MSI has just unveiled a nForce 980a based motherboard, MSI NF980-G65. The new ATX board features a 4+1 phase power design, four DDR3-2133 memory slots, three PCI-Express x16 slots, supporting AM3 processors with TDP of up to 140W.
Backed by NF200 chip to support 3-way SLI technology, the board packs six SATA 3.0Gbps interface, Gigabit Ethernet, D-Sub/DVI/HDMI connectivities, and Easy OC Switch functionality for overclockers.
MSI NF980-G65 motherboard is expected to retail for €140, which is around US$200.
 CPU
• Support AMD® Phenom™ II/Athlon™II/Phenom™ with AM3 package.
Hyper Transport Bus
• HyperTransport 3.0 supporting speed up to 2.6GHz
Chipset
• NVIDIA® nForce 980A SLI single chipset
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Main Memory
• Supports Dual DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1800/2133 (OC)
- 4 DDR3 DIMMs (240pin / 1.5V)
- Supports a maximum memory size up to 16GB.
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Slots
• 3 PCI Express x16 slots with x16 operation (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant)
• The three PCIE x 16 lanes will be x16 / x16 / x0 or x16 / x8 / x8.
• 2 PCI Express x1 slots
• 2 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus interface.
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Audio
• Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC889
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
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LAN
- Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8211CL
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IEEE1394 / FireWire
• Chipset integrated by VIA® VT6308P
- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps
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Internal I/O Connectors
- ATX 24-pin power connector
- ATX 4-pin 12V CPU power connector
- CPU x 1 / System x 3 FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Clear CMOS jumper
- Chassis intrusion switch connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- Serial port connector
- Parallel port connector
- 4 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 6 ports
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 6 x Serial ATA II connectors
- 1 x ATA133 IDE connectors
- 1 x SPDIF-out header
- 1 x TPM module header
- 1 x OC Switch
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 port
MSI Reminds You...
• The floppy disk cable will be optional. |
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Back Panel I/O Ports
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 mouse
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack
- 4 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x RJ45 LAN jack
- 1 x IEEE 1394 port
- 1 x DVI-D port
- 1 x Graphic Card port
- 1 x HDMI port
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Dimension
• 30.5cm(L) x 24.4cm(W) ATX Form Factor
Mounting
• 9 mounting holes.
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Product Accessories
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Key tags :
nForce 980a,
DDR3-2133,
NF200,
3-way SLI,
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