MSI P45 Platinum review and P45 to P35 comparison
- MSI P45 Platinum review and P45 to P35 comparison
- Page 2 - Packaging and contents
- Page 3 - Closer look, connectors and BIOS
- Page 4 - Methods of testing
- Page 5 - Performance in 3DMark Vantage
- Page 6 - Performance in Cinebench 10, WPrime
- Page 7 - Memory performance
- Page 8 - SATA performance
- Page 9 - Performance in editing video and pictures
- Page 10 - Compressing and decompressing performance
- Page 11 - Gaming performance
- Page 12 - Overclock and power efficiency
- Page 13 - Conclusion
Page 13 - Conclusion
Page 13 - Conclusion
Pros
- Big overclock capability
- High quality
- Good performance
- Huge bundle, additional software ans stuff
- Could use UEFI BIOS
- Awesome power saving technologies
- Big heatpipe chipset cooling
- Support of balanced Crossfire with 2x PCI-E 2.0 8x
Cons
- Performance is as with the cheaper P35 motherboard
Bottom line is that MSI P45 Platinum is a good product supplying everything it claims it does. The motherboard has big overclock potential and has almost everything a overclocker could ask for. It sells for about the same as any competitor with the same chipset and bundle - at about 240$. You do get awesome bundle though, additional software and stuff - sure, a software for easier flashing of the BIOS would be nice too, but hen again MSI are the only company supplying working UEFI solution for their motherboards in this class at present. So, we have no choice but to award the deserved 8.5/10 points and the "Recommended" status.
Author: Dimitar Dinchev a.k.a. Veseliq
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