MSI K9N Diamond [K9N DIAMOND]

Categories » Mainboards » Products » MSI K9N Diamond [K9N DIAMOND]

MSI K9N Diamond [K9N DIAMOND]

Overview
Specs
Reviews
User Reviews
Buy

General
Brand	MSI
Product name	K9N Diamond
Product code	K9N DIAMOND
Tested by HWI
Release date	11/16/2006
Price (min. / avg.)	-

Specifications
Form factor: ATX , CPU socket: Socket AM2 , Chipset: nVidia nForce 590 SLI
Click here for additional specifications

Reviews
MSI K9N2 Diamond	[H]ardOCP
MSI K9N2 Diamond	TrustedReviews
Click here to see all reviews

General
Brand	MSI
Product name	K9N Diamond
Product code	K9N DIAMOND
Tested by	Steven de Feij
Processor / Chipset / Memory
Form factor	ATX
Supported processor(s)	AMD Athlon 64 (X2) / Sempron
CPU socket	Socket AM2
Processor bus	1000 MHz HyperTransport
Supported memory	DDR2-800
Dual channel memory
Chipset	nVidia nForce 590 SLI
Chipset - North bridge	nVidia C51XE
Chipset - South bridge	nVidia MCP55PXE
nVidia SLI compatible
ATI Crossfire compatible
SLI Memory / EPP compatible
Expansion slosts
PCI Express x16 slots	2
PCI-Express x8 slots	0
PCI Express x4 slots	0
PCI Express x1 slots	2
Available PCI-Express lanes for video cards	32
AGP slots	0
PCI slots	2
DDR DIMM slots	0
DDR2 DIMM slots	4
Connectivity
USB 2.0 - Total	10
USB 2.0 - On board connectors	4
IEEE 1394 controller	VIA VT6306
Bluetooth
Audio
Onboard audio - Channels	7.1 channels
Onboard audio - Codec chip	Creative CA0106-DAT
Onboard audio - Codec type	Hardware DSP
S/PDIF input
S/PDIF output
Dolby Digital Live
Network
LAN - Chip	Vitesse VSC8601
LAN - Speed	1000 Mbit/s
LAN 2 - Chip	Vitesse VSC8601
LAN 2 - Speed	1000 Mbit/s
WLAN - Chip
Storage
Parallel ATA connectors	1
Serial ATA connectors	6
Extra PATA (RAID) controller
Extra SATA (RAID) controller
SCSI controller
RAID 0 support
RAID 1 support
RAID 5 support
Cooling / Overclocking
AMD Cool'n'Quiet
Temperature controlled fan speed
Chipset cooler	Passive
Maximum FSB frequency	500 MHz
CPU voltage tweaking (maximum)	1.65 V
Memory voltage tweaking (maximum)	2.3 V
North bridge voltage tweaking (maximum)	0
South bridge voltage tweaking (maximum)	0
HyperTransport voltage tweaking (maximum)	1.5 V
PCI Express voltage tweaking (maximum)	1.66 V
Dynamic overclocking
Multiplier changeable
PCI clock frequency changeable
PCI Express clock frequency changeable
Heatsinks on voltage regulators
nVidia LinkBoost technology
Other
Power supply connector	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
Benchmarks (Windows XP)
PCMark05 - System	5386
PCMark05 - CPU	5324
PCMark05 - Memory	5081
PCMark05 - Graphics	6906
PCMark06 - HDD	3080