Pros: Pretty good. It doesn't support Windows 8 or higher.

Cons: Really good motherboard for beginners in my opinion

Other Thoughts: The SATA ports are in a bad spot l. I put in my 970 GPU and I couldn't plug any of the SATA ports in. Had to plug in SATA before the card

Pros: Great fan speed control. The fan speed changes very gradually with increasing heat.

Cons: I would rather have another PCIe slot instead of the PCI. There are very few slots, so it does not make sense to allocate 1/3 just for backward compatibility.

Pros: None

Cons: First one was DOA. Second one lasted about a month before going bad.

Other Thoughts: I will not ever purchase another MSI board again!

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valuable Customer
Sorry to hear about the issue you reported. Before considering an RMA can you check following steps below since many reasons can cause the situation like this ,
1. Check and make sure that power are connected firmly, clear CMOS.
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 possible test the motherboard outside of the case to eliminate any possible grounding 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, 9am to 6pm Pacific standard Time.

Thanks for choosing MSI

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

Pros: Works

Cons: I bought this because it has 2 6gb ports. Plug in my 6gb hdd. Nope, does work. 3gb ports work just fine. Oh and no real manual for this thing. I wouldnt know if i was doing anything wrong cause the manual sucks, it about 10'pages long in about 50 different languages. Making it look like its a good manual. Not happy. But it works nonetheless. Your judgement call.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for the feedback. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the product, suggestions for improvement for us, please do not hesitate to contact us directly at usreview@msi.com and we will be more than happy to assist you, thank you.

Thanks for choosing MSI

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MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

Pros: Works well. Good solid board. I have an AMD Callisto 550 processor in it now, plan on using an FX 4350 Later on. At 3.2 GHZ, this MB and proc combo works well and does not heat up badly as others have noted. Everything seems to work . The onboard Radeon 3000 graphics puts out good quality images on my monitor (VGA). I set it up using 1024 mb of memory and it's still a fast computer. The fast USb and Fast SATA work well. For an inexpensive motherboard, I'm very pleased with it.

Cons: This is just a mild gripe, but the BIOS is a little archaic, but works well. I could not get the BIOS to start at first, but by using a jumper on the cmos pins, I soon had it up and running well. Removing the CMOS battery and putting it back didn't help.As soon as I removed the jumper, I got it right into Bios and then the OS booted. No hiccups since then.

Other Thoughts: If you are looking for a good little inexpensive motherboard for a build that is fun and runs a lot of programs well, then you ought to look at this one. Just because the chipsets and BIOS are " so last thursday" doesn't mean it won't perform well.

Pros: Now that I finally got this board working it is pretty good. I spent about 12 hours doing research to try to get this board running. Turns out the board didn't come with a USB Pin Cover. I had to use a pin cover from my old mobo and once I put that on the pins it booted right up!

Cons: My graphics card covers up 1/2 of my SATA slots. other than that nothing

Other Thoughts: I give 4 eggs because of the board not coming with that pin i needed and it gave me a head ache to fix.

Pros: Very good quality hardware. Default BIOS settings are near perfect, but I did enable Quiet-and-Cool and Core-Unlock. +1 for having a BIOS and not UEFI as I run Slackware Linux and UEFI has been very disappointing as a replacement for the standard BIOS.

Cons: Not enough to knock off any eggs but I did have a few gripes that could be improved upon.

1. The BIOS settings for some options are not listed or described well. I had to reset my BIOS after a setting prevented the system from actually powering on.

2. Updating the BIOS is rather problematic. Some manufacturers allow updates within the OS, but this one does not, and I'm unsure how to do this. There is an update, but there's very little documentation on how to use the update at all.

3. The AMD Core Unlock software could be updated to run on various Windows platforms. I run Server 2012 R2 (mostly due to it being a freebie from my college) rather than standard Windows and it doesn't work for me. Not that I need it, but it would be nice to know if my Quad-Core AMD FX has any extra capabilities.

The video chip support by AMD is abysmal. The Radeon HD 3000 drivers are severely limited and the latest drivers have lots of unresolved bugs and are limited to Windows 7/8 officially only. The OpenGL support is so bad, none of my OpenGL apps would even run on the Radeon HD 3000.

Microsoft has Windows 10 drivers but I haven't been able to test them to see if they work at all. Windows 8.1 is barely supported at all. AMD is completely inept at proper hardware support and reliable drivers are nonexistent. Get an Nvidia GPU to pair up with this board or you'll regret it. In contrast, the Linux and Xorg support for the GPU is spot on and out of the box, this is a wonderful system for Slackware Linux.

MSI, you should rethink using AMD graphics and use Nvidia instead. Better drivers and better support overall. Radeons are just trash.

Other Thoughts: I love the fact this is a modern motherboard with a standard BIOS, and not UEFI which is still very non-standardized even among other vendors, and super problematic with alternative operating systems. I wish more vendors had stuck to, and sold, more BIOS based motherboards rather than UEFI.

Many UEFI systems still have glitches and other issues due to there being no real uniform standardization other than the loose-knit specifications presented by Microsoft. Plus, it was EXTREMELY nice to migrate a Linux based install from one PC to another without reformatting the drive, losing data, all just to accommodate UEFI. For that, MSI, you have my eternal thanks.

