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MSI 970A-G43 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

  • AMD 970
  • Phenom II / Athlon II / Sempron 100 Series
  • DDR3 2133(OC)/1866(OC)
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The MSI 970A-G43 Motherboard generously delivers performance, quality, reliability, and an array of MSI features at a competitive price. It's based on the AMD 970 North Bridge/AMD SB950 South Bridge chipsets, offering perfect support for AMD's powerful "FX" series processors in AM3+ packaging. Four DDR3 memory slots with dual-channel support, latest generation SATA 6Gbps, and Gigabit Ethernet LAN give you the essentials to build a performance system. USB 3.0 is also integrated for blazing fast data transfer. Add in the exclusive MSI features and super build quality MSI is known for, you'll know the MSI 970A-G43 is the foundation you can count on for your next powerhouse, whether for work or play.

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


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  • Amanda B.
  • 10/21/2014 7:08:29 AM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

5 out of 5 eggsWorks and runs amazing

Pros: Worked well with AMD 8350
Easy one click OC
70$

Cons: None what so ever

Other Thoughts: I paid this with a FX 8350 and it worked very well, this board and this CPU were meant to be together.

Others have stated it doesn't do well with the FX chips, but I've been impressed since day one.

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  • CALEB P.
  • 10/18/2014 9:47:32 AM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

3 out of 5 eggsCould be better

Pros: 1. It will run with an fx-8150 in the socket. (Mine is clocked @ 4.2ghz and 1.36v)

2. Supports SLI, dual gtx 660's are just nice looking

3. I can fit my firewire PCI card in between my GPU's

4. Well the pros pretty much end there

Cons: Well... First, the board has the HIGHEST temps I have EVER seen on a motherboard. 100C+!!!! Definitely not supposed to have 125w cpu's installed. And yes, I do have adequate airflow around the board itself. (I've even pointed a box fan directly at the board and it still hits 100C) If the CPU even gets up to 100% load, the board takes a dump and freezes the entire machine. Not very good for someone who encodes a TON. MSI definitely needs to revise their CPU support for this particular board.

Other Thoughts: MSI you have never failed me before, but this time was a real bummer.

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  • Stephen L.
  • 10/15/2014 9:53:27 AM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

3 out of 5 eggsJackpot; or so I thought. 125W CPU Warning

Pros: 6x Sata III, USB 3.0, easy to setup, price.

Cons: VRM/Mosfet temps out of control. Advertised as 125W CPU support when it shouldn't be.

Other Thoughts: I was looking for a board to go with my 125W Phenom II X6 1090T that had USB 3.0 and Sata III. This board seemed to have it all at a great price.

Hardware and software setup was pleasant. I used a Cooler Master Hyper T4 with Arctic Silver 5. I began stress-testing the setup with Prime95 while using OpenHardwareMonitor to monitor everything. Stock speeds and all volts on Auto.

After 15 minutes at full load, CPU temp never broke 45C and my fans were still running at low RPMs (under 50% speed) with plenty of headroom. Great.
Northbridge hit 65C. Acceptable.
MOSFETS HIT 100C! CPU clock speeds were unstable at this point.

The only reason why the mosfets did not go over 100C is because the motherboard throttles down the vcore and clock speeds at this temp. There goes my overclocking hopes since the board won't even handle my CPU at stock.

This is a design flaw or false advertising, as there really should be a heatsink over the mosfets.

At this point, I knew overclocking was out of the picture, so I decided to try to control the VRM temps:

I undervolted the CPU as far as I could while remaining stable in Prime95. This actually dropped my mosfet temps to 85C max. Throttling averted, but temps still higher than expected.

My Hyper T4 could only be oriented blowing up or down, but not sideways. This does not help the VRM temps, so I threw on the stock AMD cooler which dissipates heat sideways. This dropped my mosfet temps to 81C max. Unfortunately, this raised the noise level a lot compared to my aftermarket cooler.

I then rigged an 80mm fan to blow somewhere between the northbridge heatsink and mosfets. I attached 1 corner of the 80mm fan onto the first PCIe screw hole to achieve this. This final modification dropped my mosfet temps to 75C max.

