Supports 64-bit AMD® Phenom X4 / Phenom X3 processor (Socket AM2+)
Supports 64-bit AMD® Athlon™ 64 / Athlon 64FX / Athlon 64 X2 / Sempron processor (Socket AM2)
Supports AMD CPU with 140W power requirement
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.
Memory
Supports Dual DDR2 667/800/1066(only for AM2+)
4 DDR2 DIMMs (240pin / 1.8V)
Supports a maximum memory size up to 8GB
Chipset
AMD® 790GX and SB750 Chipset
Hyper Transport Bus
HyperTransport 3.0 supporting speed up to 5200MT/s
AM2 CPU supports HyperTransport 1.0/2.0
AM2+ CPU supports HyperTransport 3.0
On-Board IDE
One IDE port by AMD® SB750
Supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode
Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode
Can connect up to two IDE devices
On-Board SATA
5 SATA II (1~5) ports by AMD® SB750
1 eSATA port by AMD® SB750
Supports storage and data transfers at up to 3Gb/s
RAID Function
SATA II 1~5 support RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 or JBOD mode by AMD® SB750
Audio
Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC888
Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
LAN
Realtek PCI-E GbLAN controller 8111C
Integrated Fast Ethernet MAC and PHY in single chip
Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1000Mb/s
Compliance with PCI-Express Bus specification v1.0a
Expansion Slots
1 mazarine PCI Express x16 slot with x16 operation (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant)
1 light-blue PCI Express x16 slot with x8 operation (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant)
When 2 PCI Express x16 slots are all installed, the PCIE x 16 lanes will auto arrange form x16/ x0 to x8/ x8. Do not use the light-blue slot when only one PCI Express x16 card is installed.
2 PCI Express x1 slots
2 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface.
Internal I/O Connectors
ATX 24-pin power connector
ATX 4-pin 12V CPU power connector
CPU x 1 / System x 2 FAN connectors
CD-in connector
Front panel audio connector
Front panel connector
Chassis intrusion switch connector
3 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 6 ports
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
5 x Serial ATA II connectors
1 x ATA133 HD connectors
Serial port connector
Clear CMOS button
Power button
Reset button
OC switch
1 x Wake on LAN connector
1 x TPM module header
Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x PS/2 keyboard or mouse
1 x 6 in 1 audio jack
6 x USB 2.0 ports
1 x RJ45 LAN jack
1 x optical SPDIF-out port
1 x eSATA port
1 x DVI-D port
1 x Graphic Card port
1 x HDMI port
Form Factor
ATX Motherboard Form Factor
Dimension: 12 in (L) x 9.6 in(W)
Warranty
MSI DKA790GX
15 Day Motherboard Pro DOA Warranty 1 Year Warranty MSI Warranty
Live Update; Dual Corecell; MSI Dual CoreCenter; DOT
Hybrid CrossFire, DrMOS
Easy Buttons (Power, Reset, clear CMOS)
On this MSI motherboard you can use the MSI Live Update online is designed to automatically download and update the BIOS and driver when there’s a new version online. It helps reduce the risk of getting the wrong file and minimize the trouble of searching the files from MSI website. More MSI motherboards
Live Update 3 is a single utility software that automatically checks BIOS, driver and utility updates and installs for you , which can save your time for searching and lower the risk while updating.
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