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MSI 870A-G54 Reviews

TechRadar

08/2010

MSI 870A-G54 review

What's your take on integrated GPUs? When it comes to gaming, integrated graphics is obviously in no-touchy territory. But it gets the job done just fine for 2D or home cinema work. Likewise, onboard graphics is a handy backup should your 3D card lose the will to render. However, if you're building a gaming or content creation rig on a tight budget, paying for the redundant circuitry doesn't make sense. What you want is a no-nonsense motherboard that ditches the feeble integrated GPU and only gives you what you need. What you want is MSI's 870A-G54. Right? That's an affirmative, on paper at least. MSI has plumped for AMD's entry-level 8 Series chip, the 870, but paired it with the top-spec SB850 southbridge. The result is a feature set that mostly nails it in terms of providing value for money from a discrete graphics motherboard. Expansion slots include a pair of PCI-e x16 graphics ports, enabling multi-GPU CrossFireX gaming. Admittedly, you only get eight lanes per slot with both populated. But in our experience that's plenty for all but a pair of dual-GPU cards, such as the Radeon HD 5970. Frankly, if you can afford two 5970 cards, you're hardly likely to be in the market for a budget AMD mobo like this.

TechSpot

07/2010

AMD Socket AM3 Budget Motherboard Shootout

The MSI 870A-G54 utilizes the AMD 870 north bridge chip along with the SB850 south bridge chip (same as the Gigabyte board). This south bridge chip provides six SATA 6Gb/s ports with support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, RAID 10, and JBOD, providing users with a great deal of flexibility. Beyond the six standard SATA ports, the MSI 870A-G54 doesn't have much else on offer. Rather than including a JMicron controller for extra SATA ports, some of which could be used to provide eSATA support, the JMB368 simply offers an IDE legacy port. This is a shame considering that the MSI 870A-G54 costs ~$5 more than the Gigabyte 870A-UD3, and yet it sacrifices so much in the storage department. Another feature that has gone missing in order to save a few dollars is Firewire. Thankfully, USB 3.0 does make the cut as MSI has included the popular NEC D720200F1 controller supporting dual ports. Along for the ride are a dozen USB 2.0 ports which can be accessed via onboard headers and at the motherboard's I/O panel. MSI has also included the Realtek ALC892 audio codec to deliver 7.1 channel audio.

Prices

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Msi 870a-g54 (fx) Am3+ Amd 870 Sata 6gb/s Usb 3.0 Atx Amd Motherboard	$89.99	See it
Msi 870a-g54-fx Am3 4ddr3 Atx 3pci 2pciex16 6sata6 2usb3 Cf (compact Flash)	$98.83	See it
Msi Atx Am3+ 870 4ddr3 Pciex Mpn: 870a-g54-fx	$103.99	See it
MSI Microstar ATX AM3 AMD 870 DDR3	$104.99	See it
Msi - 870a-g54-fx Am3 4ddr3 Atx 3pci-2pciex16 6sata6 2usb3 Cf Usb 3.0	$111.23	See it
Barebones Pc Amd Fx-4100 3.6ghz Bulldozer Msi 870a-g54 8gb Ddr3	$403	See it
Barebones Pc Amd Fx-4100 3.6ghz Bulldozer Msi 870a-g54 8gb Ddr3	$494	See it
Barebones Pc Amd Fx-4100 3.6ghz Bulldozer Msi 870a-g54 32gb Ddr3	$700	See it
Barebones Custom Pc Amd Phenom Ii 1075t X6 3.0ghz Msi 870a-g54 8gb Ddr3 500gb	$882	See it
Barebones Desktop Pc Amd Fx-8120 3.1ghz Eight Core Msi 870a-g54 16gb Ddr3 1tb	$1176	See it