MSI K8N Diamond

All things considered, this board impressed us with its features, especially its on-board Creative audio, but we did have to fiddle with different drivers in order to get the RAID array detected properly by Windows.

EXPERT STAR RATING
3.50
Price $ 399.00 AUD
  • Features
  • What's Hot
  • What's Not
  • Length (mm): 304. Width (mm): 244.
  • Built-in Creative SoundBlaster Live!, wide array of connectivity options, good performance, good board monitor software
  • SLI functionality must be manually installed
General
Length (mm)
304
Width (mm)
244
Warranty (Months)
12
Memory
Maximum memory (RAM)
4 GB
RAM Type
DDR
Number of DIMM Slots
4
Motherboard
Processors Supported
AMD Athlon 64
Processor Socket Types
Socket 939
Storage Interfaces Supported
Serial ATA
RAID Supported
Yes
Network Card on Motherboard
Yes
Sound Card on Motherboard
Yes
SATA RAID Levels Supported
0, 1
Motherboard Benchmark Tests
Microsoft Office with SP-2
529
Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1
330
Windows Media Encoder 9.0
301
Multi-tasking
411
3D Mark 2005
4859
USB 2.0 transfer (1GB)
35sec
FireWire transfer (1GB)
1min 16sec
Hard Drive transfer in RAID 0 mode (2GB)
1min 22sec
PC Expansion Slots
Expansion Slots
PCI, PCI Express x1, PCI Express x16
Number of PCI Slots
3
Number of PCI Express x1 Slots
2
Number of PCI Express x16 Slots
2
*Specifications are subject to change without notice. While every attempt has been made by IDG Communications in the production of these specifications, possible errors or omissions may still occur. IDG Communications neither assumes legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any product specifications supplied.
 
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