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MSI 790GX-G65 ATX Motherboard Review
| Manufacturer: | Micro-Star International |
| Product: | MSI 790GX-G65 |
| Date: | Mon, Apr 13, 2009 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Chris Morrell - |
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Test Setup
Today we used our Phenom II testbed with the AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition processor. With the 790GX-G65 the memory was run at DDR3-1600 7-7-7-21-32 as the CPU doesn't feature a DDR3-1866 divider. With the 790GP-DS4H motherboard the memory was run at DDR2-800 4-4-4-16-28. Vista Ultimate x64 with SP1 was used along with the latest revisions of all our test applications.
For the extreme overclocking, my two stage cascade was utilized. The cascade compresses ethylene and evaporates it at -95 Celsius. To prevent board damage from condensation the board was insulated with modeling clay following this guide.
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Brand/Model |
Live Pricing |
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Processor |
AMD Phenom II X3 720 |
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Motherboard |
MSI 790GX-G65
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Memory |
Corsair 2x2GB DDR3-1866C7 Dominator GT
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Video Card |
PaLiT HD 4870x2 |
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Hard Drive |
Seagate 7200.10 320GB |
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Cooling |
Scythe Ninja RevB |
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Power Supply |
Corsair HX1000 |
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Operating System |
Windows Vista Ultimate |
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Next Page - Test Results
| Review Index |
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Page 1 - The MSI 790GX-G65 Motherboard
Page 2 - Board Images Page 3 - BIOS Configuration Page 4 - Test Setup Page 5 - Test Results Page 6 - Overclocking Results Page 7 - Conclusion |
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