MSI H57M-ED65 Motherboard

Main Specifications

MSI H57M-ED65 motherboard main features are:

• Socket: 1156.
• Chipset: Intel H57 Express.
• Super I/O: Fintek F71889F
• Parallel ATA: One port controlled by a JMicron JMB363 chip.
• Serial ATA: Six SATA-300 ports controlled by the chipset supporting RAID (0, 1, 5, 10) and one SATA-300 port controlled by the JMicron JMB363 chip.
• External SATA: One SATA-300 port controlled by the JMicron JMB363 chip.
• USB: 12 USB 2.0 ports (four soldered on the motherboard and eight available through four headers on the motherboard).
• FireWire (IEEE 1394): Two ports, one soldered on the motherboard rear panel and one available through a header on the motherboard, controlled by a VIA VT6315 chip.
• On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a Realtek ALC889 codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 192 kHz sampling rate for both the inputs and outputs, 104 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 108 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs).
• On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled by a Realtek RTL8111BL controller, connected to the system through a PCI Express x1 lane.
• Buzzer: No.
• Power supply required: EPS12V.
• Slots: Two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (first working at x16 and second working at x4) and two PCI Express x1 slots.
• Memory: Four DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to 16 GB up to DDR3-2133/PC3-17000).
• Fan connectors: One four-pin connector for the CPU fan and three three-pin connectors for auxiliary fans.
• Number of CDs/DVD
  s provided: One.
• Programs included: Motherboard drivers and utilities.
• Extra features: OC Genie and DrMOS voltage regulator circuit.
• More Information: https://www.msicomputer.com
• Average price in the US: We couldn’t find this product being sold on the day we published this First Look article.