MSI 990FXA-GD65V2 Motherboard

Name: MSI 990FXA-GD65V2
Brand: MSI
SKU: 990FXA-GD65V2
Rating: 4.1 (19 reviews)

MSI 990FXA-GD65V2 Socket AM3+ AMD 990FX DDR3 SATA3 USB 3.0 ATX

★★★★★

(19 reviews)

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CPU: Socket AM3+; Support 64bit AMD Phenom II X8/X6/X4/X3/X2/Athlon II X4/X3/X2/Sempron Processors; Support HyperTransport 3.0; FSB up to 5200 MT/s
Chipset: North Bridge AMD 990FX & South Bridge SB950
Memory: 4x 240pin DDR3-2133(OC)/1866/1600/1333/1066/800 DIMM Slots, Dual Channel,?Unbuffered, Max Capacity up to 32GB
Slots: 2x PCI-Express 2.0 x16 Slots (one runs at x8); 4x PCI-Express 2.0 x1 Slots; 1x 3.3V/5V PCI Slot
SATA: 6x SATA3 Ports, Support RAID 0/1/5/10
Ports: 12x USB 2.0 Ports (8 rear, 4 by headers); 2x USB 3.0 Ports; 1x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port; 1x Optical SPDIF out; 1x Coaxial SPDIF out; 1x RJ45 LAN?Port; Audio I/O Jacks
Power Connector: 1x 24pin ATX Power Connector, 1x 8pin ATX 12VPower Connector

Specifications Overview

Model	990FXA-GD65V2
Release Date	August 2012 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Socket	AM3+
Form factor	ATX
Chipset	AMD 990FX
Supported Memory	DDR3 800Mhz 1066Mhz 1333Mhz 1600Mhz 1800Mhz 2133Mhz View compatible RAM ► * High clock speeds may require enabling the XMP profile in the motherboard BIOS ** RAM support may also depend on the CPU memory controller
ECC RAM Support	No
SLI Support	Yes
CrossFire Support	Yes
RAID Support	Yes
Back Connect	No
Wireless LAN	No
PCI-Express x16 Slots	0
PCI-Express x4 Slots	0
PCI-Express x1 Slots	0
SATA 6 Gbps Ports	6
SATA Express Ports	0
M.2 Ports	0
RAM Slots	4
Maximum Supported RAM	32 GB
Onboard USB 2.0	2
Onboard USB 3.2 Gen 1	0
Onboard USB 3.2 Gen 2	0
Onboard USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	0

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

Pros

Good overclocking, but not really easy
NVIDIA SLI and AMD CrossFire support

Cons

Description

CPU

• 64bit AMD® FX, Phenom II X6/X4/X3/X2, Athlon II X4/X3/X2 and Sempron CPU in AM3 / AM3+ package.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Hyper Transport Bus

• HyperTransport 3.0 supporting speed up to 5200MT/s

Chipset

• AMD® 990FX and SB950 Chipset

Main Memory

• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866*/2133* (OC) DRAM, 32GB Max

Slots

• 2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots
• 4 PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
• 1 PCI slot, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface.

On-Board SATA

• 6 SATA III (1~6) ports by AMD® SB950
- Supports storage and data transfers at up to 6Gb/s

RAID Function

- SATA III 1~6 support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 mode by AMD® SB950

MSI Reminds You...
• The RAID setup floppy disk is optional depending on the districts. You can download the files from the website to make the setup disk.

USB 3.0

• 2 USB 3.0 ports by NEC® D720200

Audio

• Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC892
- True Blu-ray Audio Support
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec

LAN

• Realtek PCI-E GbLAN controller 8111E
- Integrated Fast Ethernet MAC and PHY in single chip
- Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1000Mb/s
- Compliance with PCI-Express Bus specification v1.0a

Internal I/O Connectors

- 1 x ATX 24-pin power connector
- 1 x ATX 8-pin 12V CPU power connector
- CPU x 1 / System x 4 FAN connectors
- 1 x Front panel audio connector
- 1 x Front panel connector
- 1 x Chassis intrusion switch connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors
- 6 x Serial ATA III connectors
- 1 x Serial port connector
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x SPDIF-out connector
- 1 x TPM module connector

Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse port
- 1 x Claer CMOS button
- 1 x Coaxial SPDIF-out
- 1 x Optical SPDIF-out
- 8 x USB 2.0 ports
- 2 x USB 3.0 ports (blue)
- 1 x RJ45 LAN Jacks
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack

Dimension

• 30.5cm(L) x 24.4cm(W) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 9 mounting holes.