MSI P965 Platinum Motherboard Review

Main Specifications

MSI P965 Platinum main features are:

• Socket: 775.
• Chipset: Intel P965.
• Clock Generator: ICS 9LPRS514EGLF
• Super I/O: Fintek F71882FG.
• Parallel IDE: One ATA-133 port controlled by JMicron JMB361 chip.
• Serial IDE: Seven SATA-300 ports, six controlled by the south bridge (ICH8R) supporting RAID (0, 1, 5 and 10) and one controlled by JMicron JMB361 chip.
• USB: 10 USB 2.0 ports (four soldered on the motherboard and six available through I/O brackets. This motherboard comes with one bracket with two ports; four are left over).
• FireWire (IEEE 1394a): Two ports controlled by VIA VT6307 chip (one soldered on the motherboard and the other available through an I/O bracket).
• On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a Realtek ALC883 codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 96 kHz sampling rate for the inputs and up to 192 kHz sampling rate for the outputs, 85 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 95 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs).
• On-board video: No.
• On-board LAN: Yes, one Gigabit Ethernet port controlled by the chipset together with a Realtek RTL8111B chip.
• Buzzer: No.
• Power supply: ATX12V v2.x (24-pin).
• Slots: Two x16 PCI Express slots (one of them, the yellow one, works at x4 but supports CrossFire), two x1 PCI Express slots (which are automatically disabled when a video card is installed on the yellow PCI Express slot) and two PCI slots.
• Memory: Four DDR-DIMM sockets (up to 8 GB up to DDR2-667/PC2-5400 or up to 4 GB up to DDR2-1066/PC2-8500).
• Number of CDs that come with this motherboard: 1 CD.
• Programs included: Drivers and utilities.
• Extra features: USB Bracket with diagnostics LEDs (“D-Bracket 2”).
• More Information: https://www.msicomputer.com
• Average price in the US*: USD 148.00

* Researched at Shopping.com on the day we published this review.