I am buiding a dual opteron system. I was thinking in buying the Asus K8N-DL MB. But I have read good things about the brand new (and also ATX sized) MSI K8N Master2 (http://www.3dprofessor.com/review.asp?id=154). Any suggestions?
CPU Support Support for dual Socket 940 for AMD Opteron? processors, from 1.4GHz ? 3.6GHz
Memory Support ? 144-bit DDR at 200/266/333/400 MHz
? Supports six 184-pin DDR Dimms up to 12GB
? ChipKill ECC allows continuous correction of 4-bit errors in a failed x 4 memory device
PCI Slots ? Two PCI Express x16 slots for graphics cards (SLI mode supported)
- 2nd PCI Express x16 slot (PCI_E3) is compatible with PCI Express x 1
? One PCI Express x4 slot
? One 32-bit/33 MHz PCI slot (in orange, also can work as a communications slot)
Core Chipset ? NVIDIA® nForce?4 Pro
- HyperTransport link to the AMD Opteron? CPU
- Supports dual-channel DDR266/333/400 memory
- Supports PCI Express x16/ x8/ x4/ x1 interface
- Two independent SATA II controllers, for four drives
- Dual Ultra ATA 133/100/66 IDE controllers
Hard Drive Interface ? Dual IDE controllers on the NVIDIA nForce?4 Pro chipset
Can connect up to 4 X IDE devices
? Two independent SATA controllers on the NVIDIA nForce?4 Pro chipset
- NV RAID supports 4 SATA II ports with up to 300MB/s transfer rate
Onboard Peripherals ? 1 floppy port supports two FDDs with 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, and 2.88MB
? 1 PS/2 keyboard port
? 1 PS/2 mouse port
? 1 serial port
? 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
? 2 RJ-45 ports (with LEDs)
? 10 USB ports (6 on the front and 4 on the rear)
? 3 IEEE 1394 ports (2 on front and 1 on rear)
Onboard LAN and Audio ? 1st LAN supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Marvell 88E1111 PHY
? 2nd PCI LAN supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Broadcom BCM5788
? Realtek ALC850 8-channel codec
- 8-CH DA connector with 48 KHz rate
- Compliant with AC97 2.3 specifications
- Meets performance requirement for audio on PC 97/2001 system
- Meets Microsoft WHQL / WLP 2.0 audio requirement
Minimum Power Requirements 600 Watt SSI PSU complete with 24 pin, 8 pin and 4 pin connectors
Dimensions ATX Form Factor (30.4 cm X 25.4 cm)
CPU Support Support for dual Socket 940 for AMD Opteron? processors, from 1.4GHz ? 3.6GHz
Memory Support ? 144-bit DDR at 200/266/333/400 MHz
? Supports six 184-pin DDR Dimms up to 12GB
? ChipKill ECC allows continuous correction of 4-bit errors in a failed x 4 memory device
PCI Slots ? Two PCI Express x16 slots for graphics cards (SLI mode supported)
- 2nd PCI Express x16 slot (PCI_E3) is compatible with PCI Express x 1
? One PCI Express x4 slot
? One 32-bit/33 MHz PCI slot (in orange, also can work as a communications slot)
Core Chipset ? NVIDIA® nForce?4 Pro
- HyperTransport link to the AMD Opteron? CPU
- Supports dual-channel DDR266/333/400 memory
- Supports PCI Express x16/ x8/ x4/ x1 interface
- Two independent SATA II controllers, for four drives
- Dual Ultra ATA 133/100/66 IDE controllers
Hard Drive Interface ? Dual IDE controllers on the NVIDIA nForce?4 Pro chipset
Can connect up to 4 X IDE devices
? Two independent SATA controllers on the NVIDIA nForce?4 Pro chipset
- NV RAID supports 4 SATA II ports with up to 300MB/s transfer rate
Onboard Peripherals ? 1 floppy port supports two FDDs with 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, and 2.88MB
? 1 PS/2 keyboard port
? 1 PS/2 mouse port
? 1 serial port
? 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
? 2 RJ-45 ports (with LEDs)
? 10 USB ports (6 on the front and 4 on the rear)
? 3 IEEE 1394 ports (2 on front and 1 on rear)
Onboard LAN and Audio ? 1st LAN supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Marvell 88E1111 PHY
? 2nd PCI LAN supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Broadcom BCM5788
? Realtek ALC850 8-channel codec
- 8-CH DA connector with 48 KHz rate
- Compliant with AC97 2.3 specifications
- Meets performance requirement for audio on PC 97/2001 system
- Meets Microsoft WHQL / WLP 2.0 audio requirement
Minimum Power Requirements 600 Watt SSI PSU complete with 24 pin, 8 pin and 4 pin connectors
Dimensions ATX Form Factor (30.4 cm X 25.4 cm)
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