MSI Socket 754 On Sale Now

Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
edited September 2003 in Science & Tech
<a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11359&quot; target=_blank>Xbitlabs: Socket 754 Mainboard from MSI for Sale Now!</a>

There are still about three weeks before AMD unleashes its 64-bit desktop processor – dubbed Athlon 64 – but mainboards for the newcomer already start appearing for sale! Micro Star International, a company that started to sell its i865P and i865PE-based mainboards earlier than others in April this year, started to sell its VIA K8T800-based device for Socket 754 AMD Athlon 64 CPUs. Even though you can hardly get a 64-bit desktop microprocessor from AMD in retail at this point, MyInfinity.com web-site offers you to get your MSI MS-6702 mainboard already now!

Specifications of MSI MS-6702 are pretty obvious for a higher-end mainboard coming out Fall 2003:
    * Supports Socket 754 AMD Athlon 64 processors; * VIA K8T800 + VT8237 core-logic; * 3 DIMM slots for up to 2GB of PC2100, PC2700 or PC3200 DDR SDRAM; * 5 PCI and 1 AGP 8x slot; * 2-channel integrated ATA-33/66/100/133 controller; * 2-channel integrated ATA-33/66/100/133 controller with RAID support; * 4 Serial ATA-150 ports with RAID 0, 1, 0+1 support (additional 20378 controller from Promise); * 10/100/1000Mbit/s Ethernet adapter; * 8 USB 2.0 ports; * 2 FireWire (IEEE1394) ports; * Integrated AC`97 6-channel audio solution with SP/DIF connectors; * Loads of additional functions and technologies from MSI, including Live Update 3, D-bracket 2, MSI Corecell Chip, MSI Corecenter, DOTand so on; * Overclocking and tuning functions; * ATX Form-factor.

The cost of MSI MS-6702 mainboard is just $179, quite nice for an unannounced mainboard for a highly-anticipated AMD Athlon 64 microprocessor.

<a href="http://www.msicomputer.com/product/detail_spec/product_detail.asp?model=MS-6702&quot; target=_blank>MSI (MS-6702) <b>K8T Neo-FIS2R S754</b> Product Page</a>
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