MSI K9A2 Platinum review - overclock friendly mobo for AMD
- MSI K9A2 Platinum review - overclock friendly mobo for AMD
- Page 2 - MSI K9A2 Platinum from up close
- Page 3 - MSI K9A2 Platinum BIOS
- Page 4 - Test configuration, tests
- Page 5 - 3DMark06, CineBench 10, Fract
- Page 6 - SuperPI, WinRAR
- Page 7 - Overclock, Conclusion
Today we present to you our review of the MSI K9A2 Platinum motherboard and the 790FX+SB600 chipset. As one of the leading motherboard manufacturers, MSI offers a high end solution targeting the enthusiasts, this motherboard combines the newest technologies on the market, ones such as AM2+ socket, PCI-E 2.0, HyperTransport 3.0, two PCI-E 16x and two PCI-E 8x slots that grants you the ability to create a Quad-CrossFire system.
MSI K9A2 Platinum review
MSI K9A2 Platinum is anything else but lacking features. The motherboard is based on the relatively new AMD North bridge - 790FX and SB600 South bridge. The combination of the two supports HT 3.0, Dual-channel DDR2 (up to 1066MHz and 8GB for all the slots at once). It has two PCIe 2.0 16x slots, two PCIe 8x, one PCIe 1x and two old-fashioned PCI slots. The following table will cast some light upon exactly what you get with MSI K9A2 Platinum, and we'll reiterate some of the things on the next page where the pictures are :)
| Socket | AM2+ |
|---|---|
| CPU | Athlon64, Athlon X2, Phenom |
| FSB | 2000MHz |
| Chipset | AMD 790FX |
| Supported Memory | DDR2 533/667/800/1066, Max 8GB |
| PCI-Ex Slots | 4x PCI-Ex16, 1x PCI-Ex1, 2x PCI |
| Ports | 6x SATA 1x IDE 1x LAN 10/100/1000 4x USB 2.0 8ch Audio + SPDIF 1x 1394 2x eSATA |
| RAID | 0/1/0+1 |
| Form Factor | ATX |
Time for visual impressions from MSI K9A2 Platinum