MSI K7N2G-ILSR nForce2 Motherboard Review

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"In this review, we will be testing out MSI's nForce2-IGP motherboard; the K7N2G-ILSR. The MSI K7N2G-ILSR is based on the nForce2-IGP (Integrated Graphics Processor) and is teamed up the MCP2-T southbridge. Unlike the no frills K7N2-L the K7N2G-ILSR is very well equipped with serial ATA/IDE RAID, a 10/100 LAN RJ45 jack, IEEE 1394, USB 2.0, 6-channel audio, TV-out (RCA composit and S-video) and of course nVIDIA's integrated video. With all that on board it may seem pretty unlikely that you would actually need to add single expansion card to this board, but with five free PCI slots and an ACR (the blue one) you have plenty of room at your disposal. If the nForce2's integrated video isn't powerful enough for your applications there is also an 8X AGP port which from our own experience works really well with an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro video card... just don't tell Nvidia we said so."

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[Ioman]

Out of curiosity, which mainboard manufacturer is producing the best mobo with the Nforce2 chipset? My guess would be either Abit or Asus.

[llbbl]

I bet abit. anyone want to find model numbers, specs and prices. ?

nVIDIA® nForce2 MCP2 Chipset
AC97 Interface supporting up to two concurrent codecs
Ultra ATA133 for the fastest hard disk throughput
USB2.0 EHCI/1.1 OHCI controller

FSB


100/133/166(200/266/333)MHz clocks are supported

Main Memory


Supports six memory banks using three 184-pin DDR DIMMs
Supports up to 3GB PC3200/2700/2100/1600 DDR SDRAMs
Supports both 64-bit and 128-bit DDR SDRAM

Slots


One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) 1.5V 4x/8x slot
Five 32-bit PCI bus slots (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface)
One ACR (Advanced Communication Riser) slot

BIOS


The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically
The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications

On-Board IDE


An IDE controller on the MCP2/MCP2-T chipset provides IDE HDD/CDROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66 operation modes
Can connect up to four IDE devices

In-Chip TV-out


Integrated TV-out encoder, through external bracket

Network


Chipset integrated 10/100 Base-T Ethernet/Fast Ethernet

Audio


Realtek ALC650 6-channel audio

On-Board Peripherals


1 floppy port that supports two FDD with 360KB, 720KB,1.44MB and 2.88MB
1 serial port and 1 VGA port
1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
3 audio ports in vertical
6 USB ports (Rear * 4/ Front * 2)
1 RJ-45 jack



http://www.deviantpc.com/reviews/k7n2g/p2.shtml



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[llbbl]

look at those connectors !!

[llbbl]

Here is a upclose view of the board.