MSI uses an old chipset on the new AM3 platform.
Ever since acquired ATI and started launching it's branded chipsets, Nvidia has been pulling back on chipset development. The latest to come out from the green quarters is the nForce 980a, which is not more than the one year old nForce 780a chipset.
MSI has used the lower priced nForce 750a, which lacks the NF200 bridge that would allow it to support Triple SLI. The chipset has no problems supporting Hyper Transport 3.0 and since it has an integrated graphics core, MSI provides VGA, HDMI and DVI outputs in the motherboard. The chipset choice is decent but doesn't bring any inovation to the market place.
This new motherboard is a decent proposal from MSI that features a good layout that allows two PCIe x1 cards to be used even when using SLI with two dual slot cards. The PCI card will be blocked with a dual-slot graphics card. Insane overclocking may not be allowed since the motherboard only has a 4-pin 12v connector, instead of the more capable 8-pin one.
The usage of solid capacitors all around and high quality inductors speaks very highly of the build quality, something that MSI has been very keen on lately.
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