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Brand   MSI MSI
Product name   K8N Neo4 K9N Ultra
Product code   MS-7125 MS-7250  
Tested by   djalbert Zahied Bholai  
Test Date   15/11/2004 29/06/2006  
Details   Details Details  
Average price    
Processor / Chipset / Memory   MSI K8N Neo4 MSI K9N Ultra
Form factor   ATX ATX  
Supported processor(s)   AMD Athlon 64 (FX) AMD Athlon 64 (X2) / Sempron  
CPU socket   Socket 939 Socket AM2  
Processor bus   1000 MHz HyperTransport 1000 MHz HyperTransport  
Memory type   DDR2  
Supported memory   DDR400 DDR2-800  
Dual channel memory   2 2  
Chipset   nVidia nForce 4 Ultra nVidia nForce 570  
Chipset - North bridge   nVidia nForce 4 Ultra nVidia MCP55 Ultra  
Chipset - South bridge   nVidia nForce 4 Ultra  
nVidia SLI compatible    
ATI Crossfire compatible    
SLI Memory / EPP compatible    
Expansion slosts   MSI K8N Neo4 MSI K9N Ultra
PCI Express x16 slots   1 1  
PCI-Express x8 slots   0  
PCI Express x4 slots   0  
PCI Express x1 slots   2 3  
Available PCI-Express lanes for video cards   16  
AGP slots   0 0  
PCI slots   4 3  
DDR DIMM slots   4 0  
DDR2 DIMM slots   0 4  
Connectivity   MSI K8N Neo4 MSI K9N Ultra
USB 2.0 - Total   10 10  
USB 2.0 - On board connectors   4 3  
IEEE 1394 controller   VIA VT6307 VIA VT6307  
Bluetooth    
Audio   MSI K8N Neo4 MSI K9N Ultra
Onboard audio - Channels   7.1 channels 7.1 channels  
Onboard audio - Codec chip   Realtek ALC850 Realtek ALC883  
Onboard audio - Codec type   AC97 HDA  
S/PDIF input    
S/PDIF output    
Dolby Digital Live    
Network   MSI K8N Neo4 MSI K9N Ultra
LAN - Chip   Marvell Alaska 88E1111 Vitesse VSC8601  
LAN - Speed   1000 Mbit/s 1000 Mbit/s  
LAN 2 - Chip   Marvell Yukon 88E8053 Vitesse VSC8601  
LAN 2 - Speed   1000 Mbit/s 1000 Mbit/s  
WLAN - Chip    
Storage   MSI K8N Neo4 MSI K9N Ultra
Parallel ATA connectors   2 1  
Serial ATA connectors   8 6  
Extra PATA (RAID) controller    
Extra SATA (RAID) controller   Silicon Image 3114  
SCSI controller    
Serial ATA AHCI compatible    
RAID 0 support    
RAID 1 support    
RAID 5 support    
Cooling / Overclocking   MSI K8N Neo4 MSI K9N Ultra
FAN connectors   3 3  
AMD Cool'n'Quiet    
Temperature controlled fan speed    
Chipset cooler   Active Passive  
Maximum FSB frequency   300 MHz 425 MHz  
CPU voltage tweaking    
CPU voltage tweaking (maximum)   1.350 V  
Memory voltage tweaking    
Memory voltage tweaking (maximum)   2.45 V  
AGP voltage tweaking    
North bridge voltage tweaking (maximum)   0  
South bridge voltage tweaking (maximum)   0  
HyperTransport voltage tweaking (maximum)   0  
PCI Express voltage tweaking (maximum)   0  
Software overclocking    
Dynamic overclocking    
Alarm in case of fan fail    
Alarm in case of CPU overheat    
Shutdown in case of fan fail    
Shutdown in case of CPU overheat    
Multiplier changeable    
PCI clock frequency changeable    
PCI Express clock frequency changeable    
Heatsinks on voltage regulators    
Video card overclocking through BIOS    
nVidia LinkBoost technology    
Other   MSI K8N Neo4 MSI K9N Ultra
Power supply connector   24 pins 24 pins  
Onboard speaker    
BIOS type   AMI  
Dual BIOS    
Boot menu in BIOS    
Flash software in BIOS    
BIOS profiles    
Problem diagnosis    
Automatic BIOS-update software (Windows)    
Power recovery    
iRDA support    
Extra's   MSI CoreCell  
Audio test   MSI K8N Neo4 MSI K9N Ultra
Frequency response [+] Graph 0.22 dB  
Frequency response [-] Graph 0.33 dB  
Noise level Graph 79.5 dB(A)  
Dynamic range Graph 78.2 dB(A)  
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) Graph 0.012 %  
Intermodulation Distortion (IMD) + Noise Graph 0.036 %  
Stereo crosstalk Graph 76.5 dB  
IMD+N (Swept frequency) Graph 0.076 %  
Benchmarks (Windows XP) < 2007   MSI K8N Neo4 MSI K9N Ultra
PCMark04 - CPU Graph 4461  
PCMark04 - Memory Graph 5395  
PCMark04 - HDD Graph 6377  
PCMark05 - System Graph 6319  
PCMark05 - CPU Graph 5347  
PCMark05 - Memory Graph 4986  
PCMark05 - Graphics Graph 6918  
PCMark06 - HDD Graph 6298  
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