Hands-on Review: Overclock Pentium G3258 dengan MSI H81M-E33

Spesifikasi Lengkap

Berikut ini spesifikasi yang diusung oleh MSI H81M-E33, seperti yang tertera pada website-nya:

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® H81 Express

Main Memory
• Support two DDR3 DIMMs 1066/1333/1600 MHz, up to 16GB Max
– Supports Dual-Channel mode

Slots
• 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot
• 1 x PCIe x1 slot

On-Board SATA
• SATAIII controller integrated in Intel® H81 chipset
– Up to 6Gb/s transfer speed.
– Supports two SATAIII ports (SATA1~2) by H81

• SATAII controller integrated in Intel® H81 chipset
– Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
– Supports two SATAII ports (SATA3~4) by H81

USB 3.0
• 2 x USB 3.0 ports on the back panel (rear x 2)

Audio
• Chip integrated by Realtek® ALC887
– Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
– Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec

LAN
• Supports Gb LAN 10/100/1000 by Realtek® RTL8111G

Internal I/O Connectors
– 1 x ATX 24-Pin power connector
– 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
– CPU x 1 / System x 2 FAN connectors
– 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
– 2 x SATAIII connectors
– 2 x SATAII connectors
– 2 x USB 2.0 connectors
– 1 x Serial port connector
– 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
– 1 x Front Panel Audio connector
– 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector

Back Panel I/O Ports
– 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
– 1 x PS/2 mouse port
– 4 x USB 2.0 ports
– 2 x USB 3.0 ports
– 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack
– 1 x 3 in 1 audio jack
– 1 x Graphic Card port
– 1 x HDMI port

BIOS
• The motherboard BIOS provides “Plug & Play” BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The motherboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your motherboard specifications.

Dimension
• 22.6cm(L) x 17.3cm(W) Micro-ATX Form Factor
 
Mounting
• 6 mounting holes

 

Penampilan fisik

Berikut ini adalah penampilan dari motherboard MSI H81M-E33:

The Board

Motherboard H81M-E33 menggunakan form factor Micro ATX, dan terlihat cukup ‘mungil’. Motherboard ini memiliki penampilan sangat sederhana, layaknya motherboard kelas entry-level. Dibawah ini anda bisa melihat lebih jelas berbagai komponen yang disematkan MSI kepadanya:

I/O Panel

 

Expansion Slots – DIMM, SATA, PCIe

 

Audio

 

Additional Front Panel I/O Connector (Audio, COM, USB, LPT)

Chipset Cooler

 

Voltage Regulator Module (VRM)

 

Dari semua komponen, yang membuat kami agak sedikit meragukan kemampuan overclock dari MSI H81M-E33 adalah komponen regulator daya (VRM)-nya. VRM pada H81M-E33 menggunakan desain 2-phase. Setiap phase-nya menggunakan MOSFET dari Niko Semiconductor(NIKO-SEM) PK510BA dan PK516BA. Namun seharusnya, G3258 tidak akan memberi beban yang berat pada VRM sehingga VRM 2-phase ini sudah cukup memadai.

 

 

Halaman berikutnya: BIOS