New Western Digital or Seagate HDD for MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD 790XT-G45 (MS-7388)

[Shalmaneser]

I have a MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD 790XT-G45 (MS-7388) I need more SATA II storage for. I prefer WD, however am open to SG. I see there are a few issues with > 2TB drives and wonder if my MOBO is up to supporting > 2TB drives. Any feedback? Will my MOBO support WD30EZRX-RTL http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8988947&CatId=4357

Follow-on question: is this a 2TB limit per partition or a 2TB entire drive limitation? This ( http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2010/02/18/understanding-the-2-tb-limit-in-windows-storage.aspx ) doesn't clarify the issue.

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey Shalmaneser. Unfortunately I couldn't find anything to support the theory that you can use larger drives than 2TB with this mobo. However there's a 3TB+ Infinity feature for the 790X-G45, but unfortunately I don't see this to be supported by the 790XT-G45 mobo, so if I were you, I'd probably not take the chance with a drive which has more than 2TB capacity.
It would be great if anyone has experience with this mobo in particular and can give you a definite answer.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

 

[Boogieman_WD]

So I've received confirmation from the MSI customer support with the following message:

Thanks for contacting MSI technical support.

Regarding your concern,we are sorry that this MB support max to 2TB HDD. Please refer to the test report on our website. Thanks!

http://www.msi.com/file/test_report/TR3_1856.pdf

I'm sorry mate, looks like your new drive has to be 2TB or smaller. 🙁