Mainboard Specifications - MSI K8N Diamond User Manual

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CPU
† Supports Socket-939 for AMD K8 Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 (Socket939) processor
† Supports up to 4000+ Athlon FX55 , or higher CPU
(For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://www.msi.com.tw/program/
products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support.php)
Chipset
† nVIDIA nForce4 SLI
- HyperTransport link to the AMD Athlon 64/Athlon 64 FX CPU
- HyperTransport supporting speed up to 1GHz (2000MT/s)
- Supports 2 PCI Express x16/ x1 interface
- Two independent SATA controllers, for four drives
- Dual Fast ATA-133 IDE controllers
- IEEE802.3 nVIDIA MAC for 1000BASE-T
M ain M emory
† Supports dual channel, eight memory banks DDR 266/333/400, using four 184-
pin DDR DIMMs
† Supports a maximum memory size up to 4GB
† Supports 2.5v DDR SDRAM DIMM
(For the updated supporting memory modules, please visit http://www.msi.com.tw/
program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_trp_list.php.)
Slots
† Two PCI Express x16 slots (supports PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a
compliant)
† 2nd PCI Express x16 slot (PCI_E3) is compatible with PCI Express x 1
† Three 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots, includes one orange slot which is reserved
as a communication slot.
† Support 3.3V/5V PCI bus Interface
On-Board IDE
† An IDE controller on the nVIDIA
with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66/100/133 operation modes
† Can connect up to 4 IDE devices
On-Board SATA
† NV RAID supports 4 SATA II ports (SATA1-4). Transfer rate is up to 300 MB/s.
Supports RAID 0, 0+1 and JBOD mode.
† Silicon Image's SATARAID supports another 2 SATA II ports (SATA5/6). Transfer
rate is up to 300 MB/s. Supports RAID 0 & 1 mode.
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nForce4 SLI chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM