MSI P45 motherboard lineup unveiled

Posted on Saturday, June 14 2008 @ 3:26 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
MSI send us a mail with the specifications of all their new Intel P45 based motherboards. First is a look at the special features of this new motherboard series:
Server-Class DrMOS– Energy Saving and Best Performance
MSI’s P45 series mainboards with unique server-class DrMOS component provides superior energy-saving functions and enables an ultimate low temperature operation. MSI DrMOS also comes with 3 incredible features; GreenPower for power saving energy, XpressCool for zero noise and effective heat dissipation and RapidBoost for high computing performance. In full loading system, MSI DrMOS drops the surface temperature by 16 degrees. Mr. Vincent Lai, MSI global marketing director, proudly states: “The MSI P45 mainboard series equipped with DrMOS, will provide consumers a rich computing experience and advance super energy-efficient technology which is a advantage for users and the environment”.

MSI Circu-Pipe Liquid & MSI Circu-Pipe2 Cooling Solution
The MSI P45 series mainboard is equipped with the unique MSI Circu-Pipe 2 or MSI Circu-Pipe Liquid cooling solution, that effectively reduce the high temperature from the chipset and provide the best total thermal solution for the whole system. MSI Circu-Pipe 2 is a new generation of thermal cooling heat-pipe technology. With the copper blades design, MSI Circu-Pipe 2 can increase the thermal efficiency. After the test the MSI Circu-Pipe was able to maintain the temperature of the north bridge chip in 36 degrees which resolves the issue of reaching high temperatures during high-computing load.

MSI GreenPower Center is MSI’s software application, which enables users to be fully in control of their power configuration. MSI put really a lot of efforts in the design of the GUI; all the options are easy to find and to control. MSI GreenPower Center can even automatically manage your power configuration. Where systems without MSI GreenPower Center always increase the system fan speed (to lower down the temperature) when any heat is detected, MSI P45 systems with MSI GreenPower Center take action when any increase in power usage is measured by MSI GreenPower Genie. So before the heat is generated! This results in more efficient power usage and a reduction of acoustic noise. Besides this you can dynamically manage or fine-tune with MSI GreenPower Center systems by changing the voltage values of the CPU, memory AND chipset.
And here are the specifications:

MSI P45 Diamond
- Supports Intel Core™ 2 Extreme/Quad/Duo & 45nm Penryn
CPU’s, FSB up to 2008MHz OC
- Supports DDR3-2008 memory
- Equipped with DrMOS
- Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio independent sound card
- Circu-Pipe Liquid water cooling and Heat-Pipe thermal design
- Dual PCI Express 2.0 x16 support ATI CrossFireX (dual X8)
- TPM pinheader

MSI P45D3 Platinum
- Supports Intel Core™ 2 Extreme/Quad/Duo & 45nm Penryn CPU’s, FSB up to 2008MHz OC
- Supports DDR3-2008 memory
- Equipped with DrMOS
- Circu-Pipe 2 heat-pipe thermal design
- Dual PCI Express 2.0 x16 support ATI CrossFireX (dual X8)
- TPM pinheader

MSI P45 Platinum
- Supports Intel Core™ 2 Extreme/Quad/Duo & 45nm Penryn CPU’s, FSB up to 2008MHz OC
- Support DDR2-1200 memory
- Equipped with DrMOS
- Circu-Pipe 2 heat-pipe thermal design
- Dual PCI Express 2.0 x16 support ATI CrossFireX (dual X8)
- TPM pinheader

MSI P45 Neo2-FR
- Supports Intel Core™ 2 Extreme/Quad/Duo & 45nm Penryn CPU’s, FSB up to 2008MHz OC
- Support DDR2-1200 memory
- 8 (7.1) Channel HD audio
- Heat-Pipe thermal design
- Dual PCI Express 2.0 x16 support ATI CrossFireX (dual X8)
- TPM pinheader

MSI P45 Neo3-FR
- Supports Intel Core™ 2 Extreme/Quad/Duo & 45nm Penryn CPU’s, FSB up to 1600 MHz
- Support DDR2-1200 memory
- 8 (7.1) Channel HD audio
- Heat-Pipe thermal design
- PCI Express 2.0 x16
- TPM Pinheader

MSI P45 Neo-F
- Supports Intel Core™ 2 Extreme/Quad/Duo & 45nm Penryn CPU’s, FSB up to 1600 MHz
- Support DDR2-1200 memory
- 8 (7.1) Channel HD audio
- Heat-Sink thermal design
- PCI Express 2.0 x16
- Gigabit lan
- TPM Pinheader

MSI P43 Neo3-F
- Supports Intel Core™ 2 Extreme/Quad/Duo & 45nm Penryn CPU’s, FSB up to 1333 MHz
- Support DDR2-1066 memory
- 8 (7.1) Channel HD audio
- Heat-Pipe thermal design
- PCI Express 2.0 x16
- Gigabit lan
- TPM Pinheader

MSI P43 Neo-F
- Supports Intel Core™ 2 Extreme/Quad/Duo & 45nm Penryn CPU’s, FSB up to 1333 MHz
- Support DDR2-1066 memory
- 8 (7.1) Channel HD audio
- Heat-Sink thermal design
- PCI Express 2.0 x16
- Gigabit lan
- TPM Pinheader


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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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