An aftermarket heatsink over the mosfets would probably drop temps into a more comfortable range, but this modification would cost over $30.

Never in my dozens of builds have VRM temps been this wild.

Final thoughts:
I'd recommend NOT using any cpu higher than 95W. Do keep an eye on your VRM temps if you are overclocking or using a 125W cpu.

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  • NETSPEND C.
  • 10/14/2014 7:41:22 AM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

1 out of 5 eggscheap

Pros: good price
easy to install

Cons: plastic parts easy to brake
stop working in 3 months

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,
Based on the symptom you reported, we suggest you checking following steps below since many reasons can cause the situation like this ,
1. Check and make sure that power are connected correctly and firmly (JPWR1 and JPRW2).
2. Clear CMOS jumper / battery.
3. Check your other major hardware’s (memory, video card, CPU and power supply) to ensure that they are not the cause of the issue.
4. If you need further assistant, please feel free to contact our technical support department directly at 626.271.1004 from M to F, 6am to 6pm Pacific standard Time.

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

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  • Dale C.
  • 10/7/2014 6:14:36 AM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: more than 1 year
  • Verified Owner

2 out of 5 eggsNot as it seems

Pros: Not Many

Cons: No memory module support. Never start and run properly. With no physical change the machines always starts up with problems

Other Thoughts: I tried two of theses boards they both have about the same issues

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,
Based on the symptom you reported, we suggest you checking following steps below since many reasons can cause the situation like this ,
1. Check and make sure that power are connected correctly and firmly (JPWR1 and JPRW2).
2. Check your other major hardware’s (memory, video card, CPU and power supply) to ensure that they are not the cause of the issue.
3. If you need further assistant, please feel free to contact our technical support department directly at 626.271.1004 from M to F, 6am to 6pm Pacific standard Time.

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

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  • Cody C.
  • 10/5/2014 1:25:56 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
  • Verified Owner

1 out of 5 eggsthis motherbord said it was vary poor. plastic broke vary easily and tolly stoped working

Pros: When it worked it was fine
vary compatible with different hardware

Cons: Poor quality

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,
Based on the symptom you reported many reasons can cause the situation like this, please do not hesitate to contact us directly by email at usreview@msi.com or by phone at 626.271.1004 M-F, 6AM to 6PM PST. We will be more than happy to assist you.

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

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  • Ethan V.
  • 9/26/2014 9:12:06 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

4 out of 5 eggsBought as a replacement

Pros: Decent amount of features for a budget board

Good price

Cons: Somewhat flimsy, make sure you support this motherboard well when installing components, lots of flex.

No heatsink on the VRM. That being said, I run a constant 10% overclock and haven't reached any unreasonable temps.

Other Thoughts: Good value, replacing a failed ASrock 890GX Pro 3, no compaints for the price.

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  • Ishmael C.
  • 9/26/2014 3:23:45 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
  • Verified Owner

3 out of 5 eggsAlls well BUT

Pros: It smells really nice in the wrapping. It looks quite shiny and ready to be used.

Cons: I hadn't thought to check if it came with standoff screws as the case that I bought had standoffs already set. It would be quite nice to get going with my installation but it's difficult to find the screws let alone screw size in my area. I'll review again when I get started.

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  • Claudia C.
  • 9/24/2014 4:24:33 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: more than 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsGood and Cheap

Pros: Great overall basic motherboard.
Very nice features for an low budget build.

Cons: not attractive to the eyes for those builds with windows

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  • Jacob S.
  • 9/21/2014 7:52:49 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

4 out of 5 eggsDecent for the price

Pros: This is a decent cheap mobo for budget gaming builds. supports FX bulldozer cpus and 16x pcie

Cons: The only con is there are no heatsinks on the vrm's so if your overclocking you must have good airflow or a fan over them

Other Thoughts: I use this as a gaming board able to overclock my fx 6300 to 4.8 ghz stable at 1.4125 volt, if your going to do this too on this board upgrade to a liquid or better then stock cooler and use the fan from the stock heatsink to blow directly on the vrms to cool, you can also add your own heatsink to them using mosfet ones.

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