MSI X48 Platinum LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard
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Reviews(22)
Beautiful looking board, that works as good as it looks.
The LED Post display is very nice feature! This is a very configurable board. Overclockers take notice!
Pretty nice built in RAID controller, 2 eSATA connections, Four PCI-E 16X slots (2-16X, 2-4X), DDR3 support, , LED slot indicators. Good BIOS.
This is my second build using the MSI DDR3 MB series, (First one was P35D3 Platinum) and this build went together just as easily. Posted and booted up at the first power-on.
Only 4 SATA sockets (two others are RAID only)
Only one PCI slot.
Timings and voltages were a tad low using the "Load Optimized Defaults" in BIOS (Settings well under recommended component specs) so I had to manually set some memory and CPU speeds and timings. (BIOS updates will likely address this type of thing).
This line of MSI boards look simply beautiful in a windowed case. These Boards also happen to be workhorses. Games, apps, multiple virtual machines ... no problem.
Two extra PCI-E 16X4 slots? I would rather have had more PCIs.
Burned in with a Quad core Q6600, Noticed timings were pretty far off, then swapped in a Q9450, Timings still off a bit. Ended up setting Memory and CPU timings manually.
2 sticks of 2 Gig DDR3 1333, Sapphire 3870x2, Cupla 500 gig drives, 1100 watt PS, Cheap DVD Burner to boot it up.
Once this board could load past the BIOS, it SCREAMS.
But, BIOS had to be flashed to use a Core 2 Quad processor. Pretty sorry. Not sure what someone who does not have access to another processor would do other than the be out of luck. This was very disappointing.
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Features & Details
- Intel X48
- Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo
- DDR3 1600
Specifications
| Brand | MSI |
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| Model | X48 Platinum |
| CPU Socket Type | LGA 775 |
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| CPU Type | Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo |
| FSB | 1600/1333 MHz |
| Chipset | Intel X48 |
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| Number of Memory Slots | 4x240pin |
|---|---|
| Memory Standard | DDR3 1600 |
| Maximum Memory Supported | 8GB |
| Channel Supported | Dual Channel |
| PCI Express x16 | 2 x PCI Express x16 2 x PCI Express x4 |
|---|---|
| PCI Express x1 | 2 x PCI Express x1 |
| PCI Slots | 1 x PCI Slot |
| PATA | 1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max |
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| SATA RAID | 0/1/5/10 Matrix RAID |
| Audio Channels | 8 Channels |
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| Max LAN Speed | 2 x 1Gbps |
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| PS/2 | 2 |
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| USB 1.1/2.0 | 8 x USB 2.0 |
| IEEE 1394 | 1 x IEEE 1394a |
| eSATA | 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s |
| S/PDIF Out | 1 x Optical |
| Audio Ports | 6 Ports |
| Onboard USB | 4 x USB 2.0 |
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| Form Factor | ATX |
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| Power Pin | 24 Pin |
| Features | CrossFire Ready provides 2.7x performance 4 LED Matrix display boot up status Multi-phase PWM IC, better power converting, reducing noise and expand the lifespan and stability 100% Solid Capacitors & Chokes - Best Quality Circu-Pipe provides better cooling |
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| First Listed on Newegg | April 21, 2008 |
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