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- Return for refund within: 30 days
- Return for replacement within: 30 days
- Restocking Fee: Yes
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Great Price Great Board Minor Problem
- Pros: great price and despite the cons i am happy with the board. after resolving the 2 problems i had the system is running stable and has no problem with anything i've thrown at it so far. blows my old system out of the water and runs so much quieter and cooler.
- Cons: when setting up a new system you always come across problems. i had to flash bios, the computer was crashing every time i opened and closed my sata dvd drive. in addition the battery on the MB had to be replaced.
"budget" gamer board indeed.
- Pros: Good overclocker if you have decent cooling. Onboard sound is good quality. Red boards are just sexy. Layout makes sense for the most part, the 90degree IDE port is a plus. Manual is rather detailed, and covers pretty much everything. BIOS is above average, bordering on excellent.
- Cons: Lemme explain good cooling for any potential OC'ers. Case airflow is everything, a single 80mm fan is just unhealthy no matter what board you use. The only reason these boards fail when running a 125w proc is because of the heat that builds up in the MOSFETs. Check the V2 and you'll see a big red heatsink next to the socket. THATS IT! For people that own one already, get some ramsinks and slap em on those, leave your I/O panel off, and you shouldn't have problems.
- Other Thoughts: I also opted to add a small fan to the SB, but it's probably not necessary at all. Bigger videocards will block 1-2 of your SATA ports, but there's not many ways to get around that on any board. This board is worth every penny and the x8/x8 PCIe isn't gonna slow down ANY card on the market. Enjoy!
Get what you pay for.
- Pros: Looks nice. Price.
- Cons: cheap chips fried shortly after getting up and running. Everything was fine as always until I started bench marking the system. Ran 3D Mark 06 once, was fine, ok score of 12+k, went for a second run after closing some back ground trash, ran it again, system restarted on the CPU test. Got back and running, Ran it again, mobo basically burst into flames LoL. I would chalk it up to manufacturer defect.
- Other Thoughts: Throw down the little extra money and get the mobo from Asus or Gigabyte in the 134$ range, You'll be happy you did.
| Model |
| Brand |
MSI |
| Model |
K9A2 CF-F |
| Supported CPU |
| CPU Socket Type |
AM2+/AM2 |
| CPU Type |
Phenom FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 |
| FSB |
2600MHz Hyper Transport (5200 MT/s) |
| Chipsets |
| North Bridge |
AMD 790X |
| South Bridge |
ATI SB600 |
| Memory |
| Number of Memory Slots |
4×240pin |
| Memory Standard |
DDR2 1066 |
| Maximum Memory Supported |
8GB |
| Channel Supported |
Dual Channel |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
2 (Dual CrossFire 8X+8X) |
| PCI Express x1 |
1 |
| PCI Slots |
2 |
| Storage Devices |
| PATA |
1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max |
| SATA 3Gb/s |
4 |
| SATA RAID |
0/1/0+1 |
| Onboard Video |
| Onboard Video Chipset |
None |
| Onboard Audio |
| Audio Chipset |
Realtek ALC888 |
| Audio Channels |
8 Channels |
| Onboard LAN |
| LAN Chipset |
Realtek 8111B |
| Max LAN Speed |
10/100/1000Mbps |
| Rear Panel Ports |
| PS/2 |
2 |
| COM |
1 |
| USB 1.1/2.0 |
4 x USB 2.0 |
| Audio Ports |
6 Ports |
| Onboard USB |
| Onboard USB |
6 x USB 2.0 |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
ATX |
| Dimensions |
12.0" x 9.6" |
| Windows Vista |
Certified for Windows Vista |
| Power Pin |
24 Pin |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
K9A2 CF-F
Driver Disk
User Manual
Rear I/O Panel Shield
IDE/PATA Cable
SATA Cable
4-pin to SATA Power Cable |
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Reviewed By: carl on 6/7/2008
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
