The KT3v can accept up to three DIMMs of DDR memory.
The MSI KT3V is an ATX form factor motherboard that is designed to work with AMD chips. It offers a great deal of flexibility for users, thanks to the inclusion of a large number of slots and headers. It also serves as a bridge between the past and the present thorough its support for both USB ports and legacy connections such as serial and parallel ports.
CPU and RAM Compatibility
The KT3v has an AMD socket A, which fits a number of Athlon, Athlon XP and Duron processors. Specifically, it works with processors with internal clocks up to 800 megahertz and with double-speed front side buses of 200, 266 or 300 megahertz. It has three DDR DRAM sockets, each of which can accept up to 1 GB of memory.
Drive Connectors
Two connectors are included with the motherboard, each of which can support two IDE hard drives or CD/DVD drives using the ATA 133 transfer format. It also has a connector that supports one or two floppy disk drives.
Expansion Slots
This motherboard has eight slots in addition to its memory connections. Six of the slots follow the PCI format and have 32 bits of bandwidth. It also has a communications network riser, and a single 4x AGP slot for an accelerated graphics card.
On Board Features
The KT333 and VT8235 chipsets on the motherboard include DDR and AGP memory management, an IDE controller, AC 97 audio support and control over the included six USB ports. In addition, the board includes a RealTek ALC650 six-channel controller and VT6103 LAN controller to enable 10- and 100-megabit per second Ethernet networking. The KT3V does not include an on board graphics or RAID controller.
Back Panel Ports
The KT3V includes five legacy ports: two serial, one parallel and a pair of PS/2 connectors for a mouse and keyboard. It also has four USB 2.0 ports on the back panel, as well as a header for two front panel USB ports. Although the back panel has three audio ports (microphone, line in and line out), a header can add more ports for six-channel audio. Finally, the motherboard's back panel includes an RJ-45 Ethernet port.
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