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MSI 790FX-GD70 Socket AM3 Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: Micro-Star International
Product: MSI 790FX-GD70
Date: Mon, Jul 06, 2009 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Jason Petermann -
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Test Setup

MSI 790FX-GD70 Motherboard Review


Test Platform

Component

Brand/Model

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Processor

AMD Phenom II X3 720

Motherboard

MSI 790FX-GD70

Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P

ECS A790GXM-AD3

Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P

Video Card

Albatron GeForce 9600GT

Memory

Kingston HyperX PC3-13000
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Hard Drive

Western Digital 250GB, 16mb Cache

Cooling

Corsair Nautilus

Power Supply

PC Power & Cooling 750

Operating System

Windows Vista Ultimate 64Bit

 

All tests were run using a clean install of Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit. For our stock speed tests, we ran everything at default timings for the CPU.  Our Kingston DDR3 kit was running at speeds of 1333 and 7-7-7-20 timings.

Next Page - Testing Results


Review Index
Page 1 - Introduction and Specs
Page 2 - Board Layout
Page 3 - Bundle and BIOS
Page 4 - Test Setup
Page 5 - Testing Results
Page 6 - Overclocking... or not!
Page 7 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion