The very first - MSI K9N SLI Platinum

MSI has released the world's first family of motherboards designed for AMD's new AM2 socket processors.

Five of the new motherboard family is currently available in stores soon, with the rest of the nine-member family arriving in mid-May. So let's look at the specifications:

MSI K9N SLI Platinum

• NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP chipset
• Supported processors: AMlon encapsulated Athlon 2 and Athlon FX processors
• 2 PCI-E x16 connectors (SLI) 
• 2 GHz Hyper Transport
• 4 DDRII 533/667/800 MHz memories up to 8 GB
• Dual LAN 10/100/1000 and FireWire port
• 8-channel High Definition Audio sound
• 6 SATAII connectors with a maximum supported speed of 3.0 GB / s
• SATA 1 ~ 6, RAID 0/1/0 + 1,5 support
• 2 PCI-E x1, 3 PCI buses
• 10 USB 2.0 and 2 IEEE1394 connectors
• Dual CoreCell control with built-in DOT Express tuning software
• 1 MSI communication bus for the manufacturer's special cards
• Bridge cooling without fan

MSI K9N SLI

The only difference compared to the previous one is that it does not have a FireWire port, it "only" supports 4 SATAIIs and does not support Raid 5, but on the other hand it will be cheaper.

MSI K9N Platinum

• NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP chipset
• Supported processors: Athlon 2, Athlon X64 and Athlon FX processors with AM2 enclosure
• 2 GHz Hyper Transport
• 4 DDRII 533/667/800 MHz memories up to 8 GB
• Dual LAN 10/100/1000 and FireWire port
• 8-channel High Definition Audio sound
• 6 SATAII connectors with a maximum supported speed of 3.0 GB / s
• SATA 1 ~ 6, RAID 0/1/0 + 1,5 support
• 1 pc PCI-E x16, 2 pcs PCI-E x1, 3 pcs PCI bus
• 10 USB 2.0 and 2 IEEE1394 connectors
• Dual CoreCell control with built-in DOT Express tuning software
• 1 MSI communication bus for the manufacturer's special cards
• Bridge cooling without fan

MSI K9N Ultra

The only difference compared to the previous one is that it does not have a FireWire port, it "only" supports 4 SATAIIs and does not support Raid 5.

MSI K9N Neo

• NVIDIA nForce 550 SLI MCP chipset
• Supported processors: Athlon 2, Sempron and Athlon 64 × 62 processors with AM2 enclosure
• 2 GHz Hyper Transport
• 4 DDRII 533/667/800 MHz memories up to 8 GB
• Dual LAN 10/100/1000 and FireWire port
• 8-channel High Definition Audio sound
• 4 SATAII connectors with a maximum supported speed of 3.0 GB / s
• 1 ~ 4 SATA, RAID with 0/1/0 + 1 support
• 1 pc PCI-E x16, 2 pcs PCI-E x1, 3 pcs PCI bus
• 10 pcs USB 2.0

The combination of VGA CoreCell, already proven for video cards, with the motherboard module controller has created the Dual CoreCell controller, which offers more advanced tuning capabilities than ever before, combined with maximum security and manageability. Key features:

Monitoring Key Hardware Components Monitoring Dual Core Processor Units Implement proven DOT tuning technology for up to 12% performance boost Automatic online bios and driver updates System state optimization Monitor and configure your entire system from Windows via Dual CoreCenter Automatic speed control depending on load 5 preset monitoring modes