Elitegroup’s motherboard KN2 SLI
Elitegroup’s motherboard KN2 SLI is not an ordinary product. It is rare to find such a product in the market. It is a next-generation motherboard which takes care of all the needs of those people who like to play games. It will also come in handy for graphic designers and other professionals in their day-to-day applications. One can also use it as a server for a small network. So, let us check out what is so special about this motherboard and why it has been called the next-generation product.
Description:
This product is compatible with Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 FX/Sempron CPU. ECS’ Scalable D.G.E. (Scalable Dual Graphic Engines) architecture, the KN2 SLI can leverage NVIDIA SLI x16 technology with dual PCI Express x16 slots and one DUO-N card. Driven by the DUO-N card, the dual PCI-E x16 slots can provide two full bandwidths, 16-lane logical PCI-E connections, supporting twice the bandwidth of dual x8 designs. This dual PCI-E x16 design ensures maximum graphics performance for next-generation GPUs and games. The other is its nTune utility, a performance optimization tool that enables performance enthusiasts to over clock easily, safely and automatically.
Along with its advanced performance, the KN2 SLI delivers storage convenience and security. Embedding NVIDIA’s advanced NFORCE4 SLI x16 chipset, the KN2 SLI features MediaShield storage technology, providing RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 functionality for safe and easy storage of digital media assets plus SATA II and NCQ for high disk performance. Better still, NVIDIA ActiveArmor technology activates secure networking as soon as the PC is powered up, delivering the highest level of network security and system performance by protecting the PC from the intrusion of virus. The motherboard also supports 6 SATA II NCQ ports, 1 GbE, 1 Fast Ethernet, 2 IDE channel, Top Hat Flash, 1394a, 8 USB ports for your future expansion needs.
Special features:
» Serial-ATA 2: Double bus bandwidth which provides blazingly high disk performance, ensuring your computing experience will be faster, more reliable, and completely with current and future hardware and software.
» Dualcore: Dual-core is basically two separate processors on a single chip. Those two processors can outperform single-core processors on most multithreaded applications while running at lower clock speeds and consuming less power.
» 64bit support: Allows platforms to access more memory and larger files. Large memory intensive applications, such as audio and video encoding, complex engineering programs and games, can see dramatic performance increases, Flash BIOS from Windows, Server Class Dual LAN for both Internet & Intranet, high-speed USB 2.0 Delivers transfer speeds up to 480Mb/s for easy connectivity and ultra-fast data transfers.
» Smart LAN: Smartly detect the status of LAN network link and report the quality of LAN cable. » Cooling Accelerator: A cooling channel with a fansink placed on top of the PWM controller. » Port Multiplier: Port Multiplier function can enable PC connect with maximum 5 external HDD per port and also RAID 5 function. With FIS (Frame Information Structure) function, port multiplier can be switched to any device with data deliver.
Specifications:
Support 939 AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core, Athlon™ 64 FX, Athlon™ 64 processors
• Support True Dual X16 SLI Technology
• Support Nvidia SATA 3Gb/s interface and IEEE1394 connection • Support Nvidia Media Shield storage technology-RAID 0, 1, 0+1,5 function
• Supports Gigabit Ethernet and high quality 8-CH Audio connection.
» CPU: Socket 939 for AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core/ Athlon™ 64/ Athlon™ 64 FX processor, High-performance Hyper Transport CPU interface, Support transfer rate of 2000/1600/1200/800/400 mega-transfers per second.
» Memory: Dual-channel DDR memory architecture, 4 x 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM socket support up to 4 GB, Support DDR400/333/266 DDR SDRAM ECC, non-ECC, un-buffered memory.
» Expansion Slot: 1 x S.D.G.E Bus (for two full-bandwidth 16-lane PCI Express link), 2 x PCI Express x16 slot (SLI mode: 16X, 16X), 1 x PCI Express x1 slot,2 x PCI slot.
» Storage: Supported by NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16, 4 x Ultra DMA133/100/66 devices, 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s devices, RAID0, RAID1, RAID0+1, RAID5 configuration, Supported by SiI3132, 2 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s devices,RAID0, RAID1, PM and eSATA support.
» Audio: Realtek ALC850 8-channel audio CODEC, Compliant with AC’97 2.3 specification.
» Dual LAN: Realtek RTL8100C 10/100 LAN controller, Marvell 88E1115 Gigabit Fast Ethernet PHY.
» Rear Panel I/O: 1 x PS/2 keyboard & PS/2 mouse connectors,4 x USB ports, 2 x RJ45 LAN connectors,2 x Digital SPDIF (Optical & Coaxial) out, 1 x Serial port (COM1), 1 x Audio port (Line-in,4x Line-out, Mic_in).
» Internal I/O Connectors & Headers: 1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector, 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V connector,1 x Auxiliary 4-pin +12V connector, 1 x FDD connector supports two 360K~2.88MB FDDs. 2 x IDE connectors,6 x Serial ATA connectors, 1 x IrDA for SIR header,2 x 1394a headers,3 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 6 USB ports,1 x Front panel switch/LED header, 1 x Front panel audio header, 1 x 26-pin LPT header, 1 x Speaker header,1 x CD in header, CPUFAN/NB_FAN/CASFAN. Connectors.
» System BIOS: Award BIOS with 4Mb Flash ROM, Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, APM 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI, Supports ACPI revision 1.0 specification.
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