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| MSI's P55-GD65 poses for the camera |
Category: Motherboard |
| Added: 12 June 2009 |
Black and blue all the way In addition to the single PCB GTX 295 from MSI, we managed to get our hands on some pictures of an early version of the MSI P55-GD65 motherboard. MSI noted that this is still an 0A version of the motherboard, so some things will certainly change before it goes on sale. MSI has decided to go for the black and blue color scheme for PCI and memory slots, but unfortunately, as this is going to be a mainstream motherboard, it will feature the same brown PCB. The rest of the known features include MSI's OC Genie with next gen Easy OC Switch for hardware overclocking, the power eSATA which is nice add-on previously seen on MSI's 790FX-GD70 and 6+1-Phase DrMOS VRM. The motherboard will feature two PCI-Express x1 and one PCI-Express x4 slots, two PCI-Express x16 slots (x8,x8 or single x16) and two plain PCI slots. In addition to the six angled SATA ports, MSI has decided to include one more, placed below the southbridge and EIDE ports. MSI claims that they decided to include EIDE ports as this is after all a mainstream board. Here are some pictures of the board.  |
| MSI adds 780E chipset to Yukon CPUs |
Category: Motherboard |
| Added: 12 June 2009 |
Computex 09: Makes the platform that should've been
When AMD announced the Yukon platform, a lot of people were disappointed to find out that AMD had gone for its 690-series chipset rather than the 780-series which offers vastly better 3D and more importantly, HD video playback performance.
It seems like MSI has gone and rectified this issue all on its own by launching a mini-ITX motherboard with the 780E chipset which is a version of the 780G for the embedded market. The AM-780E as the board is known as isn't a consumer product which is a bit of a shame, but we can see this product ending up in a wide range of embedded systems which requires HD video playback.
The choice of CPU as of right now is limited to the Sempron 200U or 210U which are clocked at 1GHz and 1.5GHz respectively. Due to these CPU's being limited to single channel memory, there's only one SO-DIMM slot on the board, but it supports up to 4GB of DDR2 memory. MSI has equipped the AM-780E with a plethora of ports including HDMI, DVI, D-sub, eSATA, dual Gigabit Ethernet, four USB 2.0 ports, 5.1-channel analog audio jacks and optical as well as coaxial S/PDIF out.
The board also features a PCI slot and a mini PCI Express slot which accepts various notebook modules. Then there are three SATA ports, two headers for an additional four USB 2.0 ports, a TPM header, an LVDS connector and even an unknown amount of SidePort memory. We're not overly keen on the CPU and chipset cooling design, but this might yet change before the final product becomes available. Overall this is a very interesting product and we're still a few months away from AMD's Yukon refresh that will bring the 780-series chipset to the platform.
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| MSI X58 Platinum Motherboard |
Category: Motherboard |
| Added: 12 June 2009 |
MSI X58 Platinum Motherboard
"MSI released their X58 motherboards at the same time as the others, but because of its popularity ... it's only now that we managed to receive their X58 Platinum motherboard. Let's check it out."
Introduction
We finally got our hands on the MSI X58 Platinum motherboard. This version is not their enthusiast model ... the MSI X58 Eclispe, which we've heard so much about. The main difference is that the Platinum version aimed at the mainstream market and supports ATI's Crossfire only, while the Eclipse version is more highend and feature support for both Nvidia's SLI and ATI's Crossfire configuration.
In the past, MSI have always produced very good motherboards for the mainstream users, but recently they've introduced a new line of motherboards called the "Gaming Series". These motheboards feature a whole host of new and exciting technologies. Take for example their innovative DrMOS feature, which includes variety of otpions for power saving, overclocking and increasing performance. They've really got stuck into the gaming and enthusiast market, and it looks like its paying off.
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| World's First Powerless Air Cooler on a Mainboard! |
Category: Motherboard |
| Added: 11 June 2009 |
MSI presents the "Air Power Cooler" chipset cooler with ECO concept at CeBIT 2008!
 Taipei, Taiwan – Micro-Star International (MSI), one of the leaders in mainboard technology, will bring new life to old technology with new concept on mainboard products. While everybody is looking forward to have a more ECO friendly design, more mainboard makers are trying to save energy on the mainboard side with PWM design, MSI already has very efficient power design, but we research more than only PWM design enhancement, trying to offer the total ECO solution we now give you the heat transfer power concept on mainboard cooler design!
MSI unique ECO cooler concept, over 70% heat transfer!
