Friday, January 22nd 2016
MSI Intros 970A-G43 Plus Socket AM3+ Motherboard
MSI unveiled the 970A-G43 Plus socket AM3+ motherboard. Priced under $100, this board offers a modern feature-set for mid-range gaming PC builds based on AMD FX processors. The board supports socket AM3+ processors with TDP of up to 125W. The board is based on AMD 970 + SB950 chipset. It draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS power connectors, and conditions it for the CPU with a 4+1 phase VRM. The CPU socket is wired to four DDR3 DIMM slots, which support up to 32 GB of DDR3-2133 MHz memory.
Expansion slots include one PCI-Express 2.0 x16, featuring a reinforcement brace; one PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x4), and two each of PCIe 2.0 x1 and legacy PCI. Storage connectivity includes six SATA 6 Gb/s ports. Modern connectivity includes two USB 3.1 (10 Gb/s) ports; two USB 3.0 (front-panel) ports, 8-channel HD audio (Realtek ALC892), and gigabit Ethernet (Realtek controller). The board is driven by UEFI firmware, and supports modern Windows 8.1/10 features.
Expansion slots include one PCI-Express 2.0 x16, featuring a reinforcement brace; one PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x4), and two each of PCIe 2.0 x1 and legacy PCI. Storage connectivity includes six SATA 6 Gb/s ports. Modern connectivity includes two USB 3.1 (10 Gb/s) ports; two USB 3.0 (front-panel) ports, 8-channel HD audio (Realtek ALC892), and gigabit Ethernet (Realtek controller). The board is driven by UEFI firmware, and supports modern Windows 8.1/10 features.
65 Comments on MSI Intros 970A-G43 Plus Socket AM3+ Motherboard
Acting like an immature brat doesn't make you right. Maybe in a year you'll have grown up a bit.
Another then said, MSI has bad motherboard 4+1 VRM designs and then said, so this one also must be bad. I then said that's an assumption. You should look at the specification and don't make assumptions before actually knowing them.
Now tell me, were was I wrong?
At least you know how to keep the thread entertaining for us.
I know that MSI already had bad VRM design way for AM3+. Can't help that someone else made the assumption that I don't know the current state of MSI motherboards.
So again, where was I wrong?
Tell me, how many 2011 or 2011-3 boards do you see with 4 phase CPU power? You don't, because it's dumb to demand 130-watt TDPs or higher out of such a lackluster setup.You were wrong by assuming that there has been some strange revolution in MOSFET technology on MSI boards.
Or finally the board manufacturers are figuring out how to design a board for FX CPUs
AM3+ mini ITX board= me :)
You know what this reminds me of?
It reminds me of the Coleco Adam computer. When I was a kid I wanted one in the worst way but never got it. I was surprised to find out that there was this thing called Adam-Con where people had an odd attachment to this ancient computer hardware,......
And I thought, WTF,......?
Cool for nostalgia sake but I can't justify spending one thin dime on such hardware,.
That's why you don't see many cheap retail motherboard with a quality 4+1 VRM design, because people like you say it's bad even if it doesn't have to mean anything. In non retail motherboards you see a lot more quality 4+1 VRM designs. You know why? Because people aren't screaming on forums that is bad because of the 4+1 VRM design, without even knowing the specifications. No one actually paying attention on the VRM on non-retail motherboards, they don't care if it's a 4+1 design met 60A phases or a 8+2 design with 30A phases.
But you defiantly proved a point. Most people here aren't ready yet for a quality 4+1 VRM design that can deliver a high current. Which makes it useless for a company like MSI to make a good 4+1 VRM design, because people are gonna bash at them anyway.
btw it has no vrm heatsink? MSI put heatsink mark but they dont use that.too bad
Many more FX chips would have been sold had these new, better boards had been around even just 2 years ago.
This thing on the other hand is heatsinkless and the MOSFETs look very low end just based on the IC package.
Others should know that there are a lot of different manufacturers and types of mosfets, and the max current also depends on the way the VRM is implemented.
Over and out.