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- Jul 31, 2005
the only thing i had about this is the Nforce pro chipset, i was gonna pick on up + 2 940 dual core procs and sell off my opteron and my current mobo. Heard somewhat good reviews about this but wanted to know what you guys think.
i can get this for $200 + the procs and another 7800GT for under $1000.. any suggestions? i was also thinking Opteron 265 with the italy cores..
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K8N_Master2-FAR&class=spd
• Support dual AMD Opteron™ processors from 1.4 – 3.6 GHz
• nVIDIA® nForce™4 Pro chipset supporting SLI (Scalable Link Interface) mode
• 6 DIMM slots supporting dual channel register DDR266/333/400 SDRAM up to 12 GB
• 1 PCI Express x4 slot, 2 PCI Express x16 slots for graphics cards, and 1 PCI slot
• Support up to 4 SATA II and 2 PATA133 Hard Disc Drives, and RAID 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD
• 2 Gigabit LAN ports • Support up to 10 USB2.0 devices • Support 3 IEEE1394 ports
CPU
• Supports dual Socket 940 for AMD Opteron™ processors, from 1.4 ~ 3.6 GHz
• Supports up to AMD Opteron DP 275 Chipset
• nVIDIA® nForce™4 Pro - HyperTransport link to the AMD Opteron™ CPU - Supports dual-channel DDR266/333/400 memory - Supports PCI Express x16/ x8/ x4/ x1 interface - Two independent SATA II controllers, for four drives - Dual Ultra ATA 133/100/66 IDE controllers - Supports high-speed USB2.0 ports Main Memory
• 144-bit Register DDR at 266/333/400 MHz
• Supports six 184-pin Register DDR DIMMs up to 12GB
• Supports interleaving memory within DIMMs
• ChipKill ECC allows continuous correction of 4-bit errors in a failed x 4 memory device Note: Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 Memory Support. The maximum amount of memory that can be supported on Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 is also 4 GB. However, Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition supports 32 GB of physical RAM and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition supports 64 GB of physical RAM using the PAE feature .
For other operating systems, please check with your OS vendor for maximum memory support. Slots
• One 32-bit/33 MHz PCI slot (in orange, also can work as a communications slot) • One PCI Express x4 slot
• Two PCI Express x16 slots for graphics cards (SLI mode supported) - 2nd PCI Express x16 slot (PCI_E3) is compatible with PCI Express x 1 HDD Interface
• Dual IDE controllers on the nVIDIAR nForce™4 Pro chipset - Provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 133/100/66 operation modes - Can connect up to 4 IDE devices
• Two independent SATA controllers on the nVIDIAR nForce™4 Pro chipset - NV RAID supports 4 SATA II ports with up to 300MB/s transfer rate NV RAID (Software)
• Supports up to 4 SATA and 2 PATA133 Hard drives - RAID 0 or 1, 0+1, JBOD supported - RAID function available for PATA133+SATA H/D or 4 SATA H/D drives Onboard Peripherals
• 1 floppy port supports two FDDs with 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, and 2.88MB
• 1 PS/2 keyboard port
• 1 PS/2 mouse port
• 1 serial port
• 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
• 2 RJ-45 ports (with LEDs)
• 10 USB ports maximum support (4 ports on the rear, and on board 3 sockets support up to 6 USB ports on the front)
• 3 IEEE 1394 ports (2 on front and 1 on rear) Onboard LAN
• 1st LAN supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by marvell 88E1111PHY
• 2nd PCI LAN supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Broadcom BCM5788 Onboard Audio
• Realtek ALC850 8-channel codec
• 8-CH DA connector with 48 KHz rate
• Compliant with AC'97 2.3 specifications
• Meets performance requirement for audio on PC 97/2001 system
• Meets Microsoft WHQL / WLP 2.0 audio requirement Onboard IEEE 1394
• VIA VT6306 IEEE 1394 controller System Management
• SMBus (I2C)
• Temperature, voltage, and fan monitors Power Management Feature
• Wake up on LAN (WOL), wake up on PCI
• RTC alarm and wake up
• Wake up on keyboard/mouse/USB from S1 & S3
• Supports ACPI S1, S3, S4 and S5 functions 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
• Supports boot from LAN, USB Device 1.1 & 2.0, and SATA HDD Dimensions ATX Form Factor: 30.4x 25.4cm Mounting 9 mounting holes.
i can get this for $200 + the procs and another 7800GT for under $1000.. any suggestions? i was also thinking Opteron 265 with the italy cores..
