and I get a good board with good USB pins and believe me I took my time carefully hooking up the USB bracket. I am reviewing this board again with a good rating because of the friendly people over the phone that helped me get my system up and running again. It has been a great customer service experience and this MOBO comes with a great warranty. It is a must have purchase.

Cons: USB 3.0 port onboard needs to be carefully plugged in to avoid damage to the pins unless you have a really big case with lots of room to make mistakes. THE RMA PROCESS IN TOTAL TOOK OVER A MONTH! I really don't care how long it takes but a word of advice, check every port on a new motherboard and RMA it fast from Newegg instead of waiting a month from the manufacturer.

Other Thoughts: Get this board, find any problems right away, and get it straightened out with Newegg. You will be a happy customer.

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  • Mofiki
  • 5/15/2013 11:15:41 AM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsBest Motherboard for Over-clocking Hands Down

Pros: This board has plenty of PCI-e ports to fit anything you need as well as easy installation into your case. The board is esthetically pleasing for those that have view port on case. Perfect for a 3 GPU setup (Bitcoin Mining Rig)

Cons: None that I can think of so far

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There are only two motherboard manufacturers with which I've NEVER had a problem. One of those has been gone for years; ...
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MSI sent me this board as a RMA replacement for the 990FXA-GD80 motherboard, which had a BIOS failure. There is no difference ...
— Canetrane 5/28/2012


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