Today we get the chance to check out a full featured motherboard without all of the bloat. The MSI 890FXA-GD65 motherboard with AMD’s 890FX chipset offers a whopping 10 USB ports, 2 of which are USB 3.0. It also includes support for SATA 6GB/s and is AM3+ ready, for those looking to buy the processors coming out later this year. This affordable motherboard is easy to overclock with the provided software and will surely give you your money’s worth. Read on further to get the fully detailed review.
Special thanks to MSI for providing us with the 890FXA-GD65 AMD 890FX Motherboard to review.
Packaging
The MSI 890FXA-GD65 packaging has the same theme that you’ll find on your boot screen; an orange fiery slanted G interlacing with a white background. The front of the packaging goes over some of the features which include a 3 year warranty, Military Class components, Auto OC Genie, and uses the AMD 890FX Chipset. The back of the box goes into a better explanation of the features and also includes the specifications and the I/O overview so you can see exactly what connections are on the motherboard.
Inside of the box you’ll find a plain cardboard separator between the parts and the motherboard. Some parts that are included are the I/O plate, User Guide, Software CD, four white SATA cables, Molex to SATA power adapters, USB expansion panel and some other handy adapters for the motherboard.