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Fully adjustable overclocking settings
Well layed out UEFI
Looks great
Room for expansion
Plenty of I/O and expansion capability
Decent price point for the higher-end feature set
Onboard power
Reset
And overclocking buttons
Four video-output types with triple-display capability
Plenty of I/O and expansion capability, Decent price point for the higher-end feature set, Onboard power, reset, and overclocking buttons, Four video-output types with triple-display capability, Strong power component quality
Only PCIe 2.0, with 16 total graphics lanes, Lack of integrated SSD caching capabilities
The FM2-A85XMA-G65 tackles the difficult task of taking the underdog processor platform and making it appealing to enthusiast buyers for both its features and price. All told, MSI walks this tightrope with confidence and a worthwhile product. ...
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Published: 2013-07-09, Author: Eric , review by: techwarelabs.com
Fully adjustable overclocking settings, Well layed out UEFI, Looks great, Room for expansion
MSI mainboard are known to have attractive looks, user-friendly design and high-quality components. They are energy-efficient, fast and stable with nominal settings. But their BIOS has quite a few issues and doesn't allow to overclock without turning ...
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Published: 2013-04-14, Author: Alex , review by: extremespec.net
MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 for AMD A-Series Motherboard Review, Testing and performance with FM2 Socket Posted by: Alex April 14, 2013 in Motherboard , Review Leave a comment AMD has pleased his fans announcement A...
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Published: 2013-02-04, Author: James , review by: futurelooks.com
Abstract: AMD brought their newest Piledriver architecture to their APU chips first with the release of Trinity. We have already looked at the Trinity chips themselves, so lets take a better look at the motherboards designed to support them. Today, our AMD A10-5800...
Abstract: The A85X chipset and FM2 socket is supposedly here to stay for Trinity plus one more generation. As a result, AMD needs to make sure that the platform is right so that the new processors can slot straight in (whenever that may be). While they may h...
Published: 2012-11-25, Author: Thomas , review by: tomshardware.com
Abstract: After just one generation, Socket FM1 is dead. We test six Socket FM2-based motherboards able to take AMD's newest APUs built using the Trinity architecture. Can any of these platforms, armed with AMD A85X Fusion Controller Hubs, get us to upgrade? Once...
sAs we mentioned in our Trinity APU review, it is a great solution for HTPC style builds. Building a system in an SFX or mATX case without a GPU that will play any modern game with pretty good settings is quite an accomplishment.That’s not what the FM2...
Honestly, when you have had the new Trinity APUs in your hands and at the test benches, the only thing you can conclude is that PCs based upon these APUs are low-end / entry level products. Okay CPU performance versus really good integrated GPU performan...
Abstract: After just one generation, Socket FM1 is dead. We test six Socket FM2-based motherboards able to take AMD's newest APUs built using the Trinity architecture. Can any of these platforms, armed with AMD A85X Fusion Controller Hubs, get us to upgrade? Onc...
