The dream of building a dual AMD based platform has been a reality for quite some time now and several manufacturers have stepped up with their offerings. Tyan of course was the leader in the Dual AMD platform market. With the release of the AMD MPX chipsets, other manufacturers grasped the opportunity to join in on the Dual AMD platform fun and have been offering their own versions of these workstation/server platforms. Micro-Star International is one of these manufacturers and has brought to the table the K7D Master. Micro-Star International or MSI as most of us know them has been developing and producing system platforms since 1986. They also produce Videos Cards, DVD players, CD-RWs, TV tuner cards and barebones. MSI showed their forward thinking and dedication to performance when they produced the only single processor AMD Platform with onboard SCSI for workstations the K7 Master-S. Their dedication to the products and production quality has made lasting impressions with many end users. So let's take a look and see what the MSI K7D Master has to offer.