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MSI Platinum K9A2 Platinum Desktop Motherboard - AMD 790FX Chipset - Socket AM2+ PGA-9401 x Processor Support - 8 GB DDR2 SDRAM Maximum RAM - Floppy Controller, Serial ATA/300, Ultra ATA/133 ATA-7 - 4 x PCIe x16 Slot - MPN: K9A2PLATINUM See Product Details
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Items In Motherboards You Might Be Interested InProduct Details of MSI Platinum K9A2 Platinum Desktop Motherboard - AMD 790FX Chipset - Socket AM2+ PGA-940Quick Glance Supported Processor: Phenom, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 Interface Connection: Audio Line In Yes, Audio Line Out Yes, Microphone Port Yes, S/PDIF Yes, Network (RJ-45) Yes System Board Style: ATX Processor Socket: Socket AM2+ PGA-940 System Chipset: AMD 790FX Memory Technology: DDR2 SDRAM Multi GPU Support: ATI CrossFire Summary Product Title: MSI Platinum K9A2 Platinum Desktop Motherboard - AMD 790FX Chipset - Socket AM2+ PGA-940 Manufacturer: MSI Power Score: 4.1 | 6 Reviews CPU + Northbridge Support Supported Processor: Phenom, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 Processor Socket: Socket AM2+ PGA-940 System Chipset: AMD 790FX Maximum Number of Processors: 1 Bus Speed: 2600 MHz Memory Support Number of Memory Slots: 4 Max System Memory: 8 GB Memory Technology: DDR2 SDRAM Connectors Interface Connection: Audio Line In Yes, Audio Line Out Yes, Microphone Port Yes, S/PDIF Yes, Network (RJ-45) Yes On-Board Headers: Floppy - 34 pin Header, IDE - ATA/EIDE/ATAPI 40 pin, IEEE 1394a, Serial ATA - 7 pin, Serial RS-232, USB 2.0 Number of IDE Headers: 1 Number of Serial ATA Headers / Ports: 4 Number of PCI Slots: 2 Number of PCI-Express x1 Slots: 1 Number of PCI-Express x16 Slots: 4 Additional Features Controller Type: Floppy Controller, Serial ATA/300, Ultra ATA/133 (ATA-7) Video Bus: PCI Express x16 Multi GPU Support: ATI CrossFire Network Interfaces Included: Ethernet (10 Mbps), Ethernet (10/100 Mbps), Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) Yes Audio Codec: Realtek ALC888 Supported Audio Channels: 7.1 Channels Physical Specifications System Board Style: ATX Width: 12 in Depth: 9.75 in Warranty Warranty Information: 3 Year Limited More Info URL: Manufacturer Link Additional Specifications Frequency Band: Support ATI CrossFire Technology Dual Channel memory supported Native support available for DDR2-1066 MHz Supported Phenom processors: Phenom-FX (FX-82) Phenom 9700, 9600, 9500 & 8000 Series Chipset: Northbridge: AMD 790FX Southbridge: AMD SB600 BIOS Features: The mainboard BIOS provides 'Plug & Play' BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications Supports boot from LAN, USB Device 1.1 & 2.0 and SATA HDD S/PDIF: Yes Processor Technology: HyperTransport Technology HyperTransport Speed: 5200 MHz Number of Total Expansion Slots: 7 Network (RJ-45): Yes Audio Line In: Yes Audio Line Out: Yes Microphone Port: Yes Total Number of USB Ports: 4 Number of USB 2.0 Ports: 4 Total Number of FireWire/i.LINK Ports: 1 Number of S/PDIF Out Ports: 1 Total Number of Onboard USB Ports: 3 Total Number of Onboard FireWire/i.LINK Ports: 1 Onboard LEDs Header: Yes Total Number of PCI Express Slots: 5 Reviews on MSI Platinum K9A2 Platinum Desktop Motherboard - AMD 790FX Chipset - Socket AM2+ PGA-940
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flyinghao
- Jul 1, 2008
A++ motherboardStrengths: Goodd looking board with intense features. It works fine with my AMD 9600 (black edition), 4x1GB Crucial memory and 2x HD 4850 in crossfire. Weakness: Uses the little dated, but capable SB600 southbridge. But not a big issue for me. I knew I wanted a 790FX board for my Phenom 9600 and future crossfire build. This one completely satisfied me. It is worth noting here that it comes with more connections/cables for every contingency. The manual is well written and MSI's website is very easy to navigate and useful. wonderful!!
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bamboozled2
- Jun 5, 2008
Great Overalll MotherboardStrengths: Stable. Booted right up and has run fine so far. Weakness: Chipset heatpipe too close to the main PCI-e slot. Booted up fine then updated bios and has run smoothly and stable since. Have used a couple of MSI boards before an never had a problem one still in use to this day 15 years later. Got this at a pretty good deal but do have tot wait and a rebate. So far a quality product as usual that I have come to expect from MSI.
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mattrg
- May 18, 2008
A good 790FX board for slightly less...Strengths: Price, Reliable, Features, 790FX, Support for Phenoms, Good OC Weakness: RAID (see comments), Only 4 back-panel USBs (the rest you must connect) This, so far, is a great board... after spending quite some time getting it to work properly. If you plan on using the SATA RAID with a SATA DVD, you will have some issues. Some people say to use the 2xPromise ports for the raid, but I found a better way. The Promise RAID is not as good, supporting only smaller stripe sizes. But if you use the ATI RAID, you must set all ATI SATA ports to RAID,...
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davidhoops
- Jan 10, 2008
K9A2 Platinum MotherboardStrengths: One of the best over clocking motherboards I have ever tested. Overclocking AMD 5000 Black safely at 3.4!! Weakness: Only compatible up to 8GB of DDR2. Gigabite is compatible up to 16GB of DDR2. K9A2 Platinum Motherboard is one of the best motherboards that I gave ever tested. I\\\'m using and overclocked AMD 5000 Black with Dual Crossfire Radeon 3870 512MB and 4GB of OCZ Reaper DDR2 800 in a Cooler Master COSMOS 1000 and a Cooler Master Power Supply 850 watts. K9A2 Platinum Motherboard enable me not to only over clock my CPU but also my RAM and GPU with their very easy to use BIOS. I...
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MSI K9A2 Platinum
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MSI K9A2 Platinum needs lots o' power
Strengths: nice connectors for case switches, USB, front panel
Weakness: power hungry
I had a problem with not enough power for MSI K9A2 Platinum so be careful as you spec out system. Wouldn’t boot, thought it was board but after much work determined it was power. I had tried new Antec Earthwatt EA 500 but wouldn’t cut it. I have 4 GB DDR2, new GPU with 512MB DDR2, Intel 80 GB SSD and couple peripherals. I needed 25+ AMPs and EA 500 only had 21. I went with Corsair TX650W...
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