The amazing of nature power has taught humans a lot, with the earth's resources running out and fuels such as petroleum to run-out in this century, now is the time to work harder and find the replacement resources and use what we have learnt from earths nature. After MSI concept solar power notebook system, MSI continued to survey in the pursuit of innovation & ECO power to find other new technology for mainboards, today we introduce to you a solution that's heat and air power!
Maybe you have already heard about "Stirling Engine Theory", but in Taiwan, we have great companies that not only work hard on selling products, but also try to investigate future energy solutions. Thanks to MSI and our great partners, we would like to introduce the "Air Power Cooler" based on Stirling Engine theory with great support from Polo-Tech Taiwan, the exclusive heat transfer technical design company with their own patent rights.
The "Air Power Cooler" transfers the chipset heat into air momentum, when the air becomes hot, the air will expand then push the fan to rotate and In doing so cooling the heatsink immediately. After the air moves from the bottom to top of the piston, the air will become heavy to push the up piston down. The better air piston design can transfer over 70% heat power and transfer to air power, that's great efficiency transfer from Stirling engine theory. In a comparison with solar power the transfer rate is only around 20~30% requiring more surface and as a result cost.
MSI "Air Power Cooler", more then just saving watts!
MSI will present a live demo of our "Air Power Cooler" concept product in MSI's ECO area block on the MSI booth in CeBIT Hall 21 B34. You will see the electricity-less fan which was powered only by the movement of heat and air, the fan speed will change relative to the chipset temperature. The prototype "Air Power Cooler" is our first attempt to investigate how the Eco concept can work in tandem with the evolution of the mainboard "ECOlution" and joins the theme for MSI at Cebit08. We will continue to co-work with our great partners and try to turn this early concept into mass production in the near future.
MSI believe that "less is more" and currently use less power but with more efficiency. MSI philosophy for good mainboard design is not about simply adding more components to PWM phases, to then turn off some phases to make a power saving. Today MSI introduces a new ECO concept using recycled energy giving you real-world environmental and power savings! For features. MSI once again shows our market leading credentials and why our slogan is "Innovation with Style".
More detail about the Stirling Engine!
• The history of the Stirling engine.
– The Stirling engine theory and prototype was invented during1600's.
– In 1816, Robert Stirling of Scotland revised and then make it as "economizer".
– With that addition the early age air engines started to use Stirling's idea.
– Many other applications adopted the principle of the Stirling engine to replace existing applications.
• The theory of the Stirling engine.
– The Stirling engine, cycles through four main processes: cooling, compression, heating and expansion.
– This is accomplished by moving the gas back and forth between hot and cold heat exchangers.
– The hot heat exchanger is in thermal contact with an external heat source, e.g. Chipset, and the cold heat exchanger being in thermal contact with an external heat sink.
– The heat transferred the outside becomes air heat and pushes up the inside pump.
– The warm air cools, and the inside pump falls down again.
– The cycle restarts again.
• Usages of the Stirling engine.
– The striling engine is still used in some submarines and to power toy airplanes.
– The evolution of the Stirling engine has become a replacement energy solution.
– Heat transfer power, small electrical generator and internal power engine.
• Advantages of the Stirling engine.
– Max transfer rate over 70% heat transfer capability, solar power is only 20~30%.
– Smaller size than solar power, only heat, no extra fuel needed when working.
– Lower total cost and continued power output with continued heat resource.
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| MSI Enables Winki on Its Latest 790FX/GX Motherboards |
Category: Motherboard |
| Added: 11 June 2009 |
Trying to draw some more attention to its line of motherboards, Taiwan-based MSI has announced today that the new AM3 790FX and 790GX lines of motherboards will be available with the company's Winki online environment, which was introduced during the CeBIT 2009 in Hanover, Germany. This new feature will allow desktop computer users to
connect and browse the Internet without having to wait until the full operating system is booted up. While similar technologies have already been introduced by other companies, the news about Winki is that fans of AMD's latest platform will be able to take advantage of this feature on their new MSI AM3 motherboards.
The Internet is now providing computer users with a series of tools and online applications that can essentially replace the need for a fully fledged operating system. Users can now come online and check their emails, edit text documents, listen to music, play online games and more, without being all that dependent on the operating system. With MSI's Winki, they will be able to browse the Internet, use an online instant messaging service, place online phone calls and more, even before the Windows OS is fully loaded.
