MSI K9N2 Diamond

[Redstorm]

The Manual can be found hereK9N2 Diamond Manual

Processor Support
- AMD® Phenom/ Athlon/ Sempron series processors in AM2/ AM2+
package
- Supports 4 pin CPU Fan Pin-Header with Fan Speed Control
(For the latest information about CPU, please visit
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=cpuform)
Supported FSB
- AM2 CPU supports Hyper Transport 1.0/ 2.0
- AM2+ CPU supports Hyper Transport 3.0
Chipset
- NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI single chipset
Memory Support
- DDR2 1066/ 800/ 667 DRAM (8GB Max)
- 4 DDR2 DIMMs (240pin / 1.8V)
(For more information on compatible components, please visit
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=testreport)
LAN
- Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet Dual LAN by Realtek
8211BL/ 8111C
1394
- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps
- Controlled by VIA VT6308P
Audio
Creative® X-Fi Xtreme H/W Audio Card MSI Edition(MS-
4132)
- 24-bit / 96KHz audio quality
- 100dB SNR clarity
- Up to 7.1 CH EAX 5.0 Surround Sound
IDE
- 2 IDE ports (one by nForce 780a SLI, one by JMB363)
- Supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode
SATA
- 6 SATAII ports by nForce 780a SLI
- 2 ESATA (External-SATA) ports by JMB363 (back panel)
- Supports storage and data transfers at up to 3 Gb/s
RAID
- SATA1~6 support RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1/ 5 or JBOD mode
- 2 ESATA (External-SATA) ports support RAID 0/ 1 mode
En-3
English
Floppy
- 1 floppy port
- Supports 1 FDD with 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB
Connectors
Back panel
- 1 PS/2 mouse port
- 1 PS/2 keyboard port
- 1 1394 port
- 1 DVI-D port
- 2 LAN jacks
- 4 USB 2.0 ports
- 2 ESATA ports
On-Board Pinheaders
- 3 USB 2.0 pinheaders
- 1 1394 pinheader
- 1 Serial port pinheader
- 1 TPM Module pinheader
- 1 Chassis Intrusion pinheader
TPM
- Supports TPM
Slots
- 3 PCI Express x16 slots compatible with PCIE 2.0 specification
a. support 3-Way SLI, these three PCIE x16 lanes will configure to
x16/ x8/ x8
b. if you intend to install two expansion cards, please install one
into the mazarine slot and one into the first bule slot, these
three PCIE x16 lanes will configure to x16/ x16/ x0
- 1 PCI Express x 1 slot
- 2 PCI slots
Form Factor
- ATX (30.5cm X 24.4 cm)
Mounting
- 9 mounting holes

 

[Sylvanas]

:0 Integrated 'X-FI Xtreme' audio. It appears MSI went all out with this board- good news for AMD SLI users, however if you weren't planning on SLI I'd still be sticking with the RD790.

 

[Redstorm]

The SB600 south bridge that they are pairing it with lacks SATA (limited to 4) ports and RAID 5 support.

6 SATA ports is the bear minimum I would concider...