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MSI is one of the top tier computer motherboard manufacturers in the consumer PC industry, but there is no mistaking 2006 as the year that ASUS and Gigabyte took most of the limelight. Gigabyte's marketing machine pushed the whole solid capacitor design into high gear while ASUS flooded the market with specialized target focus computer motherboard models such as the TeleSky and Republic of Gamers. Both manufacturers also drew a lot of attention with an announced alliance (which didn't last), but most importantly, they made exciting computers motherboards that kept the market fresh. MSI on the other hand, was focusing more on their graphics card business.
With the launch of Intel's new Bearlake chipset family however, MSI has gone all serious about their next generation motherboards, they do have some interesting designs on hand.
Here is its computer motherboard specs :
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MSI P35 Platinum (Intel P35)
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Processor
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- Supports all 90nm/65nm Intel LGA775 processors
- 45nm ready (Wolfdale & Yorkfield)
- Quad-Core Optimized
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Chipset
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Intel P35 / ICH9R
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Front Side Bus
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1333 / 1066 / 800 / 533 MHz
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Memory
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4 x DIMM, DDR2 1066 / 800 / 667 / 533 MHz, non-ECC, unbuffered memory
Dual channel memory architecture
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Expansion Slots
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2 x PCIe x16
2 x PCIe x1
2 x PCI
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Storage
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Intel ICH9R Southbridge :
- 6 x SATA 3.0Gbps interface
- Intel Matrix Storage Technology
- Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, RAID 10
Marvell 88SE6111 :
- 1 x Ultra ATA 33/66/100/133 (data transfer rate up to 133MB/sec.)
- 1 x SATA 3.0Gbps interface
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LAN
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Marvell 88E8111B Gigabit Ethernet PHY
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Audio
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- Intel High Definition Audio (Azalia)
- Realtek ALC888T HD Audio CODEC
- Optical S/PDIF
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IEEE 1394
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- VIA VT6308P FireWire controller
- 2 x 1394a ports @ 400 Mbps speed
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Back Panel I/O Ports
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2 x eSATA
6 x USB 2.0
1 x IEEE 1394a
1 x RJ-45 LAN
1 x Optical S/PDIF Output
1 x mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port
1 x mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port
8-Channel Audio I/O ports
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Internal I/O Connectors
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1 x Floppy connector
1 x Ultra ATA IDE
5 x SATA
6 x USB 2.0
1 x IEEE 1394a
1 x COM port
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Form Factor
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ATX Form Factor, 30.5cm x 24.4cm
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