[ale] Defective MoBo?

[Scott Castaline]

On 01/23/2011 04:49 PM, Ron Frazier wrote:
> That's the same chip I have, as it turns out.  It will work nicely in
> the 790 MB I mentioned if the BIOS is up to date, or in the 890 which is
> newer.  At the time I got that chip, I was running the prime95 program
> to calculate prime numbers for scientific research.  I have since
> discontinued that, but I still use the program occasionally for stress
> testing systems.  It will max out all the CPU cores.  When I did that,
> it rapidly overheated, until I went to liquid cooling.  Note that the
> maximum temperature for that chip is 62 degrees C, not 100, as is the
> case with some other chips.  The Corsair H70 liquid cooling unit has a
> heat sink / pump that fits over the CPU which is much smaller than an
> air cooling unit.  I think the CPU might be OK with air cooling at lower
> CPU loads.  I don't remember the air cooler interfering with the memory
> on the MSI board.
>
> By the way, the latest issue of Computer Power User has a neat article
> on MB's with integrated graphics, if that's your preference.  Page 22.
> You can even download the current issue by clicking the floppy disk at
> the bottom of the page.  They're available in print too.  Note that a
> lot of those MB's are smaller, and don't have things like lots of push
> button controls and LED digits.
>
> http://www.computerpoweruser.com/DigitalEditions/Default.aspx
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
> On Sun, 2011-01-23 at 16:20 -0500, Scott Castaline wrote:
>>> http://www.msi.com/product/mb/890FXA-GD70.html
>>
I normally don't get a board with integrated graphics, but at the time I 
was in need of a board, my finances were a little tight as I had just 
bought a new monitor. I'm really beginning to think that that was a mistake.