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Got 2, love 'em
- Pros: Great overclocking features, stable platform. I've always like MSI mobos, and this just reinforces that.
Got my Brother's E6420 from 2.13 all the way up to 2.8GHz, probably can go higher but need better than stock heatsink...
On a Zalman 9500, got my E7300 up to 3.6, totally stable.
- Cons: Only 1 rebate per person/household!
- Other Thoughts: Great Board for the price
Good board for the money
- Pros: This is a basic motherboard, you get what you pay for. If you want more features such as sli, firewire etc you will need to buy a more expensive board. If you don't need those things this board is good. I am running a Intel core 2 E6300 overclocked from 1.86 ghz to 2.8 ghz, Evercool Buffalo cpu cooler,4 gb Kingston hyper x ram, Gtx 260 video card and a WD raptor hard drive, and two 120mm case fans. This set up scores a 5.5 on cpu (stock was 4.9) and 5.9 on everything else in Vista and a score of 1297.6 in Passmark ( stock was 959.3) with a max temp of 47.6 under full load. I may try to get the full 3.2 ghz out of this chip later this week. If you overclock just make sure you have a good cpu and case cooler
- Cons: Bios could have more selectable choices. The manual could be more discriptive of what the settings do and it could have better overclocking instructions.
CMOS reset problem solved
- Pros: Supports the latest socket 775 processors. Has an LPT port for legacy printers with no Vista/Win 7 drivers which works with Virtual PC 2007. I had to turn off hardware virtualization to get the printer to work in a virtual XP machine. Add-in cards and parallel USB adapters don't work in the virtual machine.
- Cons: Startup problems with DDR2 800 RAM. RAM extraction levers bump into video card. No firewire. Only 6 expansion slots, would like to see seven. BIOS was 1.2 but latest is 1.9 from 2 months ago.
- Other Thoughts: A number of people complained about having to reset the CMOS after powering down. I had the same symptom. With the 1.2 BIOS, the machine continually power cycled. With the 1.9 BIOS, the machine just hung and never started to POST. What cured it for me was going into the BIOS under the Cell Menu, then setting the FSB/DRAM ratio to match the CPU and memory. I have an E8500 CPU (1333 FSB) with DDR2 800 which is the 1:1.20 setting. When I went from 4GB to 8GB of RAM, the BIOS was misreading the SPD and setting TRAS too short by 1 clock cycle and the machine took a blue screen crash shortly after bootup. I manually set it to the correct value and the machine is stable now. I am not overclocking because heat generation is an issue for me, especially during the summer months.
| Model |
| Brand |
MSI |
| Model |
P45 Neo-F |
| Supported CPU |
| CPU Socket Type |
LGA 775 |
| CPU Type |
Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo |
| FSB |
1600/1333MHz |
| Chipsets |
| North Bridge |
Intel P45 |
| South Bridge |
Intel ICH10 |
| Memory |
| Number of Memory Slots |
4×240pin |
| Memory Standard |
DDR2 1066 |
| Maximum Memory Supported |
16GB |
| Channel Supported |
Dual Channel |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
1 |
| PCI Express x1 |
2 |
| PCI Slots |
3 |
| Storage Devices |
| PATA |
1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max |
| SATA 3Gb/s |
6 |
| Onboard Video |
| Onboard Video Chipset |
None |
| Onboard Audio |
| Audio Chipset |
Realtek ALC888 |
| Audio Channels |
8 Channels |
| Onboard LAN |
| LAN Chipset |
Realtek 8111C |
| Max LAN Speed |
10/100/1000Mbps |
| Rear Panel Ports |
| PS/2 |
2 |
| COM |
1 |
| LPT |
1 |
| USB 1.1/2.0 |
4 x USB 2.0 |
| Onboard USB |
| Onboard USB |
4 x USB 2.0 |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
ATX |
| Dimensions |
12.0" x 9.6" |
| Power Pin |
24 Pin |
| Features |
| Features |
Multi-phase PWM IC
Dual Core Center
MSI Live Update
Live Update 3 |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
P45 Neo-F
Driver Disk
User Manual
Rear I/O Panel Shield
IDE/PATA Cable
SATA Cable
4-pin to SATA Power Cable |
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Reviewed By: Daimyo No Neko on 9/8/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
