AMD FX-8320E + MSI 970 Gaming Review !

Ianuarie 7, 2015
Scris de Alex
Published in Review Procesoare/ Placi de baza

Am primit la teste impreuna cu FX-8320E si placa de baza MSI 970 Gaming . Fiind vorba despre prima de baza MSI Gaming dedicata platformelor AMD am considerat ca merita o privire in detaliu . Cu siguranta seria Gaming ofera cateva facilitati cel putin interesante , iar faptul ca MSI nu a neglijat platforma AM3+ nu poate decat sa ne bucure.

CPU

• Supports AMD®FXTM/ Phenom™ II/ Athlon™ II and Sempron™ processors for the AM3/ AM3+ socket

Hyper Transport Bus

• HyperTransport 3.0 supporting speed up to 4.8GT/s

Chipset

• AMD® 970 and SB950 Chipset

Main Memory

• 4 x DDR3 memory slots supporting up to 32GB
• Supports DDR3 2133(OC)/ 1866/ 1600/ 1333/ 1066 MHz
• Dual channel memory architecture

Slots

• 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots
- PCI_E2 supports up to PCIe 2.0 x16 speed
- PCI_E4 supports up to PCIe 2.0 x8 speed
• 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
• 2 x PCI slots

Multi-GPU

• Supports 2-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology*
• Supports 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology*

* Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8/ 8.1.

On-Board SATA

• AMD SB950 Chipset
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
- Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID5 and RAID 10

USB

• AMD® SB950 Chipset
- 14x USB 2.0 ports

• VIA VL806 Chipset

- 4 x USB 3.0 ports

Audio

• Realtek^®ALC1150 Codec
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
- Supports S/PDIF output

LAN

• Killer E2205 Gigabit LAN controller*
- 1 x LAN port on the backpanel

Internal I/O Connectors

-1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector

-1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

-6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

-3 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports)

-1 x USB 3.0 connector

-1 x 4-pin CPU fan connector

-2 x 4-pin system fan connectors

-2 x 3-pin system fan connectors

-1 x Front panel audio connector

-2 x System panel connectors

-1 x Chassis Intrusion connector

-1 x TPM module connector

-1 x Serial port connector

-1 x S/PDIF-Out connector

-1 x Clear CMOS jumper

-1 x Slow mode booting switch

Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
- 8 x USB 2.0 ports
- 2 x USB 3.0 ports
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF-Out connector
- 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
- 6 x OFC audio jacks

Dimension

• 12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) ATX Form Factor

CONSTRUCTIE,DOTARI

Tema rosu-negru specifica seriei Gaming este prezenta si pe MSI 970 GAMING. Ca un prim punct pozitiv remarc componentele de calitate folosite precum si VRM-ul in 8 faze foarte solid.Ca puncte negative avem cateva chestiuni foarte interesanta.Daca de obicei prezenta unui slow-mode switch este un lucru bun,in cazul de fata este cel putin dubios cum avem prezent acest switch,dar lipsesc cu desavarsire butoanele on-board de ON/OFF,RESET sau RESET BIOS.

MSI a folosit deja clasicul ALC1150 pentru partea de sunet.Pe partea de stocare avem 6 porturi SATA3.Remarcam lipsa suportului M.2 sau a PCI-EX 3.0.

CUTIE SI ACCESORII

Cutia este una de dimensiuni normale,in tema specifica seriei Gaming iar bundle-ul include 6 cabluri SATA,manuale,CD cu drivere si aplicatii,shield I/O si un conector SLI.

UEFI

Am fost placut surprins de inferfata UEFI a placii de baza,practic ofera aceleasi functionalitati ca si varianta de varf Z97.Pot spune cu certitudine ca interfata UEFI este unul din punctele forte ale acestei placi. In galeria foto de mai jos puteti vedea detaliat modulul UEFI al MSI 970 GAMING.