MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) Motherboard
Main Specifications
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The main specifications for the MSI X79A-GD65 (8D) include:
- Socket: 2011
- Chipset: Intel X79 Express
- Super I/O: Fintek F71889AD
- Parallel ATA: None
- Serial ATA: Four SATA-300 and two SATA-600 ports controlled by the chipset (RAID 0, 1, 10, and 5) and two SATA-600 ports controlled by an ASMedia ASM1061 chip
- External SATA: None, but the product comes with an adapter to convert two SATA ports into eSATA ones
- USB 2.0: 12 USB 2.0 ports, eight soldered on the motherboard rear panel and four available through two headers on the motherboard
- USB 3.0: Four USB 3.0 ports controlled by two NEC (Renesas) µPD720200 chips, two on the rear panel and two on a motherboard header, the product comes with an adapter to use the two internal USB 3.0 ports
- 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 VT6315N chip
- On-board video: No
- On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a Realtek ALC892 codec (7.1+2 channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 192 KHz sampling rate for both the inputs and outputs, 90 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 97 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs), on-board optical and coaxial SPDIF outputs
- On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled by the chipset with an Intel WG82579V physical layer interface chip
- Buzzer: No
- Infrared interface: No
- Power supply required: EPS12V
- Slots: Five PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (x16/x16/x8/x1/x1, supporting SLI and CrossFireX) and one PCI Express x1 slot
- Memory: Eight DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to DDR3-2400, 128 GB maximum)
- Fan connectors: One four-pin connector for the CPU cooler, four four-pin connectors for auxiliary fans
- Extra features: Two BIOS chips and POST diagnostics display
- Number of CDs/DVDs provided: One
- Programs included: Motherboard utilities
- More Information: https://us.msi.com
- Average price in the US*: USD 300.00
* Researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this review.