MSI K9N SLI Platinum / MS-7250 NVIDIA Socket AM2 ATX Motherboard, Audio, PCI Express, SLI Ready, Dual Gigabit LAN, S/PDIF, Serial ATA, RAID, USB 2.0/Firewire

MSI K9N SLi Platinum / MS-7250 Motherboard.

MSI's K9N SLi Platinum motherboard will make many a system builder's dreams come true. Especially if those dreams include a fast PC with extraordinary graphics capabilities. Based on the NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI chipset, the K9N is the perfect, high-performance platform for AMD Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Athlon FX and Sempron processors in the awesome new AM2 package. The MSI K9N SLI supports HyperTransport technology, FSB up to 1GHz (2000MT/s), DDRII SDRAM memory up to 800 (8GB max!), dual LAN 10/100/1000, IEEE1394, 8-channel Realtek audio, 6 SATA II ports by nForce 570 SLi, RAID 0/1/0+1 or RAID 5, PCI Express x 16 and x1 and USB 2.0.

	Socket This motherboard features a Socket AM2 design. The Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) style socket makes it easy to install and upgrade your processor.
	Chipset The K9N SLI Platinum motherboard is based on the NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI Northbridge chipset. It supports AMD Athlon 64 CPU: 3500+, 3800+, Athlon 64 FX-62 and Athlon 64 X2 CPU: 3800+, 4000+, 4200, 4400+, 4600+, 4800+, 5000+, 5200+ Processors, with Hyper-Transport technology and 1000MHz Front Side Bus support.
	Memory Expansion The K9N SLI Platinum provides 4 DIMM sockets using Dual Channel 240-pin DDR with a total capacity of up to 4GB. You can install DDR2 533/667/800MHz Memory.
	IEEE 1394a interface IEEE 1394a interface provides high speed digital interface for audio/video appliances such as digital television, digital video camcorders, storage peripherals & other PC portable devices.
	PCI Express Support The K9N SLI Platinum fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by carrying data in packets. This high-speed interface is software compatible with existing PCI specifications.
	IDE The K9N SLI Platinum includes built in IDE facilities that support Ultra ATA 133.
	Audio The K9N SLI Platinum comes with a Realtek ALC822 audio codec which supports high quality 8-channel audio.
	Serial ATA RAID II Support The K9N SLI Platinum supports the Serial ATA II technology through the Serial ATA interfaces. Doubles bus bandwidth which provides blazingly high disk performance, up to 3.0Gb/s.
	Gigabit LAN Dual LAN supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by nForce 570 SLI