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MSI Launches 8 New Socket FM2+ Motherboards for AMD "Godavari" APU

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MSI, world leading in motherboard design, is pleased to announce the launch of 8 new AMD FM2+/FM2 socket based motherboards supporting the latest AMD Godavari APU. These new models are available in ATX, micro-ATX, and mini-ATX form factors and are backwards compatible with FM2 processors (Kaveri, Richland, Trinity, 6000 and 5000 series). MSI has packed these models with a rich blend of features and technologies, such as onboard LAN, PCI Express 3.0 x16, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0 and multiple display support, offering the most stable and most cost-effective solution available.



The best price/performance solution for efficient PCs
MSI's new A88X, A78 and A68H based motherboards are available in different form factors and offer a great choice in connectivity with a RAID controller, onboard LAN, PCI Express 3.0 x16, SATA and up to 10 USB ports.

When combined with today's processors such as Godavari and Kaveri APUs, featuring advanced integrated graphics, MSI's new A88X, A78 and A68H based motherboards support AMD Eyefinity. All these features come at a very attractive price point, making the new MSI A88X, A78 and A68H based motherboards the most comprehensive and most cost-effective solution available.

Military Class 4: The Most Stable Military Class Components
MSI uses award-winning Military Class 4 components, composed of high quality components such as Solid CAPs and Dark Chokes, which ensure your PC runs stable under extreme conditions. These key components have all passed testing to military standards, ensuring reliable performance in the harshest environments.

Military Class Essentials
The core of Military Class 4 is based on the essential elements which increase your stability in the most extreme conditions. Humidity- and high temperature protection ensure system stability in any environment, no matter what. The new structure of the PCB limits EMI emission. On top of that, all connectors have ESD protection to prevent short-circuiting.

OC Genie 4, Click BIOS 4 & Command Center
The MSI A68H series motherboards are equipped with many exclusive technologies, including the one-second overclocking tool OC Genie 4, the easy to use Click BIOS 4 and the Command Center software that combines features such as monitoring, tuning and controlling of your hardware. The unprecedented level of flexibility and control offered in MSI's unique hard- and software design puts you in the driver's seat of your motherboards configuration.

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Nice looking boards for FM2+ :toast:

Dat Sata placement on the Mini-ITX board doe... o_O
 
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I like the placement as I have an ITX case where the hard drives are under the video card. R-angle connector cable, around the back and to the drives for out-of-sight cables.

Now if only they had scrubbed the wireless and fit an M.2 slot in there...
 
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AMD doing a refresh on Kaveri, and MSI doing a refresh on their FM2+ boards. I wonder if this new line means that V1 that are on the market will get the middle finger. I hope MSI doesn't try something like that, and realese BIOS that supports Godavari for all FM2+ models. Of course Godavari is in fact Kaveri, so, probably it's not really necessary? Don't know...
 
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I hope they give manual voltage control this time on that ITX board. The current A88XI does not give manual voltage control and considering it among the other lineup of ITX A88X boards it is lackluster and more expensive. Ruins to me the point of having a board like that because you cannot overclock much on auto voltage.
 

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Misread the title as

MSI Launches New 8 Socket FM2+ Motherboard
for AMD "Godavari" APU

and i thought Wow what a server board How many cores will that run
 
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This is so lame. Why can't I have excavator cores on AM3? Make L3 full speed and bulldozer will look like shit.

But, no. Another entire YEAR till Zen.
 
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I hope they give manual voltage control this time on that ITX board. The current A88XI does not give manual voltage control and considering it among the other lineup of ITX A88X boards it is lackluster and more expensive. Ruins to me the point of having a board like that because you cannot overclock much on auto voltage.

Here are the links for the boards, with A88XI AC V2 in the end. You could have a look at the manual if it doesn't say in the overview of the product.

A68HM-E33 V2

A88XM-E45 V2

A78M-E35 V2

A88XM-P33 V2

A78M-E45 V2

A88X-G41 PC Mate V2

A88XM-E35 V2

A88XI AC V2
 
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Here are the links for the boards, with A88XI AC V2 in the end. You could have a look at the manual if it doesn't say in the overview of the product.

A68HM-E33 V2

A88XM-E45 V2

A78M-E35 V2

A88XM-P33 V2

A78M-E45 V2

A88X-G41 PC Mate V2

A88XM-E35 V2

A88XI AC V2
Well reading up looks like they still are not giving the voltage control on the A88XI ITX board sadly, same thing as before since they give at least the overclock button however that only works on the 65watt APU's which means no chips like the 860K. I bought one for a build with a friend and realized this after I had it setup and ended up returning it for the Gigabyte. Love MSI boards, but honestly that is something I feel missing on such a pricey board (For FM2+ I mean).
 

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I hope they give manual voltage control this time on that ITX board. The current A88XI does not give manual voltage control and considering it among the other lineup of ITX A88X boards it is lackluster and more expensive. Ruins to me the point of having a board like that because you cannot overclock much on auto voltage.
Well reading up looks like they still are not giving the voltage control on the A88XI ITX board sadly, same thing as before since they give at least the overclock button however that only works on the 65watt APU's which means no chips like the 860K. I bought one for a build with a friend and realized this after I had it setup and ended up returning it for the Gigabyte. Love MSI boards, but honestly that is something I feel missing on such a pricey board (For FM2+ I mean).
I'd say 4.5GHz on an 860k with 8GB RAM at 2133 CAS10 and NB at 2000 is pretty good for no voltage adjustment. ;) Agreed that it's a little expensive for an FM2+ board, but compared to pretty much any Intel ITX board with a Z-series chipset, it's cheap.

What I want to know is, besides a BIOS flash and re-branding, are there any differences between these "v2" boards and their original versions? It seems silly to me that MSI would re-release the same lineup it has just to be compatible with a new chip and not give their existing boards an update that can handle these new processors as well.
 
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I'd say 4.5GHz on an 860k with 8GB RAM at 2133 CAS10 and NB at 2000 is pretty good for no voltage adjustment. ;) Agreed that it's a little expensive for an FM2+ board, but compared to pretty much any Intel ITX board with a Z-series chipset, it's cheap.
I agree with you, though the 860K I have only hits 4.2 on auto voltage on the board. I swapped it out for the Gigabyte board which has a very similar feature set and manual voltage control up to 1.8 and got the chip easily to 4.6ghz already still wanting to push it forward on this build. Its great I agree for the money, I just meant this board in particular has a very similar feature set for a little more money but no manual voltage control on the A88X platform which is disappointing to me.

I also wonder what het major differences are because after reading it I do not see much in terms of differences between them.
 
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This is so lame. Why can't I have excavator cores on AM3? Make L3 full speed and bulldozer will look like shit.

But, no. Another entire YEAR till Zen.

This AMD!!!!

Why they no do dis???

 
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This is so lame. Why can't I have excavator cores on AM3? Make L3 full speed and bulldozer will look like shit.

But, no. Another entire YEAR till Zen.

Because the way both Steamroller and Excavator were synthesized, the clocks wouldn't get high enough to beat Piledriver in AM3+ configurations.

I dunno if a 125w, 28nm FX-8450/8550 on the ancient 970/990 platform would've sold enough to cover manufacturing.
 
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3 pci?? slots.. oh brother.. can we move on to more pci-e slots. would be good if they had 2 16x slots, one add on 8x, and 4 1x, 4x pci-e slots. no need for more then one if that, pci slot. So 3 full sized pci-e slots and 4 4x sized slots.

put a couple of m.2 pci-e ssd units in there :)
 
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