Detailed pictures of MSI's P45D3 appear

jmke · 20th March 2008, 17:00

Coolaler has got his hands on the upcoming Intel P45-based P45D3 Platinum from MSI, and among its new features is a re-designed chipset cooler which seems to have been designed to look somewhat like a motorcycle engine. It's also the first time we've seen a chipset cooler on an MSI board that features an external exhaust via the I/O shield.

The board itself looks pretty straight forward with a pair of x16 PCIe slots, although MSI has a pair of jumpers that enabled the second slot for Crossfire in dual x8 mode. However, it's only a pair of standard jumpers, so it's not too much of a hassle to switch over to dual slot mode. The board also has a pair of PCIe x1 and PCI slots. There's also a Molex connector for extra power to the graphics card slots.

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...99&Ite mid=37

20th March 2008, 23:05

Wonder if their going to christen this one 'The Harley'?

jmke · 21st March 2008, 01:25

design over function

20th March 2008, 17:00	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	Detailed pictures of MSI's P45D3 appear Coolaler has got his hands on the upcoming Intel P45-based P45D3 Platinum from MSI, and among its new features is a re-designed chipset cooler which seems to have been designed to look somewhat like a motorcycle engine. It's also the first time we've seen a chipset cooler on an MSI board that features an external exhaust via the I/O shield. The board itself looks pretty straight forward with a pair of x16 PCIe slots, although MSI has a pair of jumpers that enabled the second slot for Crossfire in dual x8 mode. However, it's only a pair of standard jumpers, so it's not too much of a hassle to switch over to dual slot mode. The board also has a pair of PCIe x1 and PCI slots. There's also a Molex connector for extra power to the graphics card slots. http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...99&Ite mid=37 __________________

20th March 2008, 23:05	#2
FireTech Posts: n/a	Funky heatpipes. Wonder if their going to christen this one 'The Harley'?

21st March 2008, 01:25	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	design over function __________________

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