MSI 790GX-G65 AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

Reviews(104)

3.8
TOP FAVORABLE REVIEW
Excellent

Fantastic board like all MSI products, Board booted and detected all hardware first boot, without any tweaks.

Detected Phenom II x4 810 @ 2.6ghz first boot, simple flip of the easy OC switch over clocked the CPU to 2.8GHz, and ran stable.

Also installed G.SKILL 4GB DDR3 @ 1333 mhz, board detected ram at advertised ratings without any tweaks.

Upgraded board with new components on existing Windows Vista Enterprise installation without having to reinstall.

Board is able to hybrid cross-fire using only 1 PCI-express card and the onboard HD video.

Bios has a ton of OC options.

Dual slot PCI-e cards will cover one of the PCI-e x1 slots.

It's not black and blue like the MSI 790FX-GD70 =]

The pretty blue LED's above the RAM channels are nice.

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TOP CRITICAL REVIEW
Board died after 3 months

Has a lot of options in BIOS

The board died for me after 3 months of use. I was using my computer and all of a sudden it powered down. It refused to start up and diagnostic LED1 on the board wasn't lit.

Apparently I'm not the only person with this problem as well as there are multiple forum posts of people with LED1 problems with the exact same symptoms as me.

I'm hoping the RMA process for this board is quick, if it is then this board is probably worth 4 stars as it worked fine. If not I don't think I'll ever buy a MSI product ever again.

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Features & Details

  • AMD 790GX
  • Phenom II
  • DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600(OC)

Specifications

Model
BrandMSI
Model790GX-G65
Supported CPU
CPU Socket TypeAM3
CPU TypePhenom II
Chipsets
ChipsetAMD 790GX
South BridgeAMD SB750
Memory
Number of Memory Slots4x240pin
Memory StandardDDR3 800/1066/1333/1600(OC)
Maximum Memory Supported16GB
Channel SupportedDual Channel
Expansion Slots
PCI Express 2.0 x161 mazarine PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot with x16 operation 1 light-blue PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot with x8 operation When 2 PCI Express 2.0 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.
PCI Express x12 x PCI Express x1
PCI Slots2 x PCI Slots
Storage Devices
SATA RAID0/1/5/10/JBOD
Onboard Video
Onboard Video ChipsetATI Radeon HD 3300
Onboard Audio
Audio ChipsetRealtek ALC889
Audio Channels8 Channels
Onboard LAN
LAN ChipsetRealtek 8111DL
Max LAN Speed1Gbps
Rear Panel Ports
Back I/O Ports1 x D-Sub / 1 x DVI / 1 x HDMI / 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out / 1 x PS/2 / 6 x Audio Jacks / 6 x USB 2.0/1.1
PS/21
Video PortsD-Sub + DVI
HDMI1 x HDMI
USB 1.1/2.06 x USB 2.0
eSATA1 x eSATA 3Gb/s
S/PDIF Out1 x Optical
Audio Ports6 Ports
Internal I/O Connectors
Onboard USB6 x USB 2.0
Physical Spec
Form FactorATX
Dimensions (W x L)12.0" x 9.6"
Power Pin24 Pin
Additional Information
First Listed on NeweggMarch 12, 2009
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