MSI Unveils New AM3 Socket 790FX and 790GX Motherboards

[zithe]

They do look great but...

Again, they should put that small 1X Pcie thingy in the first place. Putting a big GFX card can leave that slot pretty much useless.

You do know you can put PCI-e x1 cards in x16 slots, right? You can just use one of those if you're only running 1, 2, or 3 cards.

 

[Silverel]

has anyone noticed that a lot if not all am3 motherboards have the northbridge next to the mosfets instead of its normal location below the cpu socket? i have seen that on multiple am3 motherboards so far and im wondering what the advantage of that is. i love the looks tho it would look perfect in my system.

The 790FX is indeed shifted off to the side, where the 790GX is normal. Looks like they ran out of room for that 7th PCI slot. Looks better that way for sure though. Cleaner at least, hopefully it doesn't cause too many heat issues with it sitting right next to the mosfets. I'd be leaving the I/O panel off for sure.

 

[Disruptor4]

Wow that FX looks sweeeeet!
And I was thinking of not bothering waiting and splurging either an a Q9650 + good P45 board or a X4 940 + good FX board lol!
Might have to wait til AM3... even though I'd LOVE to wait for SB890.

Will SB890 be AM3? Or a different socket?

 

[ShadowFold]

AM3 is just going to refresh SB700's and 700 NB's. Why upgrade when they are perfectly fine?

 

[Disruptor4]

AM3 is just going to refresh SB700's and 700 NB's. Why upgrade when they are perfectly fine?

I was just curious as to if AM3 would be bringing out SB8xx and NB8xx or if that was going to be a different platform with different CPU's or something.

I keep tossing up between waiting til W7 is released, and just buying now.

 

[ascstinger]

supposedly the 8-series is supposed to see some crossfire gains

I might buy that 790fx just for the sake of getting the diarehha brown asus out

 

[LittleLizard]

im wondering why msi dont use 8pin eps for the cpu on their 790gx boards and use the old 4pin atx

 

[btarunr]

RELEASE DATE!!!! *throws keyboard threw monitor*

RELEASED!!!! should reach stores soon*. Camping outside one?

*when you have AM3 processors being sold. Till then, the boards are paperweights.

 

[chaotic_uk]

so when am3 is released am4 will be released 6 months later ? , more money to be wasted on my system lol

 

[eidairaman1]

another nice looking board, hope it overclocks well.

 

[Super XP]

They do look great but...

Again, they should put that small 1X Pcie thingy in the first place. Putting a big GFX card can leave that slot pretty much useless.

Agreed. I've noticed that in many AM2+ motherboards like some ASUS boards.

 

[OnBoard]

Just wondering though, it says its compatable with current AM2+ with DDR2. Is this so? Does this take DDR2 when AM2+ is installed and DDR3 when AM3 is installed?

Nope, DDR2 doesn't fit DDR3 slots (or vise versa)
http://www.build-gaming-computer-guide.com/image-files/ddr3-vs-ddr2-ram.jpg

And AM2+ processor shouldn't work in it either as it doesn't have DDR3 memory controller. AM3 has both DDR2 and DDR3 controllers, so that AM2+ boards can take AM3 processors.

 

[Silverel]

so when am3 is released am4 will be released 6 months later ? , more money to be wasted on my system lol

:shadedshu

Show some proof of AM4 boards coming out in 6 months and you might have something there. Considering the amount of market-life DDR2 had, you won't need a new AMD board for a few years. That's kinda the beauty of how they run their stuff...

 

[Super XP]

Nope, DDR2 doesn't fit DDR3 slots (or vise versa)
http://www.build-gaming-computer-guide.com/image-files/ddr3-vs-ddr2-ram.jpg

And AM2+ processor shouldn't work in it either as it doesn't have DDR3 memory controller. AM3 has both DDR2 and DDR3 controllers, so that AM2+ boards can take AM3 processors.

I've read that some companies like ASUS and Gigabyte are going to have Dual DDR2 & DDR3 compatible motherboards.

 

[OnBoard]

I've read that some companies like ASUS and Gigabyte are going to have Dual DDR2 & DDR3 compatible motherboards.

Yeah, most likely. ASRock will do one for sure, like AGP+PCI-e/DDR+DDR2/S939+AM2 it has done before

 

[eidairaman1]

drawback with that setup, is the AGP draws the bandwidth from the PCI E and thus lowers the PCI E Slots speed, Better off to have AGP only or PCI E only motherboards, combos tend to be slower overall.

 

[Hayder_Master]

ooooo, this fx really interesting mobo

 

[Super XP]

Yeah, most likely. ASRock will do one for sure, like AGP+PCI-e/DDR+DDR2/S939+AM2 it has done before

That's what I thought. I wonder if it would be worth the money for a dual DDR2/DDR3 mobo anyway? What I currently hate is I can't run DDR2-1066 stable even though my OCZ is 1066. I am stuck with DDR2-800. Hope Asus comes out with a bios fix and soon.