Thinking of an MSI Mobo

Hi,
I am considering an MSI mobo to replace the current one in my PC die to a few stability issues that have been narrowed down to a faulty board. My current system is:
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
Motherboard Asus M4A87TD/USB3
Memory Kingston 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz HyperX Memory Kit CL9 1.65V
Graphics Card PowerColor HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card
Monitor(s) Displays LG
Keyboard Microsoft Wireless 3000 V2.0
Mouse Microsoft Wireless 5000
PSU Antec TruePower New 750W Modular PSU
Case Antec 300
Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 3 SATA 3 SSD (OS and software) + Seagate ST3500418ASATA 500Gb (user profiles etc)
The 2 boards I am considering are MSI 990XA-GD55 or MSI MSI 990FXA-GD65. I appreciate the cost difference, but what would be best?
I use the USB 3 ports and while I don't currently use the PC for gaming, it was spec'd to allow me to use one of the motor racing games as a track learning tool.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I am just wanting reliability and multi tasking performance. I had considered going down the Intel route but can't really justify the additional cost of a CPU when the one I have is more than adequate.
Thanks
Steve

I use the MSI 990FXA-GD65 myself, and it is a great board, gets my recommendation!

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Last weekend I caved in and stuck all the various case badges I had onto the inside of my P180B front door. I didn't want the stickers to ruin the exterior style, but this way I can shut the door to hide em away. Sadly, my 975X didn't come with an MSI sticker though it's one of my favorite things in the build :D Oh well... tia for any suggestions.

Maybe we could get permission from MSI to use their logo.
http://www.directron.com/whol.html
http://www.directron.com/10free.html
I would buy one.
Or, a do it yourself badge:
http://www.directron.com/yourself.html
Just kidding, here is the kit. Perfect for your Folding avatar Henry.
http://www.directron.com/clearbadge.html

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I don´t know how well known this problem is but I´ve seen it on this forum and when googling the internet you can find it!
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I had this question on the AMD forum (AMD Game » AMD Technology » Radeon Graphics » MSI mobos and ATI graphics card incompability!) and here are some of the replies:
"Well, its a known issue that older chipsets, like even AMD 580X chipset, doesn't work with 5k/6k series cards without a bios update from the manufacturer of the board.
If its not working / posting / no video ect... You need to bug MSI to update the bios on the board to support the newer 5k/6k video cards. It may or may not happen. Several manufacturers have like Asus, and Gigabyte."
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I should add from what I've read in other threads and forums it seems to be an old mainboard problem not just related to the MSI 945GCM5-F V2. Some other manufacturers of mainboards have sent customers bios upgrades to get their cards working.
As for your pci express version question. Well these problems seem to emerge when people have plugged these pci express version 2.1 cards into their pci express 1st generation slots. What exactly the problem is here? Leave that for manufacturers/experts to answer."
"Tek , its hit or miss on the board + chipset combination on if the card will work or not. Sometimes they will work in old boards, Sometimes they will not w/o manufacturerer support.
Its completely random from what I've seen on the forums at the times they were released , when people with old boards were asking why it wasn't working. And what they did to solve it. Most all of them emailed the manufacturer. Some of those said manufactureres provided beta bios back to the customers, some said your out of luck."
Its true, this MSI MS-7267 (945GCM5-F V2) isn´t a new mobo, but when I get the 5450 to work without problem with an even older fujitsu mobo (last bios update long time ago) and a 350 watts PSU I think something´s wrong.
So, a bios upgrade would probably fix it if the manufacturer (in this case MSI) just wanted to!
Tekrar!

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Originally posted by Woody dose any one know if ECC Registered RAM will work with the MSI board?
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Originally posted by NovJoe
medafor,
I not trying to pull a fast one on PSU problems, just that it may be one of the possible caused so I expected no finger pointings with regards to the previous post.
Darakiss,
The best way to get good airflow, remove your side case panel and get a good old fan to blow the hell out of it and test to confirm if it's heat concern .
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Quote from: Aaron on 23-April-10, 09:46:04
"it haz core i7 stickers!! must use!!"
Don't say you're getting sloppy already, Henry?
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