MSI CR48-A2

Advantages: Fast, Well-priced, Stable
Disadvantages: none

..., and then installed the drivers from CD. I would recommend for the latest performance and stability improvements that you download the latest drivers from NVIDIA’s website. The board itself uses quite a lot of power, so needs to be connected directly to the power supply. An adaptor is included for this if you don’t have enough connectors. For this reason, a 350w power supply is recommended as a minimum. Quality ***************** ~2D~ First off, when booting into windows, it was plain to see that NVIDIA have not cut any corners in building their latest chipsets, and MSI have done a great job of implementing them without problem too. 2D graphics quality is outstanding, and everything is noticeably sharper than with my old Geforce2MX. Worth noting is the comparison of 2D quality between NVIDIA and ATI graphics cards – where NVIDIA have often... Read review

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Advantages: Looks great, excellent features, very stable
Disadvantages: Slightly expensive, no other disadvantages

...The Socket 939 Athlon 64 processor is a fairly new technology, and has been available for about six months now. Many people are reluctant to upgrade, either because they have a good enough system already, or they cannot afford the jump to 939 pin technology. The MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum is a motherboard which supports 939 pin Athlon processors. I bought it about 2 months ago for £90, and you can get it now for about £80. The following review will explain every detail of this motherboard, to make it more understandable by you. There will also be a brief explanation of what '939 pin' is. [FEATURES] The K8N is full of features, and I will try my best to explain them in detail for you. [Chipset]: nForce3 Ultra The Chipset of a motherboard is a set of main features manufactured by a seperate company, in this case, nVidia, who... Read review

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Advantages: Value for money, competent integrated hardware (especially the sound)
Disadvantages: Geforce2 MX a little dated for todays games

...I was building a PC on a budget over a year ago, and was looking for a solution that offered a good price/performance ratio. It was then that I stumbled across a new concept in motherboards - nVidias nForce chipset. >Overview< --------------- This MSI motherboard utilises nVidia's nForce chipset. nVidias nForce (now superceded by the nForce2 and 3) was and is a milestone in motherboard technology. Never before had so many competent technologies been bundled into one board. The chipset main features are: Support for Duron/Athlon/XP processors with an FSB of 100/133mhz ...and thus 200/266mhz DDR RAM memory in DUAL CHANNEL mode. Integrated nVidia Geforce2MX-class 'crush' graphics Integrated nVidia SoundStorm Dolby Digital 5.1 sound Onboard Networking As far as CPU support goes, I think this goes up to the Athlon XP... Read review

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