MSI K9N-DIAMOND Motherboard
AM2, nForce590-SLI, DDR2, 2xPCI-Ex16, SATA-II, RAID, 2xGigLAN, 8Chl, Firewire, ATX

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 1~6 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.

 

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