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Binding: Electronics
Brand: MSI
EAN: 0816909041798
Feature: 4 DIMMS w/ DDR2 1066+ up to 8GB 4 PCI-E 16X (Support 16x+16x in Dual CrossFire, 16x+8x+8x in Triple CrossFire, 8x+8x+8x+8x in Quad CrossFire) 1 PCI-E 1x 2 PCI 32-bit 10 USB ports
Item Dimensions: 3801200370975
Label: MSI COMPUTER
Manufacturer: MSI COMPUTER
Model: K9A2Platinum
Modem Description: None
MPN: K9A2Platinum
Publisher: MSI COMPUTER
Special Features: nv:Form Factor: ATX; Processor Interface: Socket AM2+; Processors Supported: AMD Athlon 64; Processors Supported: AMD Athlon 64 FX; Processors Supported: AMD Sempron; Processors Supported: AMD Phenom FX; Processors Supported: AMD Phenom; Additional Technologies: Live Update; Additional Technologies: CrossFireX Ready; Additional Technologies: HyperTransport 3.0 Technology; Front Side Bus: 1000MHz (2000 MT/s); Front Side Bus: 2600MHz (5200 MT/s); Northbridge: AMD 790FX; Southbridge: ATI SB600; Number of Slots: 4
Studio: MSI COMPUTER
System Bus Speed: 2600 unknown-units
System Memory Size: 0 MB

Features:

• 4 DIMMS w/ DDR2 1066+ up to 8GB 4 PCI-E 16X (Support 16x+16x in Dual CrossFire, 16x+8x+8x in Triple CrossFire, 8x+8x+8x+8x in Quad CrossFire) 1 PCI-E 1x 2 PCI 32-bit 10 USB ports

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
PRODUCT FEATURES:Key components status hardware monitorMSI Live UpdateLive Update 3AMD Cool'n'Quiet technology




Rating: - Terrible Board
This board should be sent to the scrap heap. The heat pipes interfeer with the 1st PCI-E slot and forget using more than 1 board. With a video card in the 2nd PCI-E slot, 3 of your SATA connections are useless because they are blocked by the video card. MSI really dropped the ball on this one. For a board this expensive, you'd expect a little better engineering. I'm sending this board back ASAP. I only gave this board 1 star because you can't give it 0 stars.

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Rating: - IS BEST BOARD CHIPSET 790FX
MY PC:
1- MSI K9A2 PLATINUM with AMD 790FX
2- AMD 5000+ BE Run (3.0 GHZ)
3- 2GB Corsair XMS2 ddr2 800 mhz
4- Ati HD3650 512 Mb
5- HDD ST3500820AS (RMA BY ORDER IN COMPUTER GEEKS,BUY ST3500320AS with 32 MB BUFFER AND SENT ST3500820AS with 8MB BUFFER, PRECAUTION with this store,also sold on amazon.

COMMENTARY:
This board is very stable and fast, use my amd 5000 + at 3.0 GHz with a temperature of 32 0C in windows and playing a full day, maximum temperature ... Read More

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Rating: - First board was dead...pretty happy after the RMA
This board is packed with great features, but it also has a few quirks.
The heat pipes have serious potential to interfere when you are working. Be careful b/c the fins bend easily. Also, the RAM slots are pretty tight...my OCZ w/ heat spreaders fit, but i have seen some that probably wouldnt. if you have a big honkin GPU, don't count on being able to use the PCIX 1X slot. the IDE plug can be hard to get to in some cases b/c it faces out.

i love the highly avail USB and IEEE1394 headers ... Read More

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Rating: - Mboard
its not a bad board works good only problem i have is half the drivers are junk that come with it. the dual core monitor that comes with it gives a blue screen of death constantly if you install it.If you have a phenom on your board. you hafto do a system restore or a complete wipe to fix the problem from what i can see.Also MSI live updater that comes with it gives nothing but errors when you use it so i dont even bother,im using vista 64bit so that might be why i never tried on XP system. you really dont need ... Read More

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Rating: - Crossfire-X...Here I Come...
Although it lacks support for more than one IDE hook-up, this motherboard performs rather well. The chipset is kept cool by a nice heatsink setup and the BIOS supports quite a few options. I'm not overclocking so no feedback for that area of expertise. Manual setup for the memory timings was a little confusing for me, but nothing too hard to figure out with a little patience.

I have one dislike about this card: for single card setup you must use the first PCI-E slot which limits you for cooling ... Read More

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