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MSI FM2-A85XA-G65

19 Oct 2012

Adopting the AMD A85X chipset, the MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 comes with proprietary technologies like ClickBIOS II, OC Genie II, Military Class III, as well as AMD's Cool'n'Quiet technology which reduces heat and noise.

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HWZ's Overall Rating: 8.5

Performance:

8.5

Features:

8.5

Value:

Consistently good performance

Good overclocker

Rich feature set

Features Military Class III components for stability and durability

No eSATA

No DVI output (need to convert from HDMI / DisplayPort)

<h2 class="header-green">Product Specification</h2>
<table class="specs">
			<tr>
		<td class="prd_content">Processor Support and Chipset Type</td>
		<td class="prd_content02 alernate_lightgrey">
			<ul><li>AMD Socket FM2 Accelerated Processing Units
</li><li>AMD A85X FCH (Hudson D4)
</li><li>System Bus: UMI 2.0, up to 2GB/s</li></ul>		</td>
	</tr>
				<tr>
		<td class="prd_content">Memory</td>
		<td class="prd_content02 alernate_darkgrey">
			<ul><li>Up to 4 x DDR3-2400+(O.C)
</li><li>64GB Maximum</li></ul>		</td>
	</tr>
				<tr>
		<td class="prd_content">Storage</td>
		<td class="prd_content02 alernate_lightgrey">
			8 x SATA 6Gbps connectors by AMD A85X		</td>
	</tr>
				<tr>
		<td class="prd_content">Audio</td>
		<td class="prd_content02 alernate_darkgrey">
			<ul><li>Realtek ALC892 HD audio CODEC
</li><li>1 x Optical S/PDIF Out port
</li><li>6 x analog audio jacks</li></ul>		</td>
	</tr>
				<tr>
		<td class="prd_content">Video</td>
		<td class="prd_content02 alernate_lightgrey">
			<ul><li>APU integrated graphics engine
</li><li>1 x D-Sub port
</li><li>1 x HDMI port
</li><li>1 x DisplayPort</li></ul>		</td>
	</tr>
				<tr>
		<td class="prd_content">Networking</td>
		<td class="prd_content02 alernate_darkgrey">
			Realtek RTL8111E Gigabit LAN		</td>
	</tr>
				<tr>
		<td class="prd_content">Rear I/O</td>
		<td class="prd_content02 alernate_lightgrey">
			<ul><li>1 x PS/2 Keyboard port
</li><li>1 x D-Sub port
</li><li>1 x HDMI port
</li><li>1 x DisplayPort
</li><li>2 x USB 3.0 ports
</li><li>4 x USB 2.0 ports
</li><li>1 x RJ45 (LAN) port
</li><li>1 x Optical S/PDIF Out port
</li><li>6 x audio jacks</li></ul>		</td>
	</tr>
				<tr>
		<td class="prd_content">Internal Connectors</td>
		<td class="prd_content02 alernate_darkgrey">
			<ul><li>1 x USB 3.0 header (2 ports)
</li><li>3 x USB 2.0 header (6 ports)
</li><li>1 x CPU fan connector
</li><li>4 x Chassis fan connectors
</li><li>1 x S/PDIF out connector
</li><li>1 x Front panel audio connector
</li><li>1 x Front panel connector
</li><li>1 x Power button
</li><li>1 x Reset button
</li><li>1 x OC Genie button
</li><li>1 x Clear CMOS button
</li><li>1 x Voltage Checkpoints connector</li></ul>		</td>
	</tr>
				<tr>
		<td class="prd_content">Expansion Slots</td>
		<td class="prd_content02 alernate_lightgrey">
			<ul><li>2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (x16, x8/x8)
</li><li>3 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slot
</li><li>2 x PCI slots</li></ul>		</td>
	</tr>
				<tr>
		<td class="prd_content">Other Features</td>
		<td class="prd_content02 alernate_darkgrey">
			<ul><li>DigitALL Power
</li><li>Military Class III
</li><li>OC Genie II
</li><li>ClickBIOS II
</li><li>M-Flash
</li><li>Super Charger
</li><li>USB Safeguard
</li><li>Live Update 5
</li><li>Winki 3
</li></ul>		</td>
	</tr>
				<tr>
		<td class="prd_content">Form Factor</td>
		<td class="prd_content02 alernate_lightgrey">
			ATX (30.5 x 24.5cm)		</td>
	</tr>
	</table>

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