MSI Debuts AMD 990FXA GAMING Motherboard With USB 3.1 and NVMe Support

[zappian]

After launching a set of eight new FM2+ motherboards earlier this week, MSI once again provided a new hope for AMD enthusiasts with the debut of the MSI AMD 990FXA GAMING motherboard, featuring USB 3.1. It's also the "world's first" AMD motherboard with NVMe support.

The new MSI AMD 990FXA GAMING motherboard has the usual assortment of enthusiast-level features you would expect from MSI's GAMING series, such as Crossfire and SLI support, plentiful I/O and expansion options, Audio Boost 2, and Killer LAN. In addition, the new AM3+ socket board sports two USB 3.1 Type-A ports in the rear, and it is the first AMD chipset motherboard to support NVMe, finally introducing next gen features to AMD's fan base.

 

My take on this:

 

Too little to late . Investing so much on an AM3+ platform nowadays is silly since the LGA 1150 has the best cpus. i3/i5 for gaming and xeon E3 for productivity.

Also having a "Gaming" tag line on a am3+ motherboard makes me cringe given how bad those cpus are for gaming.

 

Source:

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/msi-amd-motherboard-990fxa-nvme,29051.html

[ThatSweetGamer]

Well... At least they're keeping up to date?...

[cesrai]

Good job MSI too bad AMD cpus are relatively weak.

[improbablepants]

This is a dead socket with a dead community. 10pts to MSI

[Sauron]

I agree with you, a high end AM3+ motherboard doesn't make a lot of sense. If this had been 80 bucks, I could see people considering this for a new system or as an upgrade to their (possibly outdated or am2/2+/3) motherboard.

 

All in all I'd have preferred to see this with an fm2+ socket, that's where the magic is going to happen if at all.

[JoaoPRSousa]

At least it doesn't have a poop brown PCB.

[wolfgang]

Interesting. But my board still works fine.

[Dzzope]

Very meh with the NVMe... They need to present it over SFF 8639 for it to be worth a damn.

 

Very pretty board though.

[Dietrichw]

At least it doesn't have a poop brown PCB.

Hopefully MSI doesn't do what Asrock does and have a PCB that is somewhere between black and brown depending on the light. On my Asrock board it is poop brown if I shine the light on my phone on it but under normal lighting it is almost black. 

[JoaoPRSousa]

Hopefully MSI doesn't do what Asrock does and have a PCB that is somewhere between black and brown depending on the light. On my Asrock board it is poop brown if I shine the light on my phone on it but under normal lighting it is almost black.

Yeah I know. But I think that this one is 100% black. Tho, don't quote me on this.

[TERAFLOP]

Too little to late . Investing so much on an AM3+ platform nowadays is silly since the LGA 1150 has the best cpus. i3/i5 for gaming and xeon E3 for productivity.

Also having a "Gaming" tag line on a am3+ motherboard makes me cringe given how bad those cpus are for gaming.

The amount of bias in this statement makes me "cringe" .

[zappian]

The amount of bias in this statement makes me "cringe" .

 

Replace bias with facts and you have an accurate sentence.

[ThatSweetGamer]

Replace bias with facts and you have an accurate sentence.

It's bad when an I3 beats an 8 Core...

[Brainless906]

Replace bias with facts and you have an accurate sentence.

-snip-

 

I'm just being cheeky at this point but hooray!

 

 

EDIT: on a slightly more serious note with the introduction of DX12 and much better multicore support the 8350 may come back as a really good value proc for modern games. Only time will tell i suppose. 

 

ALSO GIMMI ZEN PLZ

[zappian]

I'm just being cheeky at this point but hooray!

 

 

 

EDIT: on a slightly more serious note with the introduction of DX12 and much better multicore support the 8350 may come back as a really good value proc for modern games. Only time will tell i suppose. 

 

ALSO GIMMI ZEN PLZ

 

If you only play BF4

But thats the only game where FX inst terrible.

[harrynowl]

I appreciate the effort MSI but it probably wasn't worth it

[Interfectorem]

Good Guy MSI.

[JamGorby]

Like hubcaps on a tractor. 

[Lazmarr]

-snip-

This is a dead socket with a dead community. 10pts to MSI

What you are failing to see is that this board will be good for current owners of an AM3+ CPU who are looking for a better board than they already have.