MSI 870A FUZION AM3 AMD 770 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: OC Genie OC options, versatility. USB 3.0 6gb SATA Runs my 1090T stable at ~4GHz.

Cons: Only 16gb RAM unstable RAM OC'ing. Lucid Logix

Overall Review: I've had this board a little over a year. The last BIOS update was February of 2011. I just got an XFX Radeon 6950 and have been getting constant bluescreens and Hypertransport Sync errors. Considering other MSI boards have gotten AMD AGESA code updates to their BIOS twice this year, including this month, I can only imagine this board isn't being updated anymore, and this could be the root cause of my problem. From what I understand this code links directly with Hypertransport behavior. This board was golden. Sad to see it become outdated so soon :(

Pros: Price/Performance. Even if you don't use the Fuzion technology, the motherboard is a beast. Is it top of the line? No. But it is VERY close. If you have a great or decent CPU, you can easily OC. I currently have the 1090t running at 3.9 and is very sable. I couldn't quite get to 4.0 or beyond without some instability. I haven't really spent too much time with OC but I bet I can get 4.0 or slightly over with the right settings. I haven't played with the Fuzion being that I only have ATI cards around my house, but I have seen reviews on other sites and it looks promising. You will need to update drivers frequently if you use the Fuzion technology as MSI is constantly improving this new product. I would highly recommend this motherboard for anyone looking to upgrade or a novice just starting to build computers. Just watch the price as it will drop periodically. I paid slightly over a bill and again I am thoroughly satisfied!

Cons: None -- except the reviewer that gave 1 egg because he doesn't know how to read descriptions. It VERY CLEARLY is printed in bright colors on the box "AMD 770 Chipset". Newegg never mentioned anything about an 870 chipset. You need to read ALL descriptions before purchasing any products. You shouldn't fault someone else because of your mistake.

Overall Review: Windows 7 Pro (64) AMD 1090t at 3.9 (very stable) MSI 870A Fuzion 2 X 4870 (crossfire, I know they are old but I can't give em up) G Skill Ripjaw 8gb (4X2gb running 1600)

Pros: It looks very cool! It does what it says it will and it is very affordable for what you are getting. One of the two 5830's I ordered for my build was DOA. So I tested the Fuzion chip with my old 9800GT and the one good 5830. It actually works running ATI and Nvidia together on the same system, how cool is that?!?!?!?! Plus the Fuzion software is so easy to set up, my wife could do it. That is saying a lot! Oh and dont forget about the OC Genie, it does all the tweeking for you with no more effort than a push of a button, so sweet!

Cons: I hate this part! But you have to take the good with the bad. As stated before, the board is short and leaves the edge of the board unsecured at the power and SATA plugs. A lot of flexing going on when your connecting these plugs. Also the spacing on the PCIE slots makes it so the remaining slots are unusable if you have two graphics cards. Once the cards are installed forget trying to get your sausage fingers in there to do anything without removing a card or two. Not to mention it is not easy getting air to move through these tight quarters.

Overall Review: I had to remove an egg for the cons issues and the fact that I had to reinstall the Fuzion driver like five times before the software would work. Very frustrating at first! With all that being said I believe this is one of the best MOBO's I have ever seen at this price point so you really cant go wrong in my opinion. If you want to mix and match graphics cards, buy this board now!!!! My build: MSI 870A FUZION MOBO, AMD Phenom II Thuban 2.8 Ghz x 6 core Processor, Two ASUS 5830 GDDR5 1GB Graphics Cards, XION 1100 Watt Crossfire ready PSU, G.Skill Ripjaw memory 4x2=8GB DDR3 1600, WD Velociraptor 600GB 600Mbp, WIN7 64

Pros: Sata 6 and usb 3.0. Build quality is outstanding! Overclocking is so easy on this board. 1090t stable at 4.5 gigz with a H70 took no time at all. It's almost like the motherboard is the best device in my system.

Cons: Board is narrow, so must be careful when plugging in the 24 pin. Other than that i can't think of anything.

