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MSI 790FX-GD70 review

This motherboard offers support for the forthcoming 6 core AMD chips, but is it worth it now?

Our Score 4

Last reviewed: 2009-08-30August 30th 2009

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Product Summary

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Future proofed

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Backwards compatible with old AMD chips

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DDR3 support

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BIOS free overclocking

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