MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) motherboard for PC Gaming by MSI

Release period
Release Period	-	Dec-2011

MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) Review

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MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) Technical Specifications

CPU Make

Chipset

Form Factor

CPU socket

Total RAM

Total USB

Motherboard Details

Intel

Intel X79 Chipset

ATX

LGA 2011/Socket R

128GB

12 USB slots

GPU Interface

GPU Onboard

SLI

Crossfire

Expansion Slots

Motherboard Graphics

No the MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) motherboard does not have an onboard graphics chip

3 Nvidia SLI GPUs

2 AMD/ATI Crossfire GPUs

1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
5 x PCIe 2.0 x16
3 x PCIe 3.0 x16

Memory Type

Memory Type(ECC)

Memory Channel

Memory Capacity

Memory Total

Memory Slots

Memory Speed

Motherboard Memory

8xDDR3

Non-ECC

Quadruple

128GB DDR3

128GB

8xDIMM

DDR3 1066Mhz, DDR3 1333Mhz, DDR3 1600Mhz, DDR3 1866Mhz, DDR3 2133Mhz, DDR3 2400Mhz,

SATA 1

SATA 2

SATA 3

SATA Speed

External SATA

HDD RAID

Motherboard SATA

No the MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) motherboard does not have a SATA 1 connector

4 x SATA 2

2 x SATA 3

6Gb/s

No the MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) motherboard does not have an eSATA connector

Yes the MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) motherboard is capable of SATA RAID

Internal USB

Internal I/O

Internal I/O Connectors

3 x USB 2.0
1 x USB 3.0

1 x 24 pin power connector
1 x 8 pin power connector
1 x 4 pin power connector
1 x 4 pin fan connector
4 x fan header
1 x S/PDIF connector
TPM Chip

Back Panel USB

Back Panel I/O

Back Panel Connectors

6 x USB 2.0
2 x USB 3.0

7.1 Surround Sound
Audio Input Output
PS/2 keyboard connector
PS/2 mouse connector

Avg. User Score

0.0

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