Overall Review: Not sure why people have had problems with this board. I have purchased 20 to 30 MSI motherboards and this is the best I've seen. (I have not received any DOA MSI boards) If you got a 1090T or 1100T; This board was made for you.

Pros: Great board, with lots of options / features Booted first try, and has not even hickup'ed. *I do not overclock CPU's so I cannot comment on its ability to do that*

Cons: Not necessarily a Con, but wanted to mention it. Does not Support SLI or Crossfire, However it does have HydraLogix 200 which will allow multi GPU's to scale pretty close to SLI/Crossfire. Given how new the 570's are the Hydralogix software does not support them yet. A quick email from their Support department confirmed the 570's will be supported in the next driver release. So consider what GPU's you are planning on using with this.

Overall Review: Build: 870A Fuzion 1090T 6 core AMD 3.2ghz Dual GTX 570's Corsair 1200 PSU 8 Gigs Gskill ram Dual HD's in Raid 1 config Build came together great and the thing booted first try. Raid was easy to setup and is working great so far. Windows 7 64 loaded easily and drivers all fell into place without any issues. The Lucidlogix Software could very well be the wave of the future in regards to GPU's It shows much promise and I look forward to fully testing it once my 570's are supported.

Pros: AM3 platform, Dual Channel DDR3 up to 1600mhz. Able to combine two different GPU manufactures of video cards, ATI and Nvidia using tru dual 16X PCI-E. Hydra works nice, but not excellent. You get a nice boost but not a great one as if you were using SLI or Crossfire. But been able to mix and match it works out nicely. Two SATA 3 ports very nice. It's a steady board, no BSO yet, unlike the Gigabyte I replaced. 3 year warranty is awesome!

Cons: If you want to mix and match you have to use equally powerful graphics cards to get a good boost. I was using a Nvidia 250GTS and a HD5850, and the boost wasn't that great. But I had no other option because I was using Nvidia 3D and that was the only card I had. See other thoughts.

Overall Review: Overall I love this board, as soon as I get a GTX 470 or GTX 480 I will update my review. I did use dual 250GTS and it did boost my Frames per second almost double on most games, but for some reason if you enable nvidia's 3d vision on some games, it will distort the image only when combining two nvidia cards. Maybe future drivers upadate will get it fixed. Overall I would recommend this board for people who don't want to give up either graphic companies for what ever reasons like I did.

Pros: The OC Genie is wonderful. I bought this to replace a Jetway HA-08. With that board, my 955 BE would only clock to 3.39 GHz. I thought I would try the Genie, so I just slapped the system together, punched the button then started the computer. BAM! 3.69 GHz right off the bat. Very stable and consistent. On the other hand, I bought this board because I have an EVGA GTX 460 768Mb and an older PNY 9800 GTX+. I thought "What the heck, I've got this older board lying around, it's pretty powerful so it ought to bump the 460 a fair amount. No go. The machine sees the board, but it remains inactive in all the benchmarks on the Hydra control panel list. The only benchmark I have seen any activity from has been the Physx FluidMark. With that I do see a fair amount of activity from both boards. Conclusion, HydraLogix has a ways to go yet. Lucid has a lot of work to do to bring this technology up to its potential.

Cons: Doesn't work with all combinations of cards, even those of relatively comparable power. I probably wouldn't have bought this card knowing what I know now, but I will keep it because of the good overclocking.

Overall Review: AMD 955 BE OC'd 3.69 GHz, MSI Fuzion 870A, 4 X 2 Gb OCZ Gold, 2 X 1 Tb WD green, 2 X 2 Tb WD black, Xigmatek S-1283 cooler, Antec Earthwatts 650 PSU, Coolmaster Storm Scout. 2 X LG Flatron L227WTG

Pros: I already wrote all the wonderful things about this board on my first post.

Cons: Now I seem to have a North Bridge that likes to get scalding hot. this has in return been giving all kinds of problems. looks like i have to send it off.