In addition, the new AM3 790FX and 790GX motherboards from MSI will be designed to take advantage of yet another MSI feature, dubbed APS. The APS technology stands for Active Phase Switching and has been designed to automatically adjust the amount of power being supplied to various key components. APS essentially allows the user to better manage the power consumption of their desktop PC. With the addition of the new Winki feature, the new AM3-ready motherboards from MSI can provide users with an enhanced computing experience.
MSI is yet to unveil the price tags of its new Winki line of AMD 790FX and 790GX motherboards. |
| MSI Planning X58-Based Micro-ATX Motherboard |
Category: Motherboard |
| Added: 11 June 2009 |
Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer MSI is expected to update its motherboard lineup with the introduction of a new high-end model, designed to provide users with support for Intel's latest generation of computer processors, the Nehalem-based Core i7. However, unlike other MSI Core i7-supporting boards, the new MS-7593 will be designed in a smaller, Micro-ATX form factor, allowing PC vendors and computer enthusiasts to build systems that pack a lot of performance potential inside a small form factor.
MSI's current X58-based motherboard lineup is made out of 5 models, the Eclipse SLI, X58 Platinum, X58 Platinum SLI, X58 Pro and the X58 Pro SLI. However, the company is expected to update its X58 offering with the addition of a Micro-ATX board, which will enable users with support for Core i7 processors, Intel's fastest consumer processors to date.
The board, which has recently surfaced on Japan-language Pc Online, is not yet ready for release, as the details regarding its cooling solution are yet to be unveiled. However, almost every other part of the board's overall layout appears to have been established. The board seems to boast two PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots with support for CrossFireX configurations, six memory DIMMs with support for triple-channel DDR3 memory, seven SATA 3.0Gbps connectors, 7.1-channel audio, Gigabit Ethernet and possibly an eSATA connector.
The board's official specifications, when it will be released, might be a bit different and possibly enable support for SLI graphics configuration. Unfortunately, there are no specific details regarding the board's pricing and release date, but we will try to keep you up to speed, as soon as the Taiwanese company launches the board.
The launch of MSI's first Micro-ATX Core i7-supporting board follows that of ASUS' Ramapage II GENE, which was released back in February. The board was designed specifically for computer enthusiasts, especially since it's part of the company's Rampage series.
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| MSI Launches new X58 Pro-E Mainboard with DrMOS and True Blu-ray Audio playback support |
Category: Motherboard |
| Added: 9 June 2009 |
Taipei, Taiwan –Since the release of the Eclipse mainboards which won wide acclamation from gamers everywhere, World renowned mainboard and graphics card producer, MSI International, has now launched the new X58 Pro-E to satisfy the top-category of gamers and overclockers. Not just applying the same DrMOS and APS power supply designs, and creating a beautiful balance between power saving and performance, the X58 Pro-E also equips a set of unique designs like Split Thermal system and True Blu-ray audio which will create a new highlight in price-performance.
DrMOS+APS advance power technologies
MSI X58 Pro-E is using the Gen.2 DrMOS and APS power supply designs, keeping high performance and power savings in a beautiful balance. These technologies will provide excellent energy-saving capability and offers high-computing performance. Split Thermal SystemMSI X58 Pro-E provides the all new Split Thermal system which is combined with great outlook and performance. Compared with old Split Thermal system, the new design is using metal screws instead of push-pins which will improve heat dissipation. MSI’s Exclusive Easy OC technology— Easy OC SwitchAdditionally, X58Pro-E is comprises MSI’s Exclusive technology--Easy OC Switch. This is the most quick and easy solution to adjust the CPU frequency and clock speeds. By breaking various overclocking levels into sections, the switch allows the user to shift to different levels of performance without opening the BIOS. 3-way Graphics TechnologyX58 Pro-E can supply dual full-bandwidth x16 connections and one more x16 PCI Express slot that brings the maximum bandwidth premium systems for 3-way graphics. Your BIOS backup solution - M-Flash TechnologyX58 Pro-E integrated M-Flash technology allows all the BIOS information to be stored on a USB drive. In case of an inoperable start, this USB will reset all the BIOS information and brings it to the original state providing you a convenient and safe repair. True Blu-ray Audio Technology
In order to satisfy the demand of Blu-ray HD movie, MSI X58 Pro-E is using the ALC889 audio chip, which does not only support 7.1 audio channels, but also True Blu-ray Audio decoding. With the 7.1 audio channels and the outstanding audio technology, you can enjoy true Blu-ray level audio entertainment, which has clear, distinct high sounds, and a pounding bass of low sounds. |
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