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MSI P6N SLI Platinum Motherboard

"The MSI P6N SLI Platinum motherboard is a very good all-round offering an excellent price over performance ratio. It's not an enthusiast board, but it can certainly perform like one."


Tags : Motherboard   MSI   P6N SLI Platinum   Review  

Posted on Mar 31, 2007, 10:00 AM UTC by Winston Chim

Features and Specifications

Features and Specifications

 

p6n_sli_mobo

 

CPU

  • • Supports Socket 775 for Intel® Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, P4, P4EE, Pentium D, Pentium XE processors.
    • Supports FSB 1333/1066/800/533MHz. (FSB 1333MHz supports on E6x50 processors only)
    • Supports EIST technology.
    • Supports Intel® Hyper-Threading technology.

Chipset
NVIDIA® nForce 650i SLI (C55) Chipset
NVIDIA® nForce 430i (MCP51) Southbridge

Memory
• Supports dual channel DDR2 533/667/800, using four 240-pin/1.8V DDR2 DIMMs.
• Supports a maximum memory size up to 8GB

Graphics
• Two PCI Express x16 slots (supports PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
- these two slots can support SLI technology with PCIE x8 mode.
- the second PCI Express x 16 slot (PCI_E4) is a special design that supports PCI Express x 8 mode only.
- the second PCI Express x 16 slot (PCI_E4) only supports to install graphics card in SLI mode.
• One PCI Express x1 slot (support PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
• Three 32-bit v2.3 Master PCI bus slots (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface)

LAN
- Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek® RTL8211BL

Audio
• Chip integrated by Realtek® ALC888
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec.

Expansion Slots 
x PCI-E X16, 1 x PCI-EX16(X8 bandwidth for X4, X8 and X16 devices), 1 x PCI-EX1, 2 x PC I

Internal I/O Connectors
- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU / Systemx3 FAN connectors
- 1 x MSI D-Bracket 2 Connector
- CD-in connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 4 ports
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 4 x serial ATA connectors
- 1 x serial port connector
- SPDIF-out connector for HDMI
- 2 x ATA133 HD connectors
- Chassis intrusion switch connector
- Clear CMOS button

  • Standard IDE
    • An IDE controller on the NVIDIA® nForce430i chipset provides IDE
      HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66 operation modes.
    - Can connect up to 4 IDE devices.

Serial ATA
• nForce 430i supports 4 SATA II ports (SATA 1 to 4).
- Transfer rate is up to 300 MB/s.
- 1 eSATA port by Sil3531 (back panel)

NV RAID
• Supports up to 4 SATA Hard drives
- RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 or JBOD is supported
- Supports up to 4 drives for RAID function.


  • IEEE 1394
  • • VIA® VT 6308P chipset
    - Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps

RoHS
RoHS Compliancy

Form Factor
ATX form factor 305 x 245mm

 

For more information pleasve visit MSI's Website ... HERE.

 

 
Nvidia nForce 680i SLI Chipset - Overview 

The NVIDIA nForce® 600i Series is for gamers and PC enthusiasts who want more from their PC. The fastest platform for Intel processors is designed for extreme overclocking and is packed with innovative features including:

 

  • NVIDIA SLI™ technology - for scalable graphics performance and SLI-Ready memory with EPP for one-click access to enhanced memory settings.
  • NVIDIA MediaShield™ storage technology - to easily set up and configure up to six SATA drives for performance or data protection.
  • NVIDIA FirstPacket™ technology - prioritizes network traffic for more responsive online gaming.
  • NVIDIA DualNet® technology - doubles your network connectivity options. 
  •  

     

         
      NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra
    Socket Intel Socket 775 Intel Socket 775 Intel Socket 775
    CPU Core 2 Extreme (dual and quad core)
    Core 2 Quad
    Core 2 Duo
    Celeron D
    Pentium 4
    Pentium D 9XX
    Pentium D 8XX
    Core 2 Extreme (dual and quad core)
    Core 2 Quad
    Core 2 Duo
    Celeron D
    Pentium 4
    Pentium D 9XX
    Pentium D 8XX
    Core 2 Extreme (dual and quad core)
    Core 2 Quad
    Core 2 Duo
    Celeron D
    Pentium 4
    Pentium D 9XX
    Pentium D 8XX
    FSB (MHz) 1333* MHz 1066 MHz 1066 MHz
    Extreme FSB Overclocking Best Good Good
    NVIDIA SLI™ Technology Yes
    2 x16
    Yes
    2 x8
    No
    Third PCIe Graphics Expansion Slot Yes No No
    SLI-Ready Memory (MHz) with EPP 1200 MHz - -
    JEDEC DDR2 Memory (MHz) 800 MHz 800 MHz 800 MHz
    **NVIDIA LinkBoost™ technology No No No
    PCI Express
    # Lanes
    46 lanes 18 lanes 18 lanes
    # Links
    9 links 4 links 3 links
    Configuration
    16, 16, 8, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 8, 8, 1, 1
    or
    16, 1, 1
    16, 1, 1
    SATA/PATA drives 6/2 4/4 4/4
    SATA speed 3Gb/s 3Gb/s 3Gb/s
    RAID 0,1,0+1,5 0,1,0+1,5 0,1,0+1,5
    NVIDIA MediaShield™ Storage Technology Yes Yes Yes
    Native Gigabit Ethernet Connections 2 1 1
    NVIDIA FirstPacket™ technology Yes Yes Yes
    NVIDIA DualNet® technology Yes No No
    Teaming
    Yes No No
    TCP/IP Acceleration
    Yes No No
    NVIDIA nTune™ Utility Yes Yes Yes
    USB ports 10 8 8
    PCI Slots 5 5 5
    Audio HDA (Azalia) HDA (Azalia) HDA (Azalia)

     * Available on CPUs supporting 1333MHz FSB

    **Note: NVIDIA LinkBoost™ technology has been removed as a feature from NVIDIA nForce® 680i SLI

     

     

    NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI media and communications processors (MCPs) are designed for extreme overclocking. With true dual x16 PCIe for NVIDIA SLI technology for up to 2x the graphics performance, the nForce 680i SLI is the foundation for the definitive enthusiast platform.

    NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI MCPs are designed for gamers. With NVIDIA SLI technology, which provides twice the graphics performance of a single graphics card, and overclocking, the NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI MCP delivers a high-performance gaming experience.

    NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra MCPs deliver the performance digital media enthusiasts demand. Easily store and back up large volumes of priceless digital media with NVIDIA MediaShield storage technology. Overclock your system with easy-to-use tools to let you process digital media files faster. NVIDIA FirstPacket technology prioritizes your online gaming traffic and VoIP calls.

     

    For more information regarding NVidia's nForce 600 series chipset ... please visit nVidia's website.

     

      

     

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