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| by lemonlime | July 26, 2009 | ||
| Package and Accessories Package and Accessories Let’s take a quick look at the box and accessories included with the MSI 790FX-GD70.     Click on image to enlarge Unlike many of MSI’s competitors, they opted to keep the GD70 box fairly simple. It’s overall light color theme is much more reserved than some of the glossy and holographic type boxes that we’ve seen from other companies. Given the motherboard’s dark appearance and blue slots, it is almost as if we’re looking at the wrong box. But, none the less, we’re taking about a box here. It’s what's inside that counts! Some of the key features are included on the front of the box, but a much more detailed overview can be found on the back.   Click on image to enlarge The motherboard itself can be found within an anti-static bag at the bottom of the box. A fairly thick piece of black foam padding protects the motherboard from the bottom and a shaped piece of cardboard allows the accessories to sit above without damaging the board. The box is also fairly thick, which helps to ensure that undue pressure is not put on the board. Overall, we feel that there is an acceptable degree of protection offered with the GD70 packaging.    Click on image to enlarge Once we cracked the box open, we were greeted by a fairly decent set of accessories for a higher end motherboard. Here is a breakdown of the included accessories:
Although there is nothing terribly exciting in the accessory package, we were pleased to see four SATA cables included, as well as the handy quick-connectors for the case front panel leads. MSI also includes quick-connectors for USB, sound and 1397, but it is unlikely that anyone would need to use them as most new cases already include one-piece connectors for these headers. It was nice of MSI to throw them in regardless. On the documentation front, MSI certainly does not disappoint. Included are several quick-start guides, including a large unfolding poster-style diagram of the board and its various connectors. The printed user manual is also nice and detailed with plenty of diagrams included. Two software discs are included with the GD70. We’ll get more into detail about the included utilities and software in the upcoming “Included Software” section. | ||
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