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MSI throws 890FXA-GD70 mainboard into the ring

by Navin Maini on 26 April 2010, 15:51

Tags: 890FXA-GD70, MSI

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Next to the foray, following ASUS' efforts last week, MSI has officially unveiled its 890FXA-GD70 mainboard, touting ultimate performance, stability and ease of overclocking.

Fuelled by AMD's 890FX chipset, the MSI 890FXA-GD70 adopts a black and blue colour scheme, together with a host of MSI technologies ranging from 'Unlock CPU Core' to favourites such as OC Genie.

Supporting upcoming AMD hexa-core 'Thuban' CPUs, MSI focuses on what it terms as 'Military Class Components' which, the company stresses, will enhance stability and product life. Snazzy names, such as Icy Choke - relating to low temperature inductors and Hi-c CAP - which refers to highly conductive polymer capacitors - are thrown round to show that MSI means business.

Targeted at the advanced user, the 890FXA-GD70 is beefed up with USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gb/s support, whilst cooling duties are taken care of by the company's Flat HeatPipe contraption which, it is claimed, has the credentials to maintain an average operating temperature of 52 degrees Celsius, even when the system is under duress. At the time of going to press, the testing environment in question has not been expanded upon.

Pricing information hasn't been made available at the moment, yet expect to see the 890FXA-GD70 hit retail soon.



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zomg! 52 degrees C on the chipset! - thats just crazy - my chipset on a 890GX doesnt go above 27Degrees C when heavily overclocked :)
I don't get why MSI never include a post code error diagnosis display thing, surely it wouldn't cost that much right?

Might have been better marketing to advertise the heatpipes in relation to other motherboards as 52 degrees doesn't seem that cool. But then again from personal experience with the 790X and 790FX chipset (Asus M4A79XTD-Evo and DFI DK 790FX-M3H5) I know that the chipset runs rather hot and without active cooling (i.e. a fan) on the NB/VRM the pc will end up shutting down/restarting/freezing after 6 or so hours and I've seen that this isn't the only case for me.
zoomee
zomg! 52 degrees C on the chipset! - thats just crazy - my chipset on a 890GX doesnt go above 27Degrees C when heavily overclocked :)

Wow! I didn't realise people could confuse idle and full load!! :)

Nice board, astronomical price I'm guessing.
wow! - I didnt realise how niaive some people are. ;)

Heres a screenie of a 24hour Prime 95 run (that full load enough for you? ) - showing the chipset temp in the top right - Asus 890GX board.



Now you understand why boasting about a chipset temp capability @ 52Degrees C is worth a zomg! ;) - you'd have to be mental to run them temps on a chipset now a days lol - Last time I had anywhere near 40Degrees C on a chipset was on a socket 939 board ! :)
zoomee
wow! - I didnt realise how niaive some people are. ;)

Hehe, who's trolling who now? :P

Without ambient condition status, all results are meaningless :P I could get 22ºC mobo outside, 52ºC inside, 200ºC sticking it in the oven. Or in all cases, having a temp probe that's f00ked :S

Well as long as it doesn't limit the overclock, longevity, and it loves 4x480 nearby, ePeen temps are meaningless also.