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
You = "I know I'm right but unable to prove it"
My point is, if you get a good cost effective setup go for it. I did exactly that in 2012 and what I got is an FX8320.
4+1 VRM design does'nt tell anyone here wether it's bad or good. Low quality motherboards dont need 8 / 12 VRM phase design. You dont need a large VRM design either if the goal is just to assemble a usable computer without overclocking and stuff. As long as it works on basic stuff it's alright.
AM3 still oc's better then any intel counterpart. Add some DDR3/1600 memory, a fast SSD, a good graphics card and your good to go. You still have money in the pocket by not going for intel and able to buy something extra such as a headset, gaming mouse and what else.
I still run on a classic Thuban X6 on 4GHz. It whoops X8 Vishera's ass on IPC. It does run all games i want and it suits me for my 60 hours weekly working.
Nobody should really care about a new-ish motherboard for a dying socket, its all about the pure fact that this thing made it to a new PR post.
it makes the parts really really cheap secondhand.
Use them within the OBVIOUS limitations and enjoy a nice cheap PC.
My recent example.
Giga 880----------£ 23.00
Athlon ii x4 640-- £ 20.00
HD 6970 ---------£ 50.00
and that includes delivery.
I have Intel and AMD builds at the moment, both are excellent thankyou very much.
990FX Sabertooth R2.0 (Solid Board)