Question 1

How is the audio quality on this board? I've seen that the new ALC standard seems to be 1150. I however have read that MSI does a good job with the extra sound options they put into the board. Does anyone have any insight on this? Thanks!

Accepted Answer

Thanks everyone for the responses! I really do like the price, quality/layout, and colors. And your responses help me to not worry about audio so much. But I am still hung up on that it has an older codec. I wish there was a way for me to directly compare this with some of the other boards I've been looking at.(Other than a spec sheet) If it ever came down to it I could just get a dedicated sound card too. It is definitely on my top list for a board I want for my next build. Thank you again!

Question 2

Is this motherboard compatible with a relatively large graphics card? (EVGA GTX 770) It looks like a card in the PCIe 3.0 slot will barely squeeze past the ram...

Accepted Answer

As long as the graphics card doesn't have an additional plate on the back(which none of the GTX 770's have as far as I can see) and as long as your ram modules' heatsinks don't extend past the ram clips, you will be fine. I have a GTX 260 in my setup, and there is about 2-3 mm of clearance between the clips and the back of the GPU.

Question 3

does this unit have a displayport or not? rb

Accepted Answer

Has a display port but mine does not work.  Using a Display Port to DVI adapter.  Does not have a DVI port so I am stuck using HDMI.  Not a gamer so using without a graphics card.   Do not see an option in BIOS enable display port.  If any has a solution please post it.

Question 4

Will my video card work on this board? my currnent setup uses the same size boad and the video card goes past the right edge. its 10.5" long. Will that interfere with the side facing sata ports?

Accepted Answer

You shouldn't have a problem with the SATA ports. I'm using a GTX 560 with low profile RAM.

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