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MSI B75MA-P45 Review

09 Aug, 2012, 4:34 pm IST | by Anand Tuliani | Motherboards

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An affordable motherboard with a very limited feature set

An affordable motherboard with a very limited feature set
Very good layout
Limited components on the rear panel

PRICE IN INDIA

4,500

TECH2 RATING

6.0

AVERAGE USER RATING

7.5

How we test

CONTACT

MSI India

 technicalindia@msi.in.com

 1800 2000 004

 http://in.msi.com

Test rig configuration
Processor: Intel Core i7-2600k
Memory: G.Skill RipjawsX 8 GB (4 GB x 2 @1866 MHz)
Graphics card: AMD Radeon HD 6870
SSD: Plextor PX-256M2S
Power supply:  Cooler Master Silent Pro 1000W
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit

 

Performance
The memory speed officially supported with a Sandy Bridge CPU installed is 1333 MHz, but we used the memory’s XMP profile and ran it at full speed (1866 MHz) in dual channel mode. The test rig scored 4917 points in PCMark 7 and 4415 points in 3DMark 11 (performance mode). It took 26 seconds to transcode a 1 minute MPG video H.264 format and Cinebench R11.5 reported 6.69 points, which is ideally what the Core i7-2600k should log at stock speed. We didn’t have any problems running a high-end graphics card on this board. At 1920x1080 with ‘Ultra’ preset and AA turned off Crysis II and Dirt 3 logged 28 fps and 51.4 fps respectively. The overall performance of this motherboard is very good and in none of the benchmarks we found it lagging too far behind Z77 motherboards using the same set of hardware. In fact, the scores were almost the same.

 

Verdict and Price in India
Priced at Rs. 4,500, the MSI B75MA-P45 is one of the cheapest motherboards for Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge processors. It’s priced at par with some of the older H61 and H67 models, but is definitely a better deal—you get better features for the same price and it won’t get outdated as soon. Besides building a basic home or office PC, the B75MA-P45 will also do well in an entry-level gaming rig or home PC.

 

If you find the feature set of the MSI B75MA-P45 too lean and you don’t mind spending a little more, then we strongly recommend the Gigabyte B75M-D3H. It has an HDMI port, two SATA 6 Gb/s ports and two PCIe x16 slots with support for CrossFireX.

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