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MSI K9A2 Platinum Socket AM2+ 790FX Chipset CrossFire AMD MSI Motherboard

MSI K9A2 Platinum

MSI K9A2 Platinum Socket AM2+ AMD 790FX Chipset CrossFire ATX MSI Motherboard -Retail

Specification
MSI K9A2 Platinum
Model
*MSI K9A2 Platinum*
Socket
Socket AM2+ Motherboard
CPU
AMD® Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX / Phenom X4 / Phenom X2 / Athlon™ X2 / Sempron™ AMD Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron AMD Cool'n'Quiet™ Technology
Chipset
AMD® 790FX and SB600 Chipset
Memory
Supports Dual DDR II 533/667/800/1066 4 DDRII DIMMs (240pin / 1.8V) Supports a maximum memory size up to 8GB
FSB
HyperTransport 3.0 supporting speed up to 2600MHz
IEEE1394
Chipset integrated by VIA® VT6308P Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps
Internal I/O Connectors
ATX 24-pin power connector ATX 4-pin 12V CPU power connector ATX 4-pin VGA power connector CPU / System x 4 FAN connectors CD-in connector Front panel audio connector Front panel connector 3 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 6 ports 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 6 x Serial ATA II connectors 1 x ATA133 HD connectors 1 x SPDIF-out header
RAID Function
SATA II 1~4 support RAID 0, 1 and 0+1 mode by AMD® SB600 SATA II 5~6 & 2 eSATA ports support RAID 0, 1 and 0+1 mode by Promise® T3

Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x PS/2 keyboard 1 x PS/2 mouse 1 x Optical SPDIF out 1 x IEEE1394 Port (optional) 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack 4 x USB 2.0 ports 1 x RJ45 LAN jack 2 x eSATA ports
Expansion Slots
2 mazarine PCI Express x16 slots (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant; supports CrossFire Technology) 2 light-blue PCI Express x16 slots with x8 operations (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant; supports CrossFire Technology) When 4 PCI Express x16 slots are all installed, the PCIE x 16 lanes will auto arrange form x16/ x0/ x16/ x0 to x8/ x8/ x8/ x8 1 PCI Express x1 slots 2 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface
Storage
Serial ATA 4 SATA II (1~4) ports by AMD® SB600 2 SATA II (5~6) ports by Promise® T3, support SAS ready devices, for storage devices only 2 eSATA ports by Promise® T3, for storage devices only Supports storage and data transfers at up to 300 MB/s
LAN
Realtek PCI-E GbLAN controller 8111B 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
Audio
Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC888/ALC888T Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
Form Factor
ATX Motherboard Form Factor Dimension: 30.50 x 34.50 inches
Warranty
MSI K9A2 Platinum
15 Day Motherboard Pro DOA Warranty MSI Warranty Motherboard Warranty Information MSI Website
Motherboard

Features:

MSI K9A2 Platinum

MSI Motherboard

AMD 790FX and SB600 Chipset

Supports AMD Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX / Phenom X4 / Phenom X2

Athlon™ X2 / Sempron™ AMD Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron

4 x sockets DDR2 Maximum of 8GB

HyperTransport 3.0 supporting speed up to 2600MHz

CrossFire

2 PCI Express x16

1 PCI Express x1

2 PCI

GMA X3000 onboard graphics subsystem

CrossFire Motherboard

Socket AM2+ Motherboard

This is a MSI Motherboard with AMD 790FX and SB600 Chipset PCI Express x16 connector AMD K9A2 Platinum ATX MSI Motherboard Retail

Upgrade Your PC Motherboard With MSI K9A2 Platinum AMD Socket AM2+ ATX Motherboard,Audio,CrossFire,PCI Express,Gigabit LAN,S/PDIF,USB 2.0 & Firewire,Serial ATA, RAID AMD Motherboard- Retail

Specifications: CPU: AMD Phenom/Athlon/Sempron in the Socket AM2+ package. Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only. FSB: HyperTransport 3.0 supporting speed up to 2600MHz. Chipset: AMD® 790FX and SB600 Chipset. Main Memory: Supports Dual DDR II 533/667/800/1066, 4 DDRII DIMMs (240pin / 1.8V), Supports a maximum memory size up to 8GB. Slots: 2 mazarine PCI Express x16 slots (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant; supports CrossFire Technology), 2 light-blue PCI Express x16 slots with x8 operations (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant; supports CrossFire Technology), When 4 PCI Express x16 slots are all installed, the PCIE x 16 lanes will auto arrange form x16/ x0/ x16/ x0 to x8/ x8/ x8/ x8, 1 PCI Express x1 slots, 2 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface. On-Board IDE: One IDE port by AMD® SB600, Supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode, Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode, Can connect up to two IDE devices. On-Board SATA: 4 SATA II (1~4) ports by AMD® SB600, 2 SATA II (5~6) ports by Promise® T3, support SAS ready devices, for storage devices only, 2 eSATA ports by Promise® T3, for storage devices only, Supports storage and data transfers at up to 300 MB/s. RAID Function: SATA II 1~4 support RAID 0, 1 and 0+1 mode by AMD SB600, SATA II 5~6 & 2 eSATA ports support RAID 0, 1 and 0+1 mode by Promise® T3, MSI Reminds You... The RAID setup floppy disk is optional depending on the districts. You can download the files from the website to make the setup disk. Audio: Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC888/ALC888T, Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing, Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec. LAN: Realtek PCI-E GbLAN controller 8111B, 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. IEEE1394: Chipset integrated by VIA® VT6308P, Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps. Internal I/O Connectors: ATX 24-pin power connector, ATX 4-pin 12V CPU power connector, ATX 4-pin VGA power connector, CPU / System x 4 FAN connectors, CD-in connector, Front panel audio connector, Front panel connector, 3 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 6 ports, 1 x Floppy disk drive connector, 6 x Serial ATA II connectors, 1 x ATA133 HD connectors, 1 x SPDIF-out header, 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 ports (optional), 1 x Serial port header (optional), 1 x VoIP card header (optional). MSI K9A2 Platinum

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User:: EniGmA
This is a great motherboard! Its built in SAS ports are wonderful. You can find some 15k rpm hard drives on ebay and RAID0 them together for amazing performance. This motherboard also has some pretty good overclocking options in the bios, and is capable of a pretty nice overclock. The only thing I don't really like with this board is that if you use the Promise T3 controller for SATA or SAS hard drives, it takes an extra 10 seconds or so to start up because it goes through and scans the drives connected to the board.

User:: zbyszek
the beast

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