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MSI K9A2GM-FIH AMD 780G Motherboard review |
| Written by Administrator, on 14-07-2008 01:49 |
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The motherboard on the bench today is from MSI, called MSI K9A2GM-FIH. The motherboard is primarily aimed at the HTPC people and the system integrator. There's a number of HTPC manufactures because there's more money to be made with these machines. A lot of configuration is connected to HTPC's which to some degree justifies the higher price. The motherboard is the first we've seen with AMD's 780G chipset.
Specifications:
The motherboard supports CPU's with the AM2 and AM2+ standard. This includes most Athlon 64 X2 and all Phenom CPU's. Still it's recommended to check MSI's CPU support list before buying. The motherboard supports CPU's from the AM2 and AM2+ sockets, meaning
| Socket |
AM2+ |
| CPU (Max Support) |
Phenom |
| FSB |
2600MHz |
| Chipset |
AMD® 780G |
| DDR2 Memory |
DDR2 533/667/800/1066 |
| DDR3 Memory |
N/A |
| DIMM Slots |
4 |
| Max Memory (GB) |
8 |
| PCI-Ex16 |
1 |
| PCI-Ex8 |
N/A |
| PCI-Ex4 |
N/A |
| PCI-Ex1 |
1 |
| PCI |
2 |
| IDE |
1 |
| SATA |
4 |
| RAID |
0/1/0+1 |
| LAN |
10/100/1000*1 |
| TPM |
1(Optional) |
| USB ports (Rear) |
4 |
| Audio ports (Rear) |
6 |
| Serial ports (Rear) |
1 |
| Parallel ports (Rear) |
1 |
| 1394 ports (Rear) |
1(Optional) |
| eSATA |
N/A |
| VGA |
1 |
| DVI |
1(Optional) |
| HDMI |
1(Optional) |
| Form Factor |
M-ATX |
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