MSI - MSI K7N2 & K7N2-L (MS-6570)

MSI have officially launched their nForce2 SPP (discrete) motherboards. Here’s the specs from the MSI.tw HQ website (click Read More for the full details):

(MS 6570) ATX Mainboard
Support AMD PGA Socket A Duron/Athlon/Athlon XP Processor

MSI K7N2 & K7N2-L (MS-6570)

   • K7N2 (Pure/Basic Version)
   • K7N2-L (Onboard 10/100 Lan Function)

CPU
• Supports Socket A for AMD® Athlon™/Athlon™ XP/Duron™
   processors @FSB 100/133/166
• Supports 600MHz up to Athlon™ XP 2700+ processor or higher

Chipset
• nVIDIA® nForce2 SPP Chipset
- Supports DDR200/266/333/400
- Supports external AGP 4X/8X

• nVIDIA® nForce2 MCP2 or MCP2-T Chipset
- AC97 Interface supporting up to two concurrent codecs
- Ultra ATA133 for the fastest hard disk throughput
- USB 2.0 EHCI/1.1 OHCI controller
- FireWire® and USB 2.0 for the fastest digital connectivity
  (MCP2-T only)
- Audio Processing Unit(APU) encodes audio in Dolby® Digital 5.1
   format for full surround sound effects (MCP2-T only)
- Dual Ethernet controllers (MCP2-T only)

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

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

Audio
• Realtek ALC650 6-channel audio
- Dolby Digital 5.1 format (with MCP2-T option)

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

On-Board Peripherals
On-Board Peripherals include:
- One floppy port that supports two FDD with 360KB, 720KB,
   1.44MB and 2.88MB
- 1 serial port
- 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
- 3 audio ports in vertical
- 1 Bluetooth pin header (Optional)
- 6 USB ports (Rear * 4/ Front * 2)
- 1 RJ-45 jack (Optional)

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.

Dimensions
30.5 cm(L) x 23 cm(W) ATX Form Factor

Mounting Holes
6 mounting holes.

More details and links to the BIOS, Driver, Manual, Software, CPU Support and Test Report here.