MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: None

Cons: None

Overall Review: Got the mobo and am really impressed. worked with overclock and real setup easy without running too many complications. Can be difficult to configure and pin slots are confusing. driver programs and mobo systems don't get much better than this. SLI is a dream. Little or no lag time. Gaming is fun when friends are fragged and crying cause of blazing speed. Robert Blake could have gotton away with murder if he moved as fast this can. As I said, friends cry when they behold the evil power of this mobo.

Pros: Ran smoothly as HTPC for six years.

Cons: It was a solid board and provided 6 years of good service before it went bad. A short time ago it started shutting down after booting and running for a short time -- usually less than 10 minutes. After troubleshooting by removing/swapping all components (RAM, CPU, PSU, all cards) it came down to the motherboard. Several of the capacitors have rounded tops, so I concluded that was the problem. Found a used socket 939 motherboard and everything has been running fine with all the other original components, confirming mboard as the problem.

Overall Review: While six years is a good run, it's still a hassle to have to spend time and money troubleshooting this issue.