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MSI K8N Master2-FAR Dual 940 NVIDIA nForce4 Professional ATX Dual AMD Opteron Server Motherboard
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Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 1 year
Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 1 year
Pros: fast motherboard for shared memory better than k8n-dl witch doznt have shared memory and should be 20% faster the board ran best with segate sata2 got 4 on performance with vista with 6600gt the dl running 4 wd sata 250gb 16mb buffer ati x850xl
Cons: raid didnt work logo didnt work ran hot fans at 4500 rpm temp wrong 5deg. hotter on cpu 2 i swaped cpus and the same temp readings sys fan rpm read 0 is in rma and no return time is given its been a week
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Very stable and easy to install
Reviewed By: on 6/29/2006
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Very well designed for dual CPU's. Comes with 2 mirrored CPU coolers that are way to install. RAID is actual hardware RAID and can tie in to the IDE drives as well. Can be over clocked easy. Lots of extras. SLI came enabled and works very well for me. Ram cooler helps with over clocking. If you read the requirements for the AMD Opteron proc's you will be fine. NIC's are stable and the onboard audio is great. Came with a Blankout that holds the SLI bridge in place.
Cons: There is only one PCI slot, and 1 PCI-X slot. The USB connectors are at the bottom of the board and I had to route them round my video cards for the back connectors and the front connectors are a bit far as well. The intruction book could be a bit more clear.
Other Thoughts: Very well designed board. Rembmer with the Opteron cpu's you need Reg-ECC RAM installed or it wont work, and you have to make sure you dont go above the speed that your CPU can handel. Also you need 20+Amps on the 12v Rail. I would stay away from the dual 12v rail cpu's. And you will be good to go :D
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Poor quality, bad service, and unstable
Reviewed By: quilner on 6/20/2006
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: I purchased five of these motherboards from NewEgg in one order. As usual, NewEgg's shipment was prompt and fast; I received the motherboards within three days.
The MSI K8N Master2-Far is one of the more affordable dual-socket 940 motherboards that are available. It also has a relatively compact form-factor that makes it easy to use in a wide range of server cases. That, however, is where the positive attributes of the MSI K8N Master2-FAR end. The rest of the MSI K8N Master2-FAR experience is a nightmare.
Cons: Of the five MSI K8n Master2-Far motherboards that I purchased, two arrived DOA. Of the three remaining motherboards, two kept hanging on POST -- turns out they had shipped with an out-dated BIOS. Oddly enough, the most up-to-date BIOS is _not_ available from the MSI website. Instead, I had to hunt-down a German MSI forum with a link burried to the latest BIOS. None of the MSI tech support people I contacted were able provide me with access to the latest BIOS.
These motherboards are also extreemly unstable with all 6 DIMM sockets populated. Because of this, I have not been able to make use of more than 4 DIMM's on any of my motherboards.
MSI provided me with an RMA for the 2 DOA boards within 2 hours of me submitting a ticket. I shipped the boards out next-day-air to MSI. It has been over three weeks since I shipped the defective boards out, and I am still waiting!
These boards have terrible quality, poor documentation, lousy support, and awful RMA service.
Other Thoughts: You may save some money up-front with these boards, but that will be more than offset by the poor quality, terrible service, and unstable operation. Do yourself a favor and spend the extra $
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Model
Brand
MSI
Model
K8N Master2-FAR
Supported CPU
CPU Socket Type
Dual 940
CPU Type
Dual AMD Opteron
Chipsets
North Bridge
NVIDIA nForce4 Professional
Memory
Number of DDR Slots
6 x 184Pin
DDR Standard
DDR266/333/400
Maximum Memory Supported
12GB
ECC Supported
ChipKill ECC allows continuous correction of 4-bit errors in a failed x 4 memory device
Registered
Yes
Expansion Slots
PCI Express x16
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
PCI Express x4
1
PCI Slots
1
Storage Devices
PATA
2 x ATA 133 4 Dev. Max
SATA
4 x SATA 3.0Gb/s
SATA RAID
RAID 0 or 1, 0+1, JBOD supported RAID function available for PATA133+SATA H/D or 4 SATA H/D drives
Onboard Audio
Audio Chipset
Realtek ALC850
Audio Channels
8 Channels
Onboard LAN
LAN Chipset
Marvell 88E1111 PHY
LAN Speed
10/100/1000Mbps
Second LAN Chipset
Broadcom BCM5788
Second LAN Speed
10/100/1000Mbps
Max LAN Speed
Dual 10/100/1000Mbps
Rear Panel Ports
PS/2
2
COM
1
LPT
1
USB 1.1/2.0
4 x USB 2.0
IEEE 1394
1 x IEEE 1394a
Onboard USB
Onboard USB
3 sockets support up to 6 USB2.0 ports
Onboard 1394
Onboard 1394
2 x 1394a
Physical Spec
Form Factor
ATX
Dimensions
12.0" x 9.6"
Features
Features
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
Reviewed By: douggee on 7/26/2006
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
