Tuesday, January 14th 2014
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MSI Rolls Out 760GMA-P34FX Socket AM3+ Motherboard
MSI rolled out the 760GMA-P34FX, a cost-effective socket AM3+ motherboard in the micro-ATX form-factor, designed with out of the box support for AMD FX "Vishera" processors. Based on the dated AMD 760 chipset with SB710 southbridge, the motherboard still offers modern connectivity, such as SATA 6 Gb/s and USB 3.0, but using third-party controllers.
Drawing power from a combination of 24-pin ATX and 4-pin CPU power connectors, the 760GMA-P34FX offers two DDR3 DIMM slots, supporting up to 16 GB of dual-channel DDR3 memory. A PCI-Express 2.0 x16, a PCI-Express 2.0 x1, and a legacy PCI slot make up its expansion area. Storage connectivity includes six SATA 3 Gb/s ports (from the SB710 southbridge), and two SATA 6 Gb/s ports (from an ASMedia ASM1061 controller). Display connectivity includes one each of DVI and D-Sub. The board offers four USB 3.0 ports, two on the rear panel, two by headers. 6-channel HD audio, and gigabit Ethernet make for the rest of the connectivity. Expect this one to be light on your wallet. Really light.
Drawing power from a combination of 24-pin ATX and 4-pin CPU power connectors, the 760GMA-P34FX offers two DDR3 DIMM slots, supporting up to 16 GB of dual-channel DDR3 memory. A PCI-Express 2.0 x16, a PCI-Express 2.0 x1, and a legacy PCI slot make up its expansion area. Storage connectivity includes six SATA 3 Gb/s ports (from the SB710 southbridge), and two SATA 6 Gb/s ports (from an ASMedia ASM1061 controller). Display connectivity includes one each of DVI and D-Sub. The board offers four USB 3.0 ports, two on the rear panel, two by headers. 6-channel HD audio, and gigabit Ethernet make for the rest of the connectivity. Expect this one to be light on your wallet. Really light.
16 Comments on MSI Rolls Out 760GMA-P34FX Socket AM3+ Motherboard
And don't forget about undervolting possibility.
I mean why not 785? What happened to 780 and 785. So much better chips and ALL boards are with 760? I can't understand it. Thank God they forgotten 740G and 690G.
What kind of advantages are you expecting from 780G/785G, though? The iGPU is still completely outdated and won't be able to do anything (trust me, my experience with Radeon HD 4200 was terrible back in 2009) but to play YouTube in 720p. All of the needed PCI-Express lines (16, precisely) are provided - I'm not sure that anyone would build CrossFireX on motherboards of this class.
From wiki
760G
DirectX 10, AVIVO HD, HDMI/HDCP,
OR single PCIe 2.0 x16
780G
DirectX 10, UVD+, HDMI/HDCP, DisplayPort/DPCP, Side-port memory,
OR single PCIe 2.0 x16
785G
DirectX 10.1, UVD2,
Side-port memory,
HDMI/HDCP, DisplayPort/DPCP,
OR two PCIe 2.0 x16
TDP: 11 W (500 MHz), 3 W
These motherboards piss me off. The technology is so old. The FX CPU's are not even officially supported by AMD on this chipset! IMHO, it's much better to buy a 970 chipset motherboard or even an APU based one. I can't believe that $10-20 is that big of a deal for anyone. (yes, I realize that I am an American saying that) Ask anyone who's bought one of those cheap "gaming" systems with the 760g chipset and then tried to upgrade.
I don't understand how this can be cheaper than newer tech, considering the cost of the 3rd party controllers. That also brings up the whole problem of driver issues.
I'm not anyone's "fanboy", but compare this motherboard with an Intel H61 based one. Price is about the same. Why not 880G?
I've been advising people on PC builds for 20+ years. I have yet to meet a person who is disappointed that they bought more computer than they needed.
IMHO, AMD is just giving themselves a black eye with these outdated chipset motherboards.
~20W just being wasted thanks to old stubborn tech, calculating off 20W from current numbers would make everything look a bit different.