CPU

• AMD® Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Athlon FX and Sempron in the Socket AM2 package.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Hyper Transport Bus

• HyperTransport 1.0/2.0 supporting speed up to 1GHz (2000MT/s)

Chipset

• NVIDIA® nForce 570 SLI MCP Chipset

Main Memory

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

Overclocking memory module supported list

Brand

Model

Size(Per DIMM)

Memory Frequency

CL

Trcd

Trp

Tras

CMD Timing

Memory Voltage

SuperPI 32M

memtest 86 1.65

3D Mark06

Corsair

TWIN2X2[zasłonięte]048-64C4

1024MB

800 MHz

4

4

4

12

2T

2.1

pass

30 loops

pass

Corsair

TWIN2X1[zasłonięte]024-85

512MB

1000 MHz

5

5

5

15

2T

2.2

pass

30 loops

pass

Corsair

TWIN2X2[zasłonięte]048-85C5

1024MB

1000 MHz

5

5

5

15

2T

2.2

pass

30 loops

pass

Cruial

BL2KIT12864AA804

1024MB

800 MHz

4

4

4

12

2T

2.1

pass

30 loops

pass

Cruial

BL2KIT6464AA1005

512MB

1000 MHz

5

5

5

15

2T

2.2

pass

30 loops

pass

Cruial

BL2KIT12864AA1005

1024MB

1000 MHz

5

5

5

15

2T

2.2

pass

30 loops

pass

Kingston

KHX8000D2/1G

1024MB

1000 MHz

5

5

5

15

2T

2.2

pass

30 loops

pass

OCZ

OCZ2P10002G

1024MB

1000 MHz

5

5

5

15

2T

2.2

pass

30 loops

pass

Patriot

PDC21G8000+XBLK

512MB

1000 MHz

4

4

4

12

2T

2.2

pass

30 loops

pass

*DDR2 1000MHz must achieve via overclocking, and the method please refer to the Tech. express

*The recommended list uses two memory modules for testing.

*The BIOS version of the motherboard is 1.20

Slots

• 2 PCI Express x16 slots

SLI mode	Primary PCI-E x16 slot is compatible with PCI Express x 8, Secondary PCI-E x16 slot is compatible with PCI Express x 8
Non-SLI mode	Primary PCI-E x16 slot is compatible with PCI Express x16, Secondary PCI-E x16 slot is compatible with PCI Express x8

• 2 PCI Express x1 slots
• 3 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® nForce 570 SLI
- 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® nForce 570 SLI
- Supports storage and data transfers at up to 3Gb/s

RAID Function

- SATA II 1~6 supports RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1 or RAID 5 mode by NVIDIA® nForce 570

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 Realtek® ALC883
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec

LAN

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

IEEE1394 / FireWire

• Chipset integrated by VIA® VT6307
- 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 / 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
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 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

MSI Reminds You... • The floppy disk cable will be optional.

Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x Parallel port
- 1 x Serial port (COM 1)
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 mouse
- 1 x Coaxial SPDIF out
- 1 x IEEE1394 Port
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack (S/SPDIF out)
- 4 x USB 2.0 ports
- 2 x RJ45 LAN jack

Dimension

• 30.5cm(L) x 24.5cm(W) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 9 mounting holes.