[H]ard|OCP reviews MSI P35 Platinum motherboard
MSI brings us their latest solution, based on Intel's P35 chipset which has already made a name for itself amongst the enthusiast community. There are already some great boards on the market based on this chipset and MSI has their work cut out for them if they want to be competitive.
The MSI P35 Platinum supports the latest Intel Core2 Extreme Quad-Core / Core2 Duo / Intel Pentium Extreme and Intel Pentium D processors. Following industry trends, the P35 Platinum requires only a few components to create a fully functioning system. The required components are: LGA775 CPU, DDR 2 memory, power supply, drives, and a video card. MSI integrated the following components into the P35 Platinum?s design: 1 ATA 133 port, 1 floppy port, 7 SATA ports, (2 of which are eSATA ports attached to the ICH9R), 12 USB ports (6 on the backplane and three headers supporting two ports each.), 2 IEEE1394 ports, (1 on the backplane and 1 header supporting 1 port.), 1 GigE Ethernet port, 6 mini-headphone jacks, and of course PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports...
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