Product Description| VIA K8M800/S3 Unichrome/2 DDR2/Dual 667/800 | | Description |
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| MSI, Micro-Star International, keeps the principle of "award-winning product quality and outstanding customer service". "Quality Products Create Faithful Customers" is a motto that guides all that MSI does. MSI's talented team carries out its work with the latest research equipment, continuing to raise the bar on product quality and innovative product features. |
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| Mainboard Form Factor | Micro ATX | | Compatible Processors | Athlon 64, Sempron, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2 | | Mainboard Chipset Type | VIA UniChrome Pro K8M800 / VIA VT8237R Plus | | Max Bus Speed | 800 MHz | | Audio Output | Sound card - 5.1 channel surround | | Video Output Type | VIA UniChrome Pro K8M800 shared video memory (UMA) | | Compliant Standards | AC 97 | | Networking Type | Network adapter - Realtek RTL8201CL - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet | | Features | BIOS Features: ACPI support, DMI support | | Processor |
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| Processor / Socket Type | Socket AM2 | | Memory |
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| RAM Technology | DDR2 SDRAM | | RAM Max Supported Size | 2 GB | | Storage |
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| Storage Controller Type | ATA-133; Serial ATA-150 | | Video |
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| Video Output Type | VIA UniChrome Pro K8M800 shared video memory (UMA) | | Audio |
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| Audio Output | Sound card - 5.1 channel surround | | Expansion |
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| Expansion Slots Total (Free) | 1 processor - Socket AM2; 2 memory ( 1.8 V ) - DIMM 240-pin; 1 AGP 8x; 3 PCI ( 3.3 V/ 5 V ) | | Interfaces & Connections | 1 x storage - floppy interface - 34 pin IDC; 1 x parallel - IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) - 25 pin D-Sub (DB-25); 2 x serial - RS-232 - 9 pin D-Sub (DB-9); 4 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A; 1 x audio - SPDIF output - RCA | | Dimensions&Miscellaneous |
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| Width | 8.1 Inch | | Depth | 9.6 Inch |
Customer ReviewsReviewed on 2008-06-30  
I Bought one, it didn`t work too 2008
Sorry for my short English if you see some mistake. I`m writting from venezuela. The sellers of this Motherboard was ok, but the product itself was a very big mistake. When the mother board came here, some friends saw it... and they told me: "This motherboard presents a lot of problems with the chipset and with USB ports". I just wanted it works, and didn`t want to have more problems with my computer. I cant`t return this item now, by the politics of importation in my country. Never worked well. I just bought a Gygabyte, waiting for it in one month at least.
Don`t buy it. Buy Asus or gigabyte if you have amd proccesors. They (msi people) must to know that this motherboard have problems, if all my friends know it, and they do not design nor produce it. The price reflects that fact. This motherboard is not cheaper just for the size, or perform. Is cheaper because it has a lot of problems.
DOn`t Buy it. |  | Reviewed on 2008-05-22
good enough for me!
this motherboard is the best it could possible be for $[...]. the only reason i got this board was because of a lack of money to build a computer with. i am very happy with it. my computer is finshed now and it has an AMD Athalon 64 proceesor 960mb 2.2 GHz 960mb RAM(soon to upgrade) 320 gb hdd 2 cd drives a floppy drive and an antec 500 blaxk mini case. i am not really a gamer, but this was prefect for a firsttime costom pc. i recommend this to anyone who is learning to put a pc together | | Reviewed on 2008-02-04
MSI, Dual core with AGP8X
MSI, i guess i could start off by saying thank you for not forgetting about us AGP guys.
i have this motherboard with 2gb OCZ gold edition ram
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 6000+ 3.0 GHz Processor
Ati Radeon sapphire X1950 pro 512 AGP8x
AC-1 Barracuda 7.1 gaming card
WD Caviar 7,500 rpm HD
Apevia custom case
Lite-on dvd burner W/ lightscribe
Let me start off by saying this mobo really takes a lot of time to get just right in the Bios, and especially running windows vista, it reads the memory incorrectly so you must do it manually, as well as set the right voltage, i had problems with the BSOD a lot of times till i got it all just right. After everything was working great i tried to over clock, a bit.
the mobo wouldnt OC to 202, everytime it would have a bsod on startup of windows, then the 2nd reboot would work fine, but if i left it at 200 all is well. doesnt really matter with this processor, it is very fast, i have been an intel guy forever, this was my first AMD setup, and i am a believer, this combo really is a great setup, i play high end games on med/high setting COD4, Crysis, FEAR, Prey. ect. They all run great, and i also use the computer as a media center with a second HDTV as the display.
all in all great price, and awesome potential. | | Reviewed on 2008-01-07
Bought one, it wouldn't work, got it replaced. which also didn't work.
I was hoping to put together a computer as a christmas present for a friend but BOTH motherboards i got where broken, wouldn't power up at all forcing me to return all the parts I got on amazon because they're useless to me and it will probably cause controversy. Hopefully i get my $155 back without any problems. | | Reviewed on 2007-10-08
Cheap and effective
If you're looking for a cheap AM2 motherboard with onboard video and/or AGP, you've just found it. It only allows overclocking to 232 MHz FSB, but even this is more than you'd get from, say, ECS or with Intel's reference boards for P4. It has 5.1 sound on board as well, though I prefer a discrete sound card to onboard in almost all cases.
If you want to do high-end gaming, look elsewhere, as your video upgrade path will be crippled by the lack of PCIe. But if you're a light gamer or have a console for games, you may find the onboard video adequate. I installed a GeForce FX 5600 (which I already had, thus why I chose a board with AGP and not PCIe) just to get a DVI port because I don't like my video signal going digital-to-analog-to-digital unnecessarily, but the analog output is not half bad.
One of this board's strengths is that it has a little bit of everything -- PATA and SATA, support for 1 GB modules, support for dual core processors, and 8 USB ports (four in back and four sets of pinouts on the board itself). The greatest weakness is also that it has a little bit of everything, namely just one PATA channel and two SATA channels, and only two DDR2 slots. It supports RAID, but with just two SATA channels your options are few. But it is small and has adequate video (and presumably sound), which means it could star center stage in a lunchbox-size PC. In fact that may be what I do with it when it is time to upgrade again. It also has an ATX-24 power connector but will function with ATX-20 (leaving four socket holes empty) as well, which may be necessary to do with an ultra-slim power supply -- and this dinky board is just screaming to be paired with the smallest possible parts. In my full-size case it looks a bit like Kate Moss at a Las Vegas buffet -- totally lost and out of place.
The heatsink mounting is very secure, and the hefty plastic slab on the back to reinforce it is reassuring. You could attach a big, l33t heatsink, but I didn't since the stock AMD cooler is adequate with only a 16% maximum overclock. It is impossible to mount/dismount memory without pulling out the video card (assuming you install one), but this is probably unavoidable given the limited surface area available.
I wish they'd done away with the floppy port and put a second PATA there instead, or used the space for a couple more SATA connectors, but hey, it's a $50 motherboard.
I only knock a star off would-be perfection because of its limited memory capacity and small number of supported drives (two PATA, two SATA). For the price, it is more than satisfactory.
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