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K8N_Master2-FAR&class=spd
• Support dual AMD Opteron™ processors from 1.4 – 3.6 GHz
• nVIDIA® nForce™4 Pro chipset supporting SLI (Scalable Link Interface) mode
• 6 DIMM slots supporting dual channel register DDR266/333/400 SDRAM up to 12 GB
• 1 PCI Express x4 slot, 2 PCI Express x16 slots for graphics cards, and 1 PCI slot
• Support up to 4 SATA II and 2 PATA133 Hard Disc Drives, and RAID 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD
• 2 Gigabit LAN ports • Support up to 10 USB2.0 devices • Support 3 IEEE1394 ports
• Supports dual Socket 940 for AMD Opteron™ processors, from 1.4 ~ 3.6 GHz
• Supports up to AMD Opteron DP 275 Chipset
• nVIDIA® nForce™4 Pro - HyperTransport link to the AMD Opteron™ CPU - Supports dual-channel DDR266/333/400 memory - Supports PCI Express x16/ x8/ x4/ x1 interface - Two independent SATA II controllers, for four drives - Dual Ultra ATA 133/100/66 IDE controllers - Supports high-speed USB2.0 ports Main Memory
• 144-bit Register DDR at 266/333/400 MHz
• Supports six 184-pin Register DDR DIMMs up to 12GB
• Supports interleaving memory within DIMMs
• ChipKill ECC allows continuous correction of 4-bit errors in a failed x 4 memory device Note: Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 Memory Support. The maximum amount of memory that can be supported on Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 is also 4 GB. However, Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition supports 32 GB of physical RAM and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition supports 64 GB of physical RAM using the PAE feature .
For other operating systems, please check with your OS vendor for maximum memory support. Slots
• One 32-bit/33 MHz PCI slot (in orange, also can work as a communications slot) • One PCI Express x4 slot
• Two PCI Express x16 slots for graphics cards (SLI mode supported) - 2nd PCI Express x16 slot (PCI_E3) is compatible with PCI Express x 1 HDD Interface
• Dual IDE controllers on the nVIDIAR nForce™4 Pro chipset - Provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 133/100/66 operation modes - Can connect up to 4 IDE devices
• Two independent SATA controllers on the nVIDIAR nForce™4 Pro chipset - NV RAID supports 4 SATA II ports with up to 300MB/s transfer rate NV RAID (Software)
• Supports up to 4 SATA and 2 PATA133 Hard drives - RAID 0 or 1, 0+1, JBOD supported - RAID function available for PATA133+SATA H/D or 4 SATA H/D drives Onboard Peripherals
• 1 floppy port supports two FDDs with 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, and 2.88MB
• 1 PS/2 keyboard port
• 1 PS/2 mouse port
• 1 serial port
• 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
• 2 RJ-45 ports (with LEDs)
• 10 USB ports maximum support (4 ports on the rear, and on board 3 sockets support up to 6 USB ports on the front)
• 3 IEEE 1394 ports (2 on front and 1 on rear) Onboard LAN
• 1st LAN supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by marvell 88E1111PHY
• 2nd PCI LAN supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Broadcom BCM5788 Onboard Audio
• Realtek ALC850 8-channel codec
• 8-CH DA connector with 48 KHz rate
• Compliant with AC'97 2.3 specifications
• Meets performance requirement for audio on PC 97/2001 system
• Meets Microsoft WHQL / WLP 2.0 audio requirement Onboard IEEE 1394
• VIA VT6306 IEEE 1394 controller System Management
• SMBus (I2C)
• Temperature, voltage, and fan monitors Power Management Feature
• Wake up on LAN (WOL), wake up on PCI
• RTC alarm and wake up
• Wake up on keyboard/mouse/USB from S1 & S3
• Supports ACPI S1, S3, S4 and S5 functions 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
• Supports boot from LAN, USB Device 1.1 & 2.0, and SATA HDD Dimensions ATX Form Factor: 30.4x 25.4cm Mounting 9 mounting holes.
