MSI K9A2 CF-F V2 AMD 790X AM2+ Phenom FX / Phenom X4 / Phenom X2 / Athlon X2 /AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron Socket AM2+ 2600 MHz PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 ATX Motherboard

by MSI

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 14 x 11 x 2.8 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000YEMKNW
• Item model number: K9A2 CF-F
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 8, 2007

Product Description

11.96 in.(L) x 9.61 in.(W); ATX

4 DIMMs w/ DDR2 1066+ up to 8GB

2 PCI-E 16X (Support 8X+8X in CrossFire); 1 PCI-E X1; 2 PCI

Realtek 7.1 CH HD audio

Gb LAN; RAID(0, 1, 0+1); SATA2; ATA133

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Board Rock Stable as DRV/Video server, March 6, 2009

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R. Bloss "BigToe 427" (Tomball, Tx) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MSI K9A2 CF-F V2 AMD 790X AM2+ Phenom FX / Phenom X4 / Phenom X2 / Athlon X2 /AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron Socket AM2+ 2600 MHz PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 ATX Motherboard (Personal Computers)

Used the board to build a DVR/Video server with Windows 7 Beta 1 (yep a little ahead of the curve), using Windows Media Center. 4 gig ram, Phenom Triple Core processor, Nvidia PCIe x16 video card, Hauppage PCIe x1 ATSC tuner card, pair of 500gig sata drives.

So far rock stable with default drivers included with Windows 7, very fast easily handles any media center chores I've thrown at it. Runs 24/7 no glitches of any kind yet.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice, inexpensive board, January 29, 2010

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M. Carpenter - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MSI K9A2 CF-F V2 AMD 790X AM2+ Phenom FX / Phenom X4 / Phenom X2 / Athlon X2 /AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron Socket AM2+ 2600 MHz PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 ATX Motherboard (Personal Computers)

First, I received this motherboard a day sooner than the soonest date in the delivery window and in good shape! The purchasing process was seamless and the service was excellent.

As for building my system around the MSI K9A2, my goal was to replace a relatively new but dead motherboard with something inexpensive. So price was a major factor in my decision to go with an AMD-based board. At the same time, I did note the K9A2's support for 4 SATA drives, 8 GB of RAM, and so on. I decided to go with an AMD Athlon X2 dual-core CPU only after I ordered the motherboard. The idea of two cores was appealing and the processor was also relatively inexpensive. Keeping with my money-pinching approach, I also ordered the MSI nVidia GeForce 8400GS PCI-Express video card because it's inexpensive and reviews well; note the K9A2 does not have integrated video on it, so a separate video card is needed.

I planned to reuse as much as possible from the system I already had. For those of you planning to do the same, I note that the re-usable hardware included a mix of IDE and SATA drives, a CD-ROM drive, and a power supply. But there are some considerations I failed to account for until after the fact. First, the memory on the dead mobo was incompatible with the K9A2, so I had to order some DDR2 memory (a 2 GB Corsair DDR2 dekstop memory stick). Second, the K9A2 has only a single IDE interface. So, if you have more than two IDE drives as I did, you're not going to be able to use them all without an additional IDE controller card.

Unfortunately, I ran into a little trouble getting everything going and my system looks like a science project for the time being. To make a long story short, the system would reboot any time the CD-ROM spun up in the CD-ROM drive so I could not boot from or otherwise read from a CD-ROM. After a process of elimination that included purchasing a new SATA DVD burner (thus alleviating my problem of having more IDE drives than IDE interfaces), ripping everything out of the case and re-assembling on a bench, and raising the ire of my spouse, I concluded that the re-used power supply unit wasn't hacking the new system's energy demands. In fact, the mobo manual recommends a 350-Watt supply, so consider re-use of your old PS.

Anyway, I ordered a 400 Watt Diablotek DA Series power supply. Again, inexpensive component with good reviews. I plugged the supply in and - viola! - the K9A2 works like a charm and the CD boot/read issue gone.

All that's left to do is to re-assemble the science project into the case. Assuming nothing is damaged when I
eventually put things back together, it'll be a sweet system, Had I noted _all_ the details regarding the mobo requirements, I would've had the system built in a straight shot! :-)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent value for an AMD motherboard!, August 26, 2008

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Tech Junkie "Tech Junkie" (San Jose,CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MSI K9A2 CF-F V2 AMD 790X AM2+ Phenom FX / Phenom X4 / Phenom X2 / Athlon X2 /AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron Socket AM2+ 2600 MHz PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 ATX Motherboard (Personal Computers)

What is not to like in this?
1. 2 PCIE x16 slots (but comes down to x8 - but supports crossfire for 2 video cards anyway).
2. memory slots upto 8GB
3. SATA 2 and Raid, 1Gb Lan, realtek audio etc
There is enough clearance around the CPU to put a good size fan.
For a single CPU motherboards, you can't ask for more..
BTW, also supports overclocking of the processor in BIOS, while supporting all the latest and greatest AMD processors (Phenom)
Only small issue I have is if they had added some basic video support that would have helped (some nVidia nforce chipsets or similar). We have to add a PciE or PCI/AGP video card to this. (this is not a big issue for gamers anyway because they will only be using a top of the line video card anyway)