What is this?

[exhail]

MSI® AMD® 890GX and SB850 Chipset - Socket AM3 @ FSB5200MHz - DrMOS,APS,OC Dial,MAS FSB,M-Flash,All Solid Capacitors,All Shielded Choke
2 x PCI-Ex16, 1 x PCI-Ex1, 1 x PCI, 4 x DDR3-2133*(Max 16GB), 5 x SATA 3, 1x IDE, RAID 0/1/5/10, 2 xUSB 3.0, 8 x USB 2.0(4/4), 1xTPM, 1x eSATA, DVI, HDMI
Realtek® ALC889 (True Bluray) Azalia 7.1ch Sound, PCI Express Realtek® 8111DL Gigabit LAN Fast Ethernet, PS/2 keyboard OR mouse
USB 3.0, SATA 3.0, APS, DVI/HDMI (HTPC Ready) , USB Safeguard, M-Flash, All Solid Capacitors, Easy OC Switch, Lossless Blu-ray Audio
Sideport Memory-Equipped 1 Gigabit (128MB) DDR3 1333MHz IGP , CrossfireX & Hybrid Crossfire

I know its a motherboard, but what does it mean when it says and SB859 chipset? and is this motherboard any good? does it have any special features?

 

[house70]

The SB850 is the south bridge chip. mobos have a northbridge and a southbridge. Usually the NB is advertised, and the SB is kinda forgotten. I think NB handles, CPU, memory and graphics as main functions, whereas SB deals with networking, sound, and some of the PCIs (I might be wrong , though).

 

[saint19]

1- SB859 doesn't exist.
2- The mobod is good for support the Phenom II series (include X6), but if you want overclock avoid the 890GX and mobos with onboard video, get a 890FX chipset.

 

[house70]

1- SB859 doesn't exist.
2- The mobod is good for support the Phenom II series (include X6), but if you want overclock avoid the 890GX and mobos with onboard video, get a 890FX chipset.

Typo, dude, 0 is next to 9. Have mercy...lol

 

[saint19]

I know, but if he goes to buy a mobo with a SB859, the only thing that he will have is a big laugh.

 

[exhail]

just one other question is geil ram good?

 

[saint19]

What other options do you have? I prefer Crucial, Corsair, G.Skill, Kingston (Only HyperX series)

 

[exhail]

the other options are transcend, mushkin (mushkin is kind of expensive and i have to order it from a different online shop that is much further away it is more effort and the transport cost might be quite hefty) and corsair but the corsair ram is very expensive

 

[saint19]

Compare all those, Corsair, G.Skill, Geil and Transcend. Compare specs and prices with/without shipping and select the best for you.

What specs has the Geil, Transcend, Mushkin and Corsair? What are the prices?