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MSI P35 Diamond

Intel Pentium 4 / Core socket LGA-775
Intel P35 Express
PCI Express, PCI

Overall Score: 96 points



The full specification (taken from MSI's website)

CPU
Supports Intel® Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo based processors in LGA775 package.
Supports Intel® Yorkfield, Wolfdale in the LGA775 package.
Supports FSB 1333/1066/800 MHz.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset
Intel® P35 Chipset
Supports FSB 800/1066/1333MHz.
Supports dual channel, DDR3 800/1066.

Main Memory 
Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 SDRAM
Supports up to 8GB memory size.
Supports dual channel DDR3 memory architecture.
Supports DDR3 800/1066 memory interface.

Expansion Slots 

• 2x PCI Express x16 slots with 1x16 and 1x4 operations (PCI Express Bus SPEC V1.0a compliant; supports CrossFire Technology)
• 2x PCI Express x1 slots. (support PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
• 2x 32-bit v2.3 master PCI bus slots.
• Support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface.

Storage
Intel® ICH9R Chipset

• Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec, up to 12 ports.
• 4 SATAII with 2 eSATA* ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s.
• PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC.
• ACPI 2.0 compliant.
• Serial ATA RAID 0/1/5/10.
• Integrated AHCI controller.

*eSATA function would be fully supported by VISTA ( In Box driver with AHCI driver). eSATA function would not be fully supported without AHCI driver under WinXP.
   
On-Board IDE/SATA   
One Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE controller integrated in Marvell® 88SE6111.

• Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
• Can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives.

SATAII controller integrated in ICH9R and Marvell® 88SE6111 chipest

• Up to 300MB/sec transfer speed.
• Supports four SATAII ports and two eSATA ports by ICH9R.
• Supports AHCI controller with SATA RAID 0/1/5/10.
• Supports one SATAII port by 88SE6111.

MSI Reminds You...
The RAID setup floppy disk is optional depending on the districts. You can download the files from the website to make the setup disk.

Audio
Chip integrated by Realtek® ALC888T

• Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
• Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec.
• Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec.
• Supports VoIP Card.

LAN
Supports PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111B.

IEEE1394
VIA® VT6308 chipset

• Supports up to two 1394 ports. (Rear panel x1, pinheader x1)
• Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps.

Back Panel I/O Ports

• 1 x PS/2 keyboard
• 1 x PS/2 mouse
• 2 x eSATA ports (please refer to Intel website for eSATA function)
• 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack
• 6 x USB 2.0 ports
• 1 x RJ45 LAN jack
• 1 x IEEE1394 port
• 1 x Optical SPDIF-out

Internal I/O Connectors

• ATX 24-Pin power connector
• ATX 4-pin VGA power connector
• 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
• CPU / System x 5 FAN connectors
• CD-in connector
• Front panel audio connector
• Front panel connector
• 1 x SPDIF-out pinheader
• 1 x chasis intrusion connector
• 1 x serial port pinheader
• 3 x USB 2.0 connectors
• 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
• 5 x Serial ATAII connectors
• 1 x ATA133 connector
• 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 port
• 2 x H/W OC pinheaders  (optional)

MSI Reminds You...
The floppy disk cable will be optional.

BIOS
The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and  expansion cards of the board automatically.
The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications.

Form Factor
30.5cm(L) x 24.5cm(W) ATX

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