Introduction
Date 2003-08-07
Provider: MSI
Author: BigMan
Editor: Princess Ammie
MSI K7N2G-ILSR nForce 2
Another motherboard review coming up tonite. We are having a look at a Nforce 2 board from MSI this time. Its the K7N2G-ILSR motherboard which has alot of good features and specifications. The question always is that can it live up to the expectations? We are going to twist it and turn it to get some stats out of it. Also we are going to try to heavy duty overclocking to see what this puppy can do for us overclockers. Stay tuned because tonite will be hot….
About MSI:
Founded in August 1986, MSI has continued to uphold a business philosophy that stresses “Award-winning product quality and outstanding customer service.” MSI specializes in the design and manufacture of mainboards and add-on cards. Surmounting a challenging industry environment, we’ve raced to the head of the pack and are now ranked within Taiwan’s Top Three and the world’s Top Five mainboard manufactures.
Specifications on the product:
CPU
� Supports Socket A for AMD� Athlon�/Athlon� XP/Duron�
processors @FSB 100/133/166
� Supports 600MHz up to Athlon� XP 2700+ processor or higher
Chipset
� nVIDIA� nForce2 IGP Chipset
- Integrated TV encoder
- Supports DDR266/333 with internal graphic core,
DDR266/333/400 with external add-on card
- AGP 3.0 8x interface at 533MHz
� nVIDIA� nForce2 MCP2 or MCP2-T Chipset
- AC97 Interface supporting up to two concurrent codecs
- Ultra ATA133 for the fastest hard disk throughput
- USB 2.0 EHCI/1.1 OHCI controller
- FireWire� and USB 2.0 for the fastest digital connectivity
(MCP2-T only)
- Audio Processing Unit(APU) encodes audio in Dolby� Digital 5.1
format for full surround sound effects (MCP2-T only)
FSB
100/133/166(200/266/333)MHz clocks are supported.
Main Memory
� Supports six memory banks using three 184-pin DDR DIMMs
� Support Dual channel PC3200/2700/2100/1600 DDR SDRAMs
� Supports both 64-bit and 128-bit DDR SDRAM
� Maximum memory size of 3GB
NOTE: nForce2 only NOT support x4 memory device. 1GB can be made by other density of dram chip such as x 8, x16.
Slots
� One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) 1.5V 4x/8x slot
� Five 32-bit PCI bus slots (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface)
� One ACR (Advanced Communication Riser) slot
On-Board IDE
� An IDE controller on the MCP2/MCP2-T chipset provides IDE
HDD/CDROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66
operation modes
� Can connect up to four IDE devices
Serial ATA Interface (Optional)
� Support 2 serial ATA plus 1 ATA133
- RAID O or 1 are supported – RAID function works w/ATA133+SATA H/D or 2 SATA H/D
� Connect up to 2 Serial ATA devices and 1 ATA133 device
In-Chip TV-out
� Integrated TV-out encoder, through external bracket
In-Chip IEEE1394 (Optional)
� nVIDIA MCP2-T IEEE1394 controller
- Support up to two ports via external bracket
Audio
� Realtek ALC650 6-channel audio
- Dolby Digital 5.1 format (with MCP2-T option)
Network
Chipset integrated 10/100 Base-T Ethernet/Fast Ethernet
On-Board Peripherals
On-Board Peripherals include:
- One floppy port that supports two FDD with 360KB, 720KB,
1.44MB and 2.88MB
- 1 serial port and 1 VGA port
- 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
- 3 audio ports in vertical
- 2 IEEE1394 connectors (Optional)
- 6 USB ports (Rear * 4/ Front * 2)
- 1 RJ-45 jack
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
30.5 cm(L) x 23 cm(W) ATX Form Factor
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