CPU

• AMD® Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 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 520 Chipset

Main Memory

• Supports dual channel DDR2 533/667/800
- 4 DDR2 DIMMs (240pin / 1.8V)
- Supports a maximum memory size up to 8GB.

Slots

• 1 PCI Express x16 slot
• 2 PCI Express x1 slots
• 3 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface

On-Board IDE

• One IDE port by NVIDIA® nForce 520
- Supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode
- Can connect up to two IDE devices

On-Board SATA

• 4 SATAII ports by NVIDIA® nForce 520
- Supports storage and data transfers at up to 3Gb/s

RAID Function

- SATAII 1~4 supports RAID 0/1/0+1 or JBOD mode by NVIDIA® nForce 520

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® ALC888
- Flexible 7.1-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec

LAN

• Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek RTL8111B or RTL8211BL

Internal I/O Connectors

- ATX 24-pin power connector
- ATX 4-pin 12V CPU power connector
- 1 x CPU / 2 x System FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Clear CMOS Jumper
- 1 x SPDIF-out connector
- Chassis intrusion switch connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 3 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 6 ports
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 4 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 6 in 1 audio jack
- 4 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x RJ45 LAN jack

Dimension

• 30.5cm(L) x 20cm(W) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 6 mounting holes.