Product comparison · 2 motherboards

MSI K9A2 NEO-F vs MSI K9N2 Diamond

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Comparison of K9A2 NEO-F, K9N2 Diamond
38 specifications	A MSI K9A2 NEO-F View product	B MSI K9N2 Diamond View product
Internal I/O3 differ
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	4	6
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsDiffers	1	2
Power fan connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of chassis fan connectorsDiffers	2	1
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
TPM connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Rear panel I/O ports1 differ
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers	1	2
Headphone outputsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
DVI-D ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Network1 differ
LAN controllerKnown for one	Realtek RTL8111B	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networking featuresDiffers	10/100/1000Mb/s Fast Ethernet	2 x LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet
Featuresidentical
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	AMD 770	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio chipKnown for one	Realtek ALC888	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slots1 differ
Expansion slotsDiffers	- 1 x PCI Express x16 - 2 x PCI Express x1 - 2 x PCI	- 3 x PCI Express x16 - 1 x PCI Express x1 - 2 x PCI
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	220 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	305 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source

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