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MSI P45 Diamond review

Diamonds are a geek's best friend…

Our Score 4

Last reviewed: 2008-11-12November 12th 2008

MPN P45DIAMOND
Description Socket 775 ATX Motherboard
Features All solid capacitors / All shielded choke / onboard 2 in / 2 out cooling liquid circulation design / 2-phase Power on Memory/Northbridge / VGA Booster (Both graphic channel are from Northbridge) / RapidBoost - OC Jumper / X-Fi Audio / Extreme Memory profile / Green Power design / 2x eSATA
Compatible Processors Intel next generation 45nm Multi-Core CPU
Databus Speed 1600
Front Side Bus DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
LAN Details Gigabit LAN
Max No. Of Processors 1
Motherboard Type ATX
No of DIMM Slots 4
No of PCI Express x1 Slots 2
No of PCI Express x16 slots 2
Number Of USB Ports On Motherboard 8
Number of PCI Slots 2
Onboard Sound Properties Creative® SB X-Fi Xtreme
Onboard sound Yes
PCI Express Yes
Processor Socket LGA775 Socket
RAM Type DDR3
Supported RAM Size (GB) 8

Product Summary

P45 Diamond

MSI

Best Price

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CoreCentre software is quite useful

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Good performance

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DDR3 memory

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Pricey compared to rivals

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