MSI P35 Platinum main features are:

• Socket: 775.
• Chipset: Intel P35 Express.
• Super I/O: Fintek F71882FG
• Clock Generator: ICS 9LPRS906CQLF
• Parallel IDE: One ATA-133 port controlled by a Marvell 88SE6111 chip.
• Serial IDE: Six SATA-300 ports controlled by the south bridge chip supporting RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 (two of them eSATA soldered on the rear panel) and one SATA-300 port controlled by a Marvell 88SE6111 chip.
• USB: 12 USB 2.0 ports (six soldered on the motherboard and six available through I/O brackets, which don’t come with the motherboard).
• FireWire (IEEE 1394a): Yes, two ports controlled by VIA VT6308 chip (one soldered on the motherboard and another available through an I/O bracket, which comes with the motherboard).
• On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with Realtek ALC888T codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 96 kHz sampling rate for the inputs and up to 192 kHz sampling rate for the outputs, 90 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 97 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs), supporting VoIP using a regular telephone (adapter not included) and with one on-board optical SPDIF output connector.
• On-board video: No.
• On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled by the chipset together with one Realtek RTL8111S chip.
• Buzzer: No.
• Power supply: ATX12V 2.x (24-pin) (EPS12V optional).
• Slots: Two x16 PCI Express slots (one working at x16 and the other, yellow, working at x4, supporting CrossFire), two x1 PCI Express slots and two PCI slots.
• Memory: Four DDR2-DIMM sockets (up to 8 GB up to DDR2-1066/PC2-8500).
• Number of CDs that come with this motherboard: One.
• Programs included: Drivers and utilities.
• Extra features: Passive cooling and LED diagnostics.
• More Information: http://www.msicomputer.com
• Average price in the US*: USD 202.00

* Researched at Shopping.com on the day we published this review.