MSI K9A2 Platinum Motherboard - AMD790FX, Socket AM2+, ATX, Audio, PCI Express 2.0, Gigabit LAN, S/

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Socket Type: Socket AM2
Compatible Processors: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Phenom FX, AMD Phenom, AMD Phenom X4, AMD Athlon X2
Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Number of Memory Slots: 4 x 240 Pin DIMMs

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The MSI K9A2 Platinum has been recommended by AMD since the inception of the 790FX platform also known as the Spider platform and with good reason. With this motherboard you can have a modest dual core rig or the latest quad core processors including AM3 chips and scale from 1 GPU to 4 GPUs using Crossfire all at a reasonable price. from Amazon.com Pros: Easy to install, plenty of space. No memory issues, really good manual. from Newegg.com MY PC: 1- MSI K9A2 PLATINUM with AMD 790FX 2- AMD Phenom x4 9950 Black from Amazon.com Pros: I am flabbergasted. I have had this motherboard for over A YEAR now and it has been nothing short of excellent. Now I know people can get a DOA every so often, and one should realize this is usually UPS's fault for bouncing around your hardware, not MSI sending you a bad board. But ALAS I read through these reviews and the stuff I see, and people giving it low eggers is just ridiculous. from Newegg.com Pros: This board is amazing. It is extremely well suited for OCing, I have my Phenom 9850 Black Edition with factory 2.5GHz at 3.0GHz stable air cooled. Combine that with with the 4 PCI Express 2.0 slots and you can have yourself quite a system Cons: It won't sing to me Other Thoughts: AMD Phenom 9850 BE4 GB Adata 1066Coolermaster 590 caseATI Sapphire 1950 GT250GB SamsungRosewill 750w PSU from Newegg.com Pros: Never Deal With MSI Again when i Over clocked it. it randomly BSOD it has buggy bios they need work the out the bugs but!!! from Newegg.com Other Thoughts: Have tested all components and possible configurations. Hopefully the replacement will be better. If not then I am done with MSI. Quality just doesn't seem to be up to par anymore. from Newegg.com Pros: I have Used a good number of different mother boards including Asus, Evga, Gigabyte, and MSI. Out of all of these, this specific board was the smoothest, most error free build I have done so far. from Newegg.com Pros: Works! Cons: The control MSI control center software that came with the board crashed whenever I ran it. I tried the latest version from the MSI website with the same results. from Newegg.com I had to replace an Asus M3N78 Pro motherboard for my Phenom II X3 720, sigh. Due to this, I was able to compare some features on the current models. First of all, the MSI motherboard can be less expensive in the long run. every higher end Motherboard has a ATX 12V 4-pin or (4x2) 8-pin dedicated socket for the CPU power plug. from Amazon.com

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AMD-790FX Chipset, ATX, Socket AM2, FSB: 2600 MHz, Max RAM: 8 GB, DMA/ATA-133 (Ultra) x 1, Serial ATA II x 6, Ethernet, Gigabit Et...

Specs

Released	1 year ago
Socket Type	Socket AM2
Compatible Processors	AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Phenom FX, AMD Phenom, AMD Phenom X4, AMD Athlon X2
Memory Type	DDR2 SDRAM
Number of Memory Slots	4 x 240 Pin DIMMs
Audio Input	Microphone Jack 1 x Line In
Audio Output	Sound Card SPDIF Out 7.1 Channels Line Out Optical Out
Bios Features	ACPI 2.0
Chassis Type	Desktop
Chipset	AMD-790FX
Compatibility	PC
Depth	9.65 in.
Expansion Slots	PCI Express x1 x 1 PCI x 2 PCI Express x16 x 4
Form Factor	ATX
Front Side Bus Speed	2600 MHz
Integrated Audio	Realtek ALC888
Integrated Input/Output Ports	USB 2.0 x 4 Serial Port x 1 RJ45 Lan Port x 1 PS/2 Mouse x 1 PS/2 Keyboard x 1 Floppy Port x 1 FireWire (IEEE1394a) x 1 2 x External SATA
MPN	7376-010R
Max Supported RAM	8 GB
Max supported CPUs qty	1
Multi GPU Support	ATI Crossfire
Networking Type	Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
Other Features	64bit Ready
Package Qty	1
Power Configurations	ACPI/APM Power Management
RAID Support	SATA RAID 0 SATA RAID 1 SATA RAID 0+1
South Bridge Chip	ATI SB600
Storage Controller Type(s)	DMA/ATA-133 (Ultra) x 1, Serial ATA II x 6
Supported RAM speeds	800 Mhz 533 MHz 667 MHz 1066 MHz
UPC	816909041798
Video Interface	PCI Express x16
Width	12.01 in.

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