MSI Shows off 970 Gaming Socket AM3+ Motherboard

btarunr · Jun 3, 2014

MSI unveiled its first socket AM3+ motherboard bearing its coveted Gaming Series badge, the 970 Gaming. Based on AMD 970 chipset with SB950 southbridge, the board offers most modern gaming features for the AM3+ platform. It supports FX "Vishera" eight-core processors. The board draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS connectors, and features a strong 8-phase CPU VRM that's cooled by a massive heatsink. The AM3+ socket is wired to four DDR3 DIMM slots, supporting up to 64 GB of dual-channel DDR3-2400 MHz memory.

Expansion slots include two PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (x8/x8 when both are populated), and two each of PCI-Express 2.0 x1 and legacy PCI. Storage connectivity includes six SATA 6 Gb/s ports. There are four USB 3.0 ports on offer. Things get interesting with its Qualcomm Killer E2200 gaming-optimized wired NIC, the same one featured on its flagship Z97 Gaming 9 AC; and Audio Boost HD audio, which features a 115 dBA SNR CODEC, ground-layer isolation, a 600Ω headphones amp, electrolytic capacitors, and gold-plated jacks. MSI didn't disclose pricing.

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mroofie · Jun 3, 2014

FX users probably going to be happy about this they deserve some happiness after what amd has done to them 0_0

Good thing I purchased the phenom II x6 the last good amd processor.
Luckily I didn't go the FX route I would have been pissed !

And yes PCI-Express 2.0 this is exactly why im changing to Intel

medo · Jun 3, 2014

Nice, finally some AM3+ love, i hope this mobo sells for cheap, cause this with FX-6300, will be tasty, especially cause this mobo must have newer BIOS that supports all new AMD CPU`s, and i dont mind having the opposite of System on CHIP, and having controller for eveything, looks tight.

Cruise51 · Jun 4, 2014

VRM looks nice... Might be a good overclocker.

tuklap · Jun 4, 2014

mroofie said:
FX users probably going to be happy about this they deserve some happiness after what amd has done to them 0_0

Good thing I purchased the phenom II x6 the last good amd processor.
Luckily I didn't go the FX route I would have been pissed !

And yes PCI-Express 2.0 this is exactly why im changing to Intel

Nahh.. PCI-E 2.0 still not utilized fully..

Jeffredo · Jun 20, 2014

8 phase count on a 970 board - rare.

System Name	RBMK-1000
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
Cooling	DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory	2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X
Video Card(s)	Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock
Storage	Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
Display(s)	BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case	Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s)	ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse	ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard	Gamdias Hermes E2
Software	Windows 11 Pro

System Name	Mroofie / Mroofie
Processor	Inte Cpu i5 4460 3.2GHZ Turbo Boost 3.4
Motherboard	Gigabyte B85M-HD3
Cooling	Stock Cooling
Memory	Apacer DDR3 1333mhz (4GB) / Adata DDR3 1600Mhz(8GB) CL11
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Gtx 960 WF
Storage	Seagate 1TB / Seagate 80GB / Seagate 1TB (another one)
Display(s)	Philips LED 24 Inch 1080p 60Hz
Case	Zalman T4
Audio Device(s)	Meh
Power Supply	Antec Truepower Classic 750W 80 Plus Gold
Mouse	Meh
Keyboard	Meh
VR HMD	Meh
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Meh

Processor	Intel Atom 270
Cooling	Passive
Memory	2GB DDR3-1333
Storage	160GB WD 2.5"
Case	Custom
Power Supply	Seasonic-Passive

System Name	Modest Box
Processor	i5-4690K @ 4.7 Ghz
Motherboard	ASUS Z97-C
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	G.Skill Ares DDR3-2400 16GB
Video Card(s)	Colorful GTX 950
Storage	OCZ Vertex 460A 480GB
Display(s)	HP w2558hc
Case	Cooler Master Stacker 830
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek
Power Supply	Gigabyte 750W Gold
Mouse	Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer
Software	Windows 10 64 Bit

MSI Shows off 970 Gaming Socket AM3+ Motherboard

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