Review MSI H87-G43 Gaming: Wujudkan PC Gaming Murah

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Gatot Tri Yuwono

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Motherboard

February 9, 2014

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Sejak platform Intel Haswell pertama kali diluncurkan, sejumlah produsen motherboard semakin gencar memperkenalkan produk motherboard gaming mereka. Motherboard gaming tersebut dilengkapi sejumlah feature atau kemampuan unik sehingga mampu memaksimalkan pengalaman pengguna PC saat bermain game. Tren motherboard gaming ternyata juga mengalami perubahan dengan penggunaan chipset murah dari sebuah platform. Beberapa tahun lalu motherboard gaming biasanya selalu menggunakan chipset kelas atas dari sebuah platform.

Pada platform Intel, produsen tidak hanya menghadirkan motherboard dengan menggunakan chipset Z-Series tetapi juga H-Series, bahkan B-Series. Penggunaan chipset tersebut tentu membuat pilihan motherboard gaming tidak hanya semakin beragam tetapi juga lebih terjangkau dari segi harga. Di artikel kali ini kami akan sajikan ulasan lengkap mengenai performa serta feature unik sebuah motherboard gaming dari MSI yang menggunakan chipset Intel H-Series. Inilah ulasan lengkap motherboard bernama MSI H87-G43 Gaming.

Intel H87 Chipset

Spesifikasi

CPU

• 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3 / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for LGA 1150 socket
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset

• Intel® H87 Express Chipset

Main Memory

• Support four DDR3 1066/1333/1600 MHz DRAM, 32GB Max
– Dual channel memory architecture
– Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
– Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory

Slots

• 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots, supports up to PCIe 3.0 x16 speed
• 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot, supports up to PCIe 2.0 x4 speed
• 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
• 3 x PCI slots

On-Board SATA

• SATAIII controller integrated in Intel® H87 chipset
– Up to 6Gb/s transfer speed.
– Supports six SATA ports (SATA1~6) by H87
• RAID
– SATA1~6 ports support Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (RAID 0/1/5/10) by Intel H87
– Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology, Intel® Rapid Start Technology and Intel® Smart Connect Technology*
** Supports Intel Core processors on Windows 7 and Windows 8.

USB

• 4 x USB 3.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connector)
• 10 x USB 2.0 ports (6 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)

Audio

• Realtek® ALC1150 Codec
– 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

LAN

• 1 x Killer E2205 Gigabit LAN controller*
* The Killer Network Manager is only available for Windows 7 and Windows 8 currently. The supported drivers for other operating systems would be available on the website if provided by vendor.

Multi-GPU

• Supports 2-Way AMD CrossFireTM Technology*
* Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Internal I/O Connectors

– ATX 24-Pin power connector
– 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
– 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
– 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
– 1 x USB 3.0 connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.0 ports)
– 2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors
– 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors
– 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
– 1 x Serial port connector
– 1 x Front Panel Audio connector
– 2 x System panel connectors
– 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
– 1 x Parallel port connector
– 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

Back Panel I/O Ports

– 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port
– 6 x USB 2.0 ports
– 2 x USB 3.0 ports
– 1 x RJ45 LAN jack
– 6 x OFC audio jacks
– 1 x Graphics card port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920×1200 @60Hz
– 1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920×1200 @60Hz
– 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2160 @24Hz, 24bpp/ 2560×1600@60Hz, 24bpp/ 1920×1080@60Hz, 36bpp