MSI 890FXA-GD70

General Specs

 * Socket
 * AM3


 * Chipset
 * AMD® 890FX+SB850


 * Release Date
 * 2012


 * Specs
 * 5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots
 * PCI_E1 supports up to PCIE x16 speed (when PCI_E3 is empty)
 * PCI_E5 supports up to PCIE x16 speed (when PCI_E6 is empty)
 * If you want to install two graphics cards, please use PCI_E1 & PCI_E5 slots
 * PCI_E3 & PCI_E6 support up to PCIE x8 speed
 * If you want to install four expansion cards into PCI_E1, E3, E5 & E6 slots, these four PCIE x 16 lanes will auto arrange from x16/ x0/ x16/ x0 to x8/ x8/ x8/ x8
 * PCI_E4 supports up to PCIE x4 speed
 * 1 PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot
 * 1 PCI slot, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface.

General Comments
ArcaOS is working using the full 6 cores of my AMD Phenom II X6 CPU.
 * Report by Dariusz Piatkowski


 * MOTHERBOARD - MSI 890FXA-GD70
 * CHIPSET
 * AMD 890FX+SB850


 * STORAGE
 * SATA III & II, IDE & AHCI, AHCI supported with OS2AHCI v2.07, but causes intermittent WPS hang/pause, run very fast using non-AHCI with DANIS506 driver


 * AUDIO
 * Realtek ALC889, works fine with UniAud (32-bit: 2.02.04, 16-bit: 1.09.7).


 * NIC
 * Realtek PCI-E GbLAN controller RTL8111DL, works fine with both latest MMRE (1.01.3) as well as the last R8169 (1.00.2) specific drivers


 * MEMORY
 * 8G total, 4G for OS/2 system use (3.3 recognized), 4G Ramdisk.


 * USB
 * 2.0 and 3.0
 * 2 USB 3.0 ports by NEC® D720200


 * CPU - AMD Phenom II X6, M3
 * Mainboard supports both MPTS 1.1 and 1.4, running in 1.4 mode.
 * WPS boots up fine with all 6 cores enabled, no issues


 * VIDEO - ATI X850XT PE, 256M, PCI-E
 * SNAP drivers correctly recognize and accelerate the video.
 * Running in dual-head config, 2 x 1920x1200 mode.

Hardware Report

 * MSI 890FXA-GD70 Hardware Report

Links

 * Website