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MSI 790GX-G65

By Justin Robinson
16:32 Apr 17, 2009 | 4 Comments
Tags: MSI | 790GX-G65 | motherboard | mobo
MSI 790GX-G65
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MSI's brown-coloured AM3 board with an arrow in its heart.

MSI have made quite a few motherboards lately, and while we've looked at a lot of them we hadn't gotten around to the 790GX-G65 mobo yet ,after all Issue 100 is a huge distraction!

It's finally come under the fine-toothed comb of our microscope (we're being very lenient with our terminology in this sentence), and while we've mentioned it has an arrow in the heart - we really meant the shape of one is formed into the northbridge.

Built around the 790GX chipset that also includes an equivalent HD3300 graphics processor (complete with 128MB of onboard GDDR3), this mobo has a good swathe of specs for those looking for a budget overclocking rig, or even a grunty media centre.

It doesn't have any features like overclocking dials, but this board still has physical hardware overclocking through a switch onboard.

Head over to the photo gallery to see what we mean, and post below with just how you'd describe that horrid brown PCB as a colour.

 

 
Product Info
Specs:
Socket AM3; AMD 790GX chipset; ATX form factor; 2x PCIe x16; 2x PCI; 2x PCIe x1; 1x EIDE; 5x SATA; DDR3-1333
Supplier:
MSI
Price when reviewed:
AUD$248
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4 Comments
stash
Apr 17, 2009 5:01 PM
Heatsinks dont look so bad but there rest is just horrid, brown with pastel coloured sata and dimm sockets. Maybe its niche marketing for the elderly.
Kasalal
Apr 17, 2009 5:03 PM
Hmm....its not too bad, by the way my current board is dark piss color so its looks good to me !
Argotha
Apr 17, 2009 8:22 PM
Up to picture number 2: /puke
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Finsihed: That is one ugly mother****d (:P)
thought if it performs well and you dont have to look at it then why not?
A Hitman
Apr 18, 2009 8:22 AM
Pink? how hard is it to make a mobo look good?
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