MSI 870A-G54 32GB DDR3 AMD Motherboard

Military Class with Hi-c CAP
The perfect trinity of quality, stability and efficiency all exist at one mainboard to meet end user expectations. The MSI Military Class series products provide the long lifespan, unparalleled quality, extreme performance and ultimate efficiency.

Hi-c CAP
Insisting on the best stability, MSI utilizes Hi-c CAPs on Military Class series.  Made of the rare element Tantalum, often used on space shuttles and satellites, which sustains very high temperatures and shows an amazingly high electrical conductivity.

Icy Choke
Compared to the traditional ferrite choke, the Icy Choke provides higher power efficiency and a more stable power supply, which also fulfills power users need for idealized environment with turbo speed and low operating temperatures.

Solid CAP
For providing the highest quality products, we built-in Solid CAP in the entire Military Class series. This not only makes bursting capacitors a non-issue but also ensures a dramatically extended lifetime and ultra-low ESR.

Auto OC Genie
In the past, users needed to adjust settings for CPU and Memory in BIOS menu to overclock.  The relation between these ratios and clocks speeds are extremely complicated, taking up to 30 minutes to find the right settings for an optimized PC.  Auto OC Genie simplifies it all into one button press. Where high-end CPUs are usually priced around 1000 USD, Auto OC Genie allows you to take a 200 USD CPU (1/5 the price) to reach the same performance. Your C/P ratio rises up 500% immediately for the ultimate value.

Features

The world’s first Auto Overclocking Processor
Upgrade full system performance in 1 sec
Auto detect overclocking settings of CPU and Memory
Compatible with Intel/AMD platform

USB 3.0
Compared to the 480Mbps provided by traditional USB 2.0, the all-new USB 3.0's 5Gb/s offers 10 times the transfer bandwidth, so transferring a Blu-ray movie takes less than one minute. MSI also has implemented a front panel USB 3.0 port, making the use of an external USB 3.0 device even more convenient.

Features

10X Faster Than USB 2.0
Up to 5Gb/s Data Transfer Bandwidth
World’s first to provide Front Panel USB 3.0 Port
Boost Transfer Rate Between Your PC and External Storage Devices

SATA 6Gb/s
SATA 6Gb/s provides double the bandwidth of traditional SATA 3Gb/s, and increases the data transfer rate between your mainboard and internal storage devices, such as 7200RPM HDDs, 10000RPM HDDs and SSDs. It’s also the current trend for upcoming high-speed internal storage devices to to break the existing bottleneck of a PC’s performance.

Features

2X Faster Than SATA 3Gb/s
Up to 6Gb/s Data Transfer Bandwidth
Unleash True Performance of New HDDs/SSDs

Lossless 24-bit/192KHz HD Audio
Onboard PC audio gets better! MSI is the first to implement the most high-end HD Audio codecs available. Don’t be fooled by other inferior audio solutions onboard (sometimes you can’t even find the driver!) Only MSI offers the Loss-less 24-bit/192KHz HD Audio function with an incredible 109 SNR dB value to provide the most clear & vivid HD audio quality and support 7.1 channels surround sound playback with a 2-channel independent stereo output (multiple streaming) through the front panel 3.5 inch phone jack.

i-Charger
Mobile consumer appliances are getting more and more attention in current day fast moving life style, with smart phones and tablets almost becoming a fashion accessory. However, many ordinary personal computers cannot charge some of these devices, making it difficult to stay connected.  The MSI i-Charger is a Windows resident program capable of revising the power supply mode of your USB port to become more powerful. Once your phone or tablet is connected to your USB port, the i-Charger sends a signal to initiate its charging circuit, making it a really smart and convenient charging solution for mobile computing needs.

Features

Automatically Detect & Charge Your Smart Phone or Tablet
Support Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7 32B

APS (Active Phase Switching)
Active Phase Switching, APS, technology is an intelligent design that helps to save energy on MSI’s mainboards. The underlying idea is to switch off the power supply as soon as no electricity is needed, and when the system needs more resources again, APS will automatically adjust electricity supply accordingly. APS will automatically detect your processor’s loading at any given time and save energy accordingly. This is only possible by means of a very advanced power controlling technology. Other than software-based solutions, APS technology stands out from MSI's own research. The specially developed IC chip can operate automatically depending on the demands of the power supply, which is to reduce the total power usage.

M-Flash
Compared to common mainboard which need extra BIOS chips, MSI’s M-Flash has a double advantage which doesn’t need extra components and secondly, all your BIOS data will be saved in the USB drive. The stored data does not only have backup and upgrade function, moreover it can also be seen as a portable BIOS chip which is actually able to boot up your PC.

Features

Backup/Restore Your BIOS to/from Any USB Flash Disk
Avoid Unnecessary Repair Due to Accident Failures During The Upgrading Process
Earn more BIOS Lifespan by Reducing Unnecessary Rewriting Proc

USB Safeguard
USB Safeguard can prevent mainboards and USB devices from being damaged by short-circuit and ESD (Electro-Static Discharge) with Anti-ESD chips built-into the mainboards. Additionally, the safeguard can protect against such dangers multiple times, and greatly improves product lifespan.

Features

All MSI mainboards use USB Safeguard’s anti-ESD chip for thorough protection against ESD damage
USB Safeguard is protected against a short circuit and/or ESD without the need for a fuse. It also supports stand-by power supply

Live Update 5
MSI Live Update 5 is a powerful and useful application for updating the latest BIOS and Drivers, saving you time and lowers the risk of updating. End-users can install and run the Live Update 5 software on their computers with the companion CD or downloading the app from the MSI website.

Features

Automatically Detect the BIOS/Driver/VGA/Utility Update
Support Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7 32Bit

Live Update Online
MSI Live Update Online is a powerful and useful application for updating latest BIOS and Drivers, which can save your time for searching and lower the risk while updating. Live Update Online is online services exclusively. End-users only have to connect to the download center and enable the Live Update Online function, and the updating will continue via the web pages completely. Live Update Online offers the latest BIOS, drivers and utilities from MSI for automatic updating. Through the user-friendly operation, end-users can update the system easily and increase performance immediately.

ATI CrossFireX
ATI CrossFireX™ is the ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform. Enabling game-dominating power, ATI CrossFireX technology enables two or more discrete graphics processors to work together to improve graphics performance. ATI CrossFireX technology allows you to expand your system’s graphics capabilities. It allows you the ability to scale your system’s graphics horsepower as you need it, supporting up to four ATI Radeon™ HD graphics cards, making it the most scalable gaming platform ever. With an ATI CrossFireX gaming technology, the traditional graphics limitation exists no more, allowing you to enjoy higher performance as well as visual experience.

Technical Details

Brand : MSI
Model : 870A-G54
CPU (Max Support) : Phenom II
AM3 CPU Ready : Yes
FSB / Hyper Transport Bus : up to 5200MT/s
Chipset : AMD® 870+SB850
DDR3 Memory : DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600*(OC)
Memory Channel : Dual
DIMM Slots : 4
Max Memory (GB) : 32
PCI-Ex16 : 2
PCI-E Gen : Gen2 (1x16, 1x4)
PCI-Ex1 : 1
PCI : 3
IDE : 1
SATAIII : 6
RAID : 0/1/5/10
LAN : 10/100/1000
TPM : 1
USB 3.0 ports (Rear) : 2
USB 2.0 ports (Rear) : 6
Audio ports (Rear) : 6+Optical SPDIF
Serial ports (Rear) : 1
APS : Yes
CrossFire : Yes