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MSI P7N Diamond Socket 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i Chipset SLI Ready 3-way SLI X16 MSI Motherboard Retail

MSI P7N Diamond

MSI P7N Diamond Socket 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i Chipset SLI Ready 3-way SLI X16 MSI Motherboard -Retail

Specification
MSI P7N Diamond
Model
P7N Diamond
Socket
Socket 775 Motherboard
CPU
Intel® Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, P4, P4EE, Pentium D, Pentium XE processors EIST technology.Intel® Hyper-Threading technology.
Chipset
NVIDIA® nForce 780i SLI Chipset NVIDIA® nForce 570i SLI Chipset
Memory
Dual channel DDR2 533/667/800/1066, using four 240-pin/1.8V DDR2 DIMMs Maximum memory size up to 8GB
FSB
1333/1066/800/533MHz.
Expansion Slots
Four PCI Express x16 slots PCIE_1 and PCIE_4 support PCIE 2.0 x 16 mode PCIE_5 supports PCIE 1.0 x 16 mode PCIE_6 supports PCIE 1.0 x 8 mode supports SLI technology Two PCI Express x1 slots One 32-bit v2.3 Master PCI bus slot (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface)
BIOS
The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications.
IDE
Two IDE controllers (IDE1 by NVIDIA® nForce570i SLI, IDE2 byJMB363 Supports PIO Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66 operation modes Can connect up to 4 IDE devices
SATA
nForce 570i SLI supports 6 SATA II ports Transfer rate is up to 300 MB/s 2 eSATA port by JMicron JMB363
RAID
6 SATA ports support RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 or JBOD is supported

Audio
Creative® SB X-Fi Xtreme H/W Audio Card (MS-4132) 24-bit / 96KHz audio quality 100dB SNR clarity Up to 7.1ch EAX 5.0 Surround Sound
LAN
Supports Dual 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek® RTL8211BL
IEEE1394
Jmicron® JMB381 chipset Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps
Internal I/O Connectors
ATX 24-Pin power connector 8-pin ATX 12V power connector CPU / Systemx4 FAN connectors Front panel audio connector (MS-4132) Front panel connector 1 x IEEE1394 connector 2 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 4 ports 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 6 x serial ATA connectors 1 x serial port connector SPDIF-out connector (MS-4132) 1 x TPM module connector 2 x ATA133 connectors Chassis intrusion switch connector Clear CMOS button
Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x Clear CMOS button 1 x PS/2 Keyboard 1 x PS/2 Mouse 2 x eSATA ports 1 x IEEE1394 port 6 x USB 2.0 ports 2 x RJ45 LAN Jack 1 x 5 in 1 + Optical SPDIF out Audio Card
ATX Motherboard Form Factor
ATX form factor Dimension 30.4cm(L) x 24.5cm(W) Mounting 9 mounting holes.
Warranty
MSI P7N Diamond MSI 3 Year Warranty Motherboard Pro Warranty Information
P7N Diamond MSI Website
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MSI P7N Diamond

NVIDIA® nForce 780i SLI Chipset
Supports Intel Core™ 2 Extreme/Quad/Duo Processors with FSB 1333MHz
Supports Dual Channel DDR2 1200/1066/800, POSCAP equipped on PWM
New Circu-Pipe equipped
Quad PCI Express x16 slots supports Nvidia 3-way SLI X16 (PCI Express 2.0)
Supports eSATA
Supports Creative® Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio

Dual Core Center
Key components status hardware monitor
Monitor the Dual Core CPU each unit status
Optimize System status define
Auto speed up with system loading change

In shopping for a motherboard this MSI P7N Diamond with the advanced 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.

The motherboard has 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.

From MSI Motherboards The new Nvidia 3-way SLI X16 MSI P7N Diamond

Tech -Note For the SLI

NVIDIA nForce Series boards DO NOT support Windows® 98/ME. SLI Technology only supports 32-bit and 64-bit Windows XP.For the best performance and commitment of convenience, please use memories listed in MSI approved memory module vendor list (Please check memory test report), which provides the easiest, up-to-date memory configurations.

Tech -Note for the RAID

The RAID setup floppy disk is optional depending on the districts. You can download the files from the website to make the setup disk.

This new P7N Diamond has the NVIDIA's 3-way SLI delivers up to a 2.8x performance increase over a single GPU system, giving high-end gamers 60 frames per second at resolutions as high as 2560x1600 and with 8x antialiasing. 3-way SLI technology means you no longer have to dial back the image quality settings on the newest PC games. For example, gamers with 3-way SLI can play Crysis at high resolutions such as 1920x1200 with all the advanced DirectX 10 effects such as motion blur, ambient occlusion, and soft shadows turned on.