Msi 990fxa-gd80

[Manicdan]

I think this line up of boards is looking pretty good compared to whats been available for AMD in the past few years. Maybe its because I won't spend $300 on a board so my qualifications are different as to what constitutes "good".

agreed

for <150$ you can get almost any feature you will need, for 200$+ you get those extra bits of overclocking tools that will not really make too much of a difference for daily users.

[eXa]

dim slots aren't staggered, just 2 of the clips are in open positions

Hmm is staggered the wrong word?

Its black, blue, black, blue, and not black, black, blue, blue. So when using 2 sticks there is some room between the 2 sticks.

[bamtan2]

I think this line up of boards is looking pretty good compared to whats been available for AMD in the past few years. Maybe its because I won't spend $300 on a board so my qualifications are different as to what constitutes "good".

its fine, but when you have the best chipset (990fx) for the best chip (bulldozer) with the most pcie lanes you've ever heard of (40), some will expect all the goodies they can fit :-)

[TheLostSwede]

This is the Big Bang Conqueror that MSI showed off back at CES, they just decided to call it something else

[generics_user]

This is the Big Bang Conqueror that MSI showed off back at CES, they just decided to call it something else

maybe they decided to make another higher end board

[Oliverda]

This is the Big Bang Conqueror that MSI showed off back at CES, they just decided to call it something else

Hopefully we'll see the Big Bang Conqueror as an even higher level AM3+ mobo.

[rintamarotta]

What exactly has led you to believe this?

And please tell me it is more than "LOLZ A|\/|D R0X0RZ LOLZ!"

Someone has BD ES, someone has 990FX motherboard, someone is saying its good

[Darakian]

Didn't the big bang have a lucid chip on it?

[AbortRetryFail?]

its fine, but when you have the best chipset (990fx) for the best chip (bulldozer) with the most pcie lanes you've ever heard of (40), some will expect all the goodies they can fit :-)

I think it's 42

38 lanes off the NB with 4 lanes to the sb.

[undone]

Someone has BD ES, someone has 990FX motherboard, someone is saying its good

how to define "good" here? better performance per dollar? or top of the performance? or just be better than its ancestor?

[neliz]

This is the Big Bang Conqueror that MSI showed off back at CES, they just decided to call it something else

C'mon Lars, don't be so negative!