jmke

Supported CPU: AMD Socket A AthlonXP/Athlon/Duron Processors
Chipset: NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 + MCP-S1000
FSB: 400/333/266/200MHz
RAM: 3x DIMM Dual-Channel DDR266/333/400 Max 3GB
Slots: 1x AGP 8X/4X, 5x PCI
Ports: 2x PS/2, 1x COM, 1x LPT, 8x USB2.0(Rear 4), 1xRJ45, S/PDIF OUT, Audio Ports
IDE: 2x ATA 133 up to 4 Devices
SATA/RAID: 2x SATA with RAID 0/1/0+1
Onboard Audio: 6-Channel Audio
Onboard LAN: Gigabit LAN
Onboard 1394: 3x 1394 ports
Form Factor: ATX

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jmke

CPU voltage up to 2.3v
Mem voltage up to 3.3v
AGP voltage up to 2.2v

haven't found adjustement for northbridge voltage though , maybe a BIOS update will resolve this (finger crossed)

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kristos

This looks promising, can't wait to read the review

wutske

There's already a review of this board @ HSO.be, tough there CPU doesnt run higher then 204*11.5

edit: the cpu, not the mobo

easypanic

then why don't they drop the multi and higher the FSB????

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kristos

Hurry up with the review already :grin:

I got two abit nf7's that won't seem to go above 219 fsb with bh-5's even though they get enough volts afaik

1 was claimed to do 240 with no vmods done but i couldn't get more then 230 'ish out of it with ocz' el 4200's :grum:

jmke

Yes my lord, but some people do work for a living. If I could live of reviewing hardware I would do it right away, however this is not feasable. So I'm working 40h/week + sports + social affairs (girlfriend & friends) + working at the site and spending hours on end testing hardware.

I also lack working space @home, so I constantly need to move things around at home to get it installed. The MSI mobo will be tested this evening and tommorow. Some testing has already been done last weekend but I need a clean XP install now to do the rest


to answer your question though, since NB voltage is not changable through the BIOS the max FSB will be limited.. knowing that it takes 1.9+v for most nForce2 boards to run 230+Mhz...

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kristos

I didn't ask for excuses, I asked for results !!






Before you see this as another personal attack towards you, I'm just kidding, same in the previous post, hence the evil smilie


thx for the info on the nb voltage together with this: weinig plaats rond de cpu, geen mountingholes means it's a no go for me

jmke

yep, I've noticed the missing mounting holes also, for a Platinum board this is quite disappointing.

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jmke

Don't want to keep Kristos waiting , so here's the OC result

Max FSB is between 215-220Mhz, at 220Mhz I can boot into Windows and run sisoft but gaming is impossible. At 215 I've been benchmarking/playing Doom3 without a problem.

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