MSI 790GX-G65 ATX Motherboard Review

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.

AMD Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	AMD Phenom II X3 720	Click Here
Motherboard	MSI 790GX-G65	Click Here
Memory	Corsair 2x2GB DDR3-1866C7 Dominator GT	Click Here
Video Card	PaLiT HD 4870×2	Click Here
Hard Drive	Seagate 7200.10 320GB	Click Here
Cooling	Scythe Ninja RevB	Click Here
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000	Click Here
Operating System	Windows Vista Ultimate	Click Here