MSI 890FXA-GD65 reviews????? **UPDATE** board installed

[newls1]

newls1: I guess you'll get to be the one to give us a first hand review...

The one thing I did notice in looking at the board is that it has 10 chokes in the power section, compared to the 5 on the GD70.
That would suggest to me that it has 8+2 power compared to the 4+1 on the GD70.

I actually like MSI but the weak power section on their boards have kept me away from them for a couple years.
Lots of folks like their GD70's and I was really tempted to buy one, but that was the one thing that scared me away (justified or not)...

Hope you'll post some results when you get the new board!

SO are you saying the GD65 actually has a better "Power" setup? also, if you look close near the CPU socket area / I think near the top of the PCIE 16x slot, it says "AM3+" ready........... HMMMMMM

[FlanK3r]

SO are you saying the GD65 actually has a better "Power" setup? also, if you look close near the CPU socket area / I think near the top of the PCIE 16x slot, it says "AM3+" ready........... HMMMMMM

its some bull*t, because AM3+ is more PINs.

[Opteron146]

SO are you saying the GD65 actually has a better "Power" setup? also, if you look close near the CPU socket area / I think near the top of the PCIE 16x slot, it says "AM3+" ready........... HMMMMMM

Hi,

it is probably too late to ask, but if you for whatever reason change the processor / thermal grease etc. in the near future, then can you please make a nice photo of the CPU socket ?
The question is, if it its really AM3+ or just AM3. MSI's picture on their website cleary shows an AM3 socket, but they also note that:

The product picture may differ from the actual product. Only for your reference.

Alternatively maybe you can scan in the layout picture of the mainboard manual ? That is the one from the GD70:

The GD65's manual is not yet available

Thanks a lot

Opteron