Hmmm... I received my X48 from MSI

[ValkyrieLenneth]

I have just received this from MSI TW today. Will post some detailed pictures soon. The only problem is i dont have any DDR3 at home ATM -.-

[cadaveca]

oh, you tease! :lol2:

[asp6000]

nice box. how bout a pic. of the board?

[ValkyrieLenneth]

Here are the fullset of pictures. I have just ordered a pair of DDR3, they will arrive in wednesday. >.< So eager to boot this baby up.

[ValkyrieLenneth]

Here come the board

[Red Evil]

Show us the mobo not the box! :D

Edit: slow :)

[neoman]

Love the black cover , nice looking mobo . Now lets see some tests :)

[ValkyrieLenneth]

More pictures

[ValkyrieLenneth]

It has 4 PCI-E X16 slots and a strange device which looks like a group of status LEDs in the corner.

[Scubar]

Looks pretty nice by all accounts.

[saaya]

whats under the x48 platinum sticker? i can see the end of some letter under it :D whats that green little thing on the last pic?

and whats the pciE extender for?
too bad the last 16x slots are next to each other and at the far bottom :/

[cadaveca]

"LED's" are the "Troubleshoot Poster" that's labelled on teh front of teh box.


Also looks like it's jsut a re-labelled X38...I can see the previous label sticking out from under the sticker.

For shame..they should have just made the sticker 1mm wider...:lol2: :rofl:


PCI-E expander makes yellow slots work, saaya...:stick:, and sapphire's new "atomic" heatsink says that singleslot space doesn't matter :p:

[ValkyrieLenneth]

You bet....
Saaya :ROTF: :ROTF: :rofl: MSI, i love it !!! :ROTF:

:slapass: It's the PCB of X38 Diamond

But since the difference between X38 board and X48 board is not so big, MSI can keep the manufacturing cost low by using X38's PCBs... they are good anyway

[cadaveca]

Now I wonder what it's like under chipset cooler...does it say X38, or X48?


:lol2:

[ValkyrieLenneth]

Now I wonder what it's like under chipset cooler...does it say X38, or X48?


:lol2:
You should wonder what it's like under chipset's IHS :ROTF:

[ValkyrieLenneth]

It is an ES X48 Chipset... But the printed text is quite hard to see. (Pic 3)

When i was removing the cooling system, i noticed a small chip under the heatpipe, anyone know what is it for ? (Pic 2)

This is what under the PCI-E Expander (Pic 1)

[cadaveca]

I beleive that chip is Intel network controller? Sry for so many posts in your thread, but I have been awaiting this board. MSI boards are pretty cheap locally...2/3rds the price of other boards.

[ValkyrieLenneth]

I beleive that chip is Intel network controller? Sry for so many posts in your thread, but I have been awaiting this board. MSI boards are pretty cheap locally...2/3rds the price of other boards.

That chip is quite beautiful IMHO :p:

U'r welcome, don't worry about posting :welcome:

[cadaveca]

Some Intel-brand 965 and P35 boards have this chip, I am not sure that it is netwrok contrller, but 95% sure by it's location. 2 lan ports, one audio, 2 realtek chip, and i know one is audio(audio chip has caps around it)...so...it can only be so many things...

[mark0326]

Neat, it even has a fair-ground attraction on it!

[massman]

Quick question: what voltage can be set in the bios and what are the maxima?

[-GobliN-]

looks delicious :sick: crossfire X :shakes: do they expect us to run crossfire x last 2 pciex are so close hd3850 maybe
want to see :pimp: your board

[ValkyrieLenneth]

Quick question: what voltage can be set in the bios and what are the maxima?
I can only have DDR3 @ wednesday. So, we have to wait.

PS: That circu-pipe on X40 Platinum is quite sharp, my right hand was cut 3 times WITHOUT BEING NOTICED :slapass: when i was trying to remove the cooling system.

[Thorburn]

When i was removing the cooling system, i noticed a small chip under the heatpipe, anyone know what is it for ? (Pic 2)

Thats the BIOS chip I believe.

[Chewbenator]

Hmm seems like a pattern with MSI boards. They use the same PCBs for at least two of their P35 boards. Same thing on those boards as this one with the sticker covering the other board.

[Underwater Mike]

That pipe loop on the NB looks interesting, but will it get in the way of some of the larger air coolers?

[[XC] Aerosupra]

Hmm seems like a pattern with MSI boards. They use the same PCBs for at least two of their P35 boards. Same thing on those boards as this one with the sticker covering the other board.

it depends whether its is a good or bad reality ... I would like to have a platinum pcb on a SE mobo :D

Now it comes to the real difference between X38 and X48 ... a STICKER!!! :D

[Forsaken1]

Sticker and DDR3 only?Looking forward to results.

[clon22]

o0h.. looks nice..
:D

[nattoNrice]

This is what under the PCI-E Expander (Pic 1)

It's an IDT PCI Express Switch 89HPES16T7ZH. It controls what speed the two yellow/orange expansion slots are. As far as i can gather it can split them both to being 4x.

http://journal.mycom.co.jp/column/motherboard/019/index.html

just less than half way down.

[ValkyrieLenneth]

It's an IDT PCI Express Switch 89HPES16T7ZH. It controls what speed the two yellow/orange expansion slots are. As far as i can gather it can split them both to being 4x.

http://journal.mycom.co.jp/column/motherboard/019/index.html

just less than half way down.

Thx for your precious info. I'm writing a review for some local IT magazines in my country :welcome: