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12/21/2007
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MSI X38 DIAMOND / PLATINUM Review

X38 DIAMOND, MSI its flagship motherboard, supports DDR3 and new INTEL 45nm CPU. It is about $100 cheaper than Asus X38 flagship ROG. Is X38 Diamond worth to buy it?


MSI X38 DIAMOND / PLATINUM








X38 is the newest chipset from Intel. It supports DDR3 up to 1333+, 45nm Intel CPU Yorkfield and up coming Wolfdale, also provides 2 PCI-E 2.0 16x slot. X38 chip locates under MSI roller coaster cooler, I mean circu-pipe. Moreover, X38 Diamond has 2 extra PCI-E 1.0 16x controlled by IDT PES16T7 chip.








CPU voltage mosfets and capacitors. This motherboard has about maximum .05v vdrop. What is vdrop? When CPU under loading, motherboard decreases CPU voltage depends on percentage of its loading.








Memory voltage mosfets and capacitors. In able to run dual channel, you need to install 1 memory on channel A and 1 memory on channel B. (blue and pink)









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Testing Platform

Video Card
ATi
HD3870
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Motherboard
MSI
X38 DIAMOND / PLATINUM
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CPU
Intel
Core 2 Extreme QX9650
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Memory
G.SKILL
F3-12800CL7D-2GBHZ
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Hard Drive
Seagate
7200.10 320GB
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Power Supply
Thermaltake
Toughpower W0156RU 1200W
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Operation System
Microsoft
Windows XP SP2

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Testing Program
Futuremark
3Dmark06

Lavalys
Everest

Super Pi

SP2004

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