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Date 2008-02-11
Provider: MSI
Author: Niko Lupala
Editor: Amber Lupala
MSI X48 Platinum Motherboard Review
Today we are taking a look at a motherboard from MSI. They sent us their X48 Platinum which I've been informed is delayed on the market. It will be very interesting to see how this perform vs the 38 chipset. We are going to compare it vs a few Asus boards and also see how this badboy overclocks and what type of features it has.
About MSI:
Established in August 1986, MSI has always upheld the business philosophy "Award-winning product quality and outstanding customer service." MSI is a specialist in the design and manufacture of motherboards, add-on cards, servers/workstations, barebones, communication devices and CE Products and Notebooks. Surmounting a challenging industry, we've raced to the head of the pack and are now ranked within the world's top 3 motherboard manufacturers and one of the top 5 server manufacturers. What's more, MSI graphics card has the most amazing sales performance over the past years, making it to the no. 1 position in the world for four consecutive years. Did you know that one MSI graphics card is sold every 2.8 seconds? So far, there are more than 60 million users worldwide enjoying MSI graphics cards.
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The backbone of MSI is its fierce dedication to developing cutting-edge products and technology. Equally important, MSI has integrated a multi-corporate strategy, consumer insights measure and monitoring, and brand strategy/management over the years. The best proof of this success can be proven in year 2005 when MSI Notebook received 4 best performance awards for exports in Taiwan Innovalue in 2005, making MSI the biggest winner among all Taiwan companies. Additionally, four of MSI CE products also received the highest honor Japan G-Mark contest and won the prestigious German iF design contest.
Specifications:
CPU:
• Supports Intel® Core 2 Extreme/Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo based processors in LGA775 package.
• Supports Intel® Yorkfield, Wolfdale in the LGA775 package.
• Supports FSB 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.
Chipset:
• Intel® X48 Chipset
- Supports FSB 800/1066/1333/1600MHz.
- Supports dual channel, DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 (XMP).
• Intel® ICH9R Chipset
- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec, up to 12 ports.
- 4 SATAII with 2 eSATA* ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s.
- Supports Viiv technology
- PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC.
- ACPI 2.0 compliant.
- Serial ATA RAID 0/1/5/10.
- Integrated AHCI controller.
*eSATA function would be fully supported by VISTA ( In Box driver with AHCI driver). eSATA function would not be fully supported without AHCI driver under WinXP.
Main Memory:
• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 SDRAM
• Supports up to 8GB memory size.
• Supports dual channel DDR3 memory architecture.
• Supports DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 (XMP) memory interface.
Slots:
• Two mazarine PCI Express x16 slots (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant; supports CrossFire Technology)
• Two yellow PCI Express x16 slots with x4 operations (PCI Express Bus SPEC V1.0a compliant)
• Two PCI Express x1 slots. (support PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
• One 32-bit v2.3 master PCI bus slot.
- Support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface.
On-Board IDE/SATA:
• One Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE controller integrated in Marvell® 88SE6111.
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
- Can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives.
• SATAII controller integrated in ICH9R and Silicon Image® 5723 chipest
- Up to 300MB/sec transfer speed.
- Supports four SATAII ports and two eSATA ports by ICH9R.
- Supports AHCI controller with SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 by ICH9R.
- Supports two SATAII ports by 5723. (fot storage devices with RAID function only)
- Supports SATA RAID 0/1, JBOD mode/ by 5723, default mode is RAID 1. (for SATA7 & SATA8 only)
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Audio:
• Chip integrated by Realtek® ALC888
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec.
- Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec.
LAN:
• Supports PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111B.
• Supports Gigabit Ethernet LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Intel 82566DC. (for ViiV)
IEEE1394:
• VIA® VT6308P chipset
- Supports up to two 1394 ports. (Rear panel x1, pinheader x1)
- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps.
Internal I/O Connectors:
- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU / System x 5 FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 1 x SPDIF-out pinheader
- 1 x chasis intrusion connector
- 1 x serial port pinheader (optional)
- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 6 x Serial ATAII connectors
- 1 x ATA133 connector
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 port (optional)
- 1 x TPM module connector (optional)
MSI Reminds You...
• The floppy disk cable will be optional.
Back Panel I/O Ports:
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 mouse
- 2 x eSATA ports (support Command Based Port Multipliers)
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack
- 8 x USB 2.0 ports
- 2 x RJ45 LAN jacks
- 1 x IEEE1394 port (optional)
- 1 x Optical SPDIF-out
BIOS:
• The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and
expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your
mainboard specifications.
Dimension:
• 30.5cm(L) x 24.5cm(W) ATX Form Factor
Mounting:
• 9 mounting holes.
The product:
Please click on thumbnails to get bigger pictures
This motherboard comes packed in a very nice box with the MSI logo on the left and specificatiosn on the back. Everything is packed in their own small compartments or bags inside the box.
Current Real Time Pricing
Closer look >>>>> Page 2
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