Main Features

MSI K9N Diamond (MS-7226) main features are:

• Socket: AM2.
• Chipset: nVidia nForce 590 SLI.
• Super I/O: Winbond W83627EHG.
• Parallel IDE: One ATA-133 port controlled by the chipset.
• Serial IDE: Six SATA-300 ports controlled by the chipset (NCQ, RAID0, RAID1, RAID0+1, RAID5 and JBOD).
• USB: 10 USB 2.0 ports (four soldered on the motherboard and six available thru I/O brackets; this motherboard comes with one I/O bracket with two ports; four ports are left).
• Firewire (IEEE 1394a): Three ports controlled by VIA VT6306 chip, one regular connector soldered on the motherboard and two available thru an I/O bracket that comes with the motherboard (one regular-sized and one miniature-sized).
• On-board audio: Produced by a Creative CA0106-WATLF chip together with Cirrus Logic CS4382 codec (eight channels, 100 dB signal-to-noise ratio, 24-bit resolution, 96 KHz sampling rate) with optical and coaxial SPDIF outputs soldered on the motherboard.
• On-board video: No.
• On-board LAN: Yes, two Gigabit Ethernet controlled by the chipset together with two Vitesse SimplyPHY chips (VSC8601) chips.
• Buzzer: No.
• Power supply: ATX12V v2.x (24-pin).
• Slots: Two x16 PCI Express slots, two x1 PCI Express slots and two PCI slots.
• Memory: Four DDR-DIMM sockets (up to 8 GB up to DDR2-800/PC2-6400).
• Number of CDs that come with this motherboard: 2 CDs.
• More Information: http://www.msicomputer.com
• Average price in the US*: USD 190.00

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

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