Pros: I like this motherboard because it was cheap price but the when it comes to smart motherboard it's Sucks.

Cons: This motherboard i Spent So many hours from 7pm-3am. Here Are the Problems that i have i can't call it Dead motherboard since it's working but when i restart this it tells me "Can't find Any device". and after that either it will Beeps when windows Shows, when i press reset it says "Preparing automatic Repair" But Nothing happen not even repairing it stuck there saying repairing but nothing. So then my SATA cables one is My DVD and the Other is Hard Drive, i have 1-6 3Gbs SATA Slots and 2 6Gbs SATA Slot. Sinces i can't Use the SATA From 1,3,5, 7 they are Covered from my Thick Video Card. the only i can Use SATA's are 2,4,6 and 8, it reads my DVD on # 2 and i put my Hard drive on #6 it works. But still saying "Can't find Any Device" Still No Bios. And if i press F2 and Delete it will Stuck up and freeze. it kinda Repair and it shows Windows 10 pro 64 bit. if i restart now it will BEEP and what i have to do is to Unplug the video card and unplugs the SATA and put them back again then restart for few times until it shows my windows.

Other Thoughts: No Bios Shows it's really SUCKS
Error Beeps A Lot
"Can't Find Any Device"
And it says "Preparing automatic Repair" but nothing happen it Just not doing stuck/Freeze
I may not return this motherboard But i will Buy different Kind Motherboard i'm Done with MSI.
I would have bought the Asrock and i end up bought this Junk "MSI"
I had headache up until now for so many hours i spent just to figure it out this JUNK Motherboard.
My rating Still 1 egg for the headache that i have today LOL!

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Mark,
Sorry to hear about the issue you reported. Before considering an RMA can you check following steps below since many reasons can cause the situation like this ,
1. Check and make sure that power are connected firmly, clear CMOS.
2. Check your other major hardware’s (memory, video card, cables connection, CPU and power supply) to ensure that they are not the cause of the issue.
3. If possible do a clean install of window and update BIOS and drivers for best result. www.MSI.com
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.

Thanks for choosing MSI

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

Pros: lots of great features; like SATA6gb/s and USB 3.0
Easy to use bios, with a vast feature set.
Install disc is good, with everything you need, and some weird extras you don't need.
The on-board Video is enough to get things running smoothly on the desktop. Id stay away from anything 3D though.

Cons: The drive boot menu is buried, so you have to dig a little to get things initially setup. There are also a lot of undocumented settings, so you will need to search through user questions online to completely make use of; it took some searching to figure out what Infiniti 2.2TB meant - a setting needed for HDD's over 2.2 TB - not an actual 2.2TB physical drive built into the board (like I wished, naively). Don't have it - dont need it - and it was turned on by default.

Could have used 4 ram slots

The pins for power and reset switch and LEDs are setup weird; I wish they would just make it a single multi pin plug already...

The ATX connector port is located far from any stand-offs, so plugging it in really flexed the board, nearly to the base of the case. I had to put my pinky finger under the board to get it pushed in all the way.

The settings for the SATA 6gb/s controller is a little confusing, and took a few tries to get set correctly for standard operation. An ATA mode would have been helpful, rather than it labeled IDE, which seems like an antiquated term.

Other Thoughts: Despite a few annoyances, its still a 5 star product, in the end it works perfect.
I'm a long time Newegg shopper and recently I attempted a major PC upgrading on FleeBay. After receiving 6 dead parts, I abandoned that idea and ordered from this great website. It arrived in good condition; not dented and in pieces, and all the parts were included. The first time I turned it on the BOIS splash screen greeted me, not blankness, buzzing sounds and hours of troubleshooting.

Pros: it powered on. takes a fx cpu on a micro atx board. it was cheap, the only reason why it gets 3 eggs.
I have 3 msi boards in use at my house now. this one, a 970 gaming and another cheap micro atx socket am2 from 7 years ago.(still going too). right now unfortunately I am considering returning this board for a refund.

Cons: you get what you pay for I guess.
the board is hot and unstable.
I had a fx4350 and a freezer 7 pro and a 4gig stick of crucial from a previous build that I upgraded to a fx8350 and a cryorig h7.
I wanted to find a board that would match my left over stuff for a cheap micro build. I thought this was it.
while in desktop at idle the cpu is running 20-30% usage and the memory use is near maxed out at 4 gigs. running between 30-40c. this is a huge jump from when the exact parts where used on another motherboard. the idle cpu use was around 5% , the memory use was barely a gig and the temp was around 10c.
everything is sluggish and constantly freezes with this 760GMA-P34(FX . the other board I have with exact parts was snappy and fast.
The msi website has no support for any thing over windows 7
the driver disc comes with outdated drivers of course
the box came unsealed.????
the rear I/o panel usb 3 ports are dead.
the bios is outdated and does not function right. trying to enable the feature for a target temp or min fan speed is a failure. no matter what you set, the cpu gets hotter and hotter and the fan speed stays low.
I have tried to reinstall all the drivers with up dated ones, reinstalled windows and tried different ram in this board but no luck. still slow, sluggish , freezing and running hot and at a high load while at idle.