TECH SPECS:-

CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Athlon FX and Sempron in the Socket AM2 package.

FSB
HyperTransport supporting speed up to 1GHz (2000MT/s)

Chipset
North Bridge: NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI Chipset
South Bridge: NVIDIA MCP55PXE Chipset

Main Memory
Supports Dual DDR II 533/667/800
4 DDRII DIMMs (240pin / 1.8V)
Supports a maximum memory size up to 8GB.

Slots
2 PCI Express x16 slots (Supports SLI technology, both PCIE x16 slots compatiable with PCI Express x 16 speed)
2 PCI Express x1 slots
2 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface, includes one orange slot which supports 2 master for MSI special PCI function card (ex. wireless LAN and bluetooth combo card.).

On-Board IDE
One IDE port by NVIDIA MCP55PXE
Supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode
Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode
Can connect up to two IDE devices

On-Board SATA
6 SATA II ports by NVIDIA MCP55PXE
Supports storage and data transfers at up to 300 MB/s

RAID Function
SATA II 16 supports RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1 /5 or JBOD mode by NVIDIA MCP55PXE

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.

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Audio
Chipset integrated by Creative CA0106
24-bit / 96 KHz audio quality
100db SNR clarity
Up to 7.1 Channel audio-out and SPDIF-out

LAN
Dual LAN jacks
Supports Dual LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Vitesse VSC8601

IEEE1394
Chipset integrated by VIA VT6306
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 / Power / System / NB FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Clear CMOS button
- IrDA infrared module header
- Chassis intrusion switch connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- D-Bracket2 connector
- 2 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 2 ports
- 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.