Model
MSI P45 Diamond
MSI P45D3 Platinum
MSI P45 Platinum
MSI P45 Neo2-FR
Chipset
Memory speed
EFI support
Max. Memory size
Frontside Bus
Cooling
DrMos
Solid Capacitors
Hi-c Cap
2-Phase Chipset / Memory
GreenPower Center
PCI-E x16 Gen2
ATI CrossreX support
MSI VGA Boost
PCI-E x1
PCI32
SATA2
RAID support
eSATA2
IDE
Audio
LAN
Trusted Platform Module
(TPM)
1394 (Firewire)
P45 + ICH10R
2 ch, 4 DIMM, DDR3-2008/1800
/1600/1333/1066/800
EFI BIOS upgrade
8GB
2008/1600/1333/1066/800
Circu-Pipe Liquid
V
100%
V
V
V
2
Yes
Yes
2
2
8
ICH10R 0, 1, 5, 10
2
1
Creative X-Fi Xtreme audio
card
Dual Gigabit LAN
pin header
Yes
P45 + ICH10R
2 ch, 4 DIMM, DDR3-2008/1800
/1600/1333/1066/800
EFI BIOS upgrade
8GB
2008/1600/1333/1066/800
Circu-Pipe 2
V
100%
-
V
V
2
Yes
Yes
2
2
8
ICH10R 0, 1, 5, 10
1
1
7.1 Channel High Denition
Audio
Gigabit LAN
pin header
Yes
P45 + ICH10R
2 ch, 4 DIMM, DDR2-1200/
1066/800/667
EFI BIOS upgrade
16GB
2008/1600/1333/1066/800
Circu-Pipe 2
V
100%
-
V
V
2
Yes
Yes
2
2
8
ICH10R 0, 1, 5, 10
1
1
7.1 Channel High Denition
Audio
Gigabit LAN
pin header
Yes
P45 + ICH10R
2 ch, 4 DIMM, DDR2-1200/
1066/800/667
EFI BIOS upgrade
16GB
2008/1600/1333/1066/800
Heat-Pipe
V
100%
-
V
V
2
Yes
Yes
2
2
8
ICH10R 0, 1, 5, 10
N/A
1
7.1 Channel High Denition
Audio
Gigabit LAN
pin header
N/A
Model
Chipset
Memory speed
Max. Memory size
Frontside Bus
Cooling
Solid Capacitors
2-Phase Chipset
GreenPower Center
PCI-E x16 Gen2
PCI-E x1
PCI32
SATA2
RAID support
IDE
Audio
LAN
Trusted Platform Module
(TPM)
MSI P45 Neo3-FR
P45 + ICH10R
2 ch, 4 DIMM, DDR2-1200/
1066/800/667
16GB
1600/1333/1066/800
Heat-Pipe
100%
V
V
1
1
4
6
ICH10R 0, 1, 5, 10
1
7.1 Channel High Denition
Audio
Gigabit LAN
pin header
MSI P45 Neo-F
P45 + ICH10
2 ch, 4 DIMM, DDR2-1200/
1066/800/667
16GB
1600/1333/1066/800
Heatsink
-
-
V
1
2
3
6
1
7.1 Channel High Denition
Audio
Gigabit LAN
pin header
MSI P43 Neo3-F
P43 + ICH10
2 ch, 4 DIMM
DDR 2-1066/800/667
16GB
1333/1066/800
Heat-Pipe
100%
-
V
1
1
4
6
1
7.1 Channel High Denition
Audio
Gigabit LAN
pin header
MSI P43 Neo-F
P43 + ICH10
2 ch, 4 DIMM
DDR 2-1066/800/667
16GB
1333/1066/800
Heatsink
-
-
V
1
2
3
6
1
7.1 Channel High Denition
Audio
Gigabit LAN
pin header
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