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Date 2005-12-17
Provider: MSI
Author: Niko Lupala
Editor: Amber Lupala
MSI 955X Platinum motherboard Socket 775
MSI 955X platinum motherboard is what we have to offer review wise today. This new chipset from Intel will be very interesting to try out.
We will compare this card to some older motherboards and also test some overclocking with our new 3.8Ghz processor that we got ahold of.
If you are in the market for a motherboard this might be something for you to consider and pay extra attention to.
About MSI:
Founded in August 1986, MSI has built a business philosophy that stresses "Award-winning product quality and outstanding customer service." MSI specialises in the design and manufacture of mainboards, VGA cards, OSD and barbone systems. Entering a challenging industry environment, MSI are now ranked within Taiwan's Top Three and the world's Top Five mainboard manufacturers.
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MSI employs an extensive and experienced research and development team. Currently, over 600 engineers make up this department. This team carries out its work with the latest research equipment, continuing to raise the bar on product quality and innovative product features.
To meet the rising needs of our global customers, MSI has been expanding aggressively, opening two new production facilities and an R&D lab in China. Yearly production of MSI mainboards is expected to rise to over 15.6 million units in 2003.
MSI has had local representation in the UK since July 2001. Initially employing just a small number of people, it has since gone from strength to strength almost trebling in size. With an extensive Sales, Marketing and support team, a large UK warehouse and a repair centre. MSI offers a complete friendly service to its customers.
Specifications:
CPU:
• Supports Socket 775 for Intel® P4, P4EE, Pentium D, Pentium XE and Celeron D processors.
• Supports Intel® 05B and 05A processors.
• Supports FSB 1066/800 MHz
• Supports EIST technology
• Supports Intel® Hyper-Threading technology.
• Supports Intel® Dual Core Technology to 800 MHz and up
The Installation of LGA 775 CPU with MSI CPU Clip & CPU Cooler
Chipset:
• Intel® 955X Chipset
- Supports FSB 800/1066MHz.
- Supports PCI Express x 16 graphics interface.
- Supports dual channel, DDR2 400/533/667
• Intel® ICH7R Chipset
- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec, up to 8 ports.
- 4 SATAII ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s.
- 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 bus master IDE controller.
- PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC.
- ACPI 2.0 compliant.
- Serial ATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and Matrix RAID.
- Integrated AHCI controller.
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Main Memory:
• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.8 Volt DDRII SDRAM
• Supports up to 4GB memory size.
• Supports dual channel DDRII memory architecture.
• Supports DDRII 533/667 memory interface.
Slots:
• One PCI Express x16 slot. (supports PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
• Two PCI Express x1 slots. (support PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
• Three 32-bit v2.3 master PCI bus slots. (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface)
On-Board IDE/SATA:
• One Ultra DMA 66/100 IDE controllers integrated in ICH7R and VIA® 6410.
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
- Can connect up to six Ultra ATA drives.
• SATAII controller integrated in ICH7R
- Up to 300MB/sec transfer speed.
- Can connect up to four SATAII devices.
- Supports AHCI controller with SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and Matrix RAID (ICH7R).
• VIA® 6410 chipest
- Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD. (IDE2, IDE3)
• Silicon Image's SATARAID
- RAID 0 or 1 and multiple RAID groups are supported.
- Supports up 2 SATA devices.
Audio:
• High Definition link controller integrated in Intel® ICH7R chip.
• Audio codec Realtek® 882M.
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec.
LAN:
• Supports dual LAN jacks
- 1st PCI Express LAN supports 10/ 100/ 1000 Mb/s Fast Ethernet by Intel® PC82573.
- 2nd PCI Express LAN supports 10/ 100/ 1000 Mb/s Fast Ethernet by Boardcom® BCM5789.
IEEE1394:
• VIA® 6306 chipset
- Supports up to three 1394 ports. (Rear panel x1, front x2)
- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps.
Internal I/O Connectors:
- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU / System / Power / NB FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 2 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 2 ports
- 2 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 4 ports
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 6 x Serial ATA connectors
- 3 x ATA133 HD connectors
Back Panel I/O Ports:
- 1 x Parallel port
- 1 x Serial port (COM 1)
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 mouse
- 1 x Coaxial SPDIF out
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack (S/SPDIF out)
- 1 x IEEE1394 port
- 4 x USB 2.0 ports
- 2 x RJ45 LAN jacks
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.
Dimension:
• 30.5cm(L) x 24.5cm(W) ATX Form Factor
Mounting:
• 9 mounting holes.
Time to take a look at the board >>>>> Page 2
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