MSI MS-6390-L - motherboard - micro ATX - KM266

Advantages: Good stable board
Disadvantages: Not many PCI slots

.... The board is a Socket A board so support the AMD Athlon up processor. The FSB supported is 266 MHz which today is by far not the best speed but it is certainly capable of running at high speeds. The board can also be over clocked to run faster so if you are into pushing your computer to the limits then this board is capable of doing that. The board also contains onboard LAN so there is no need to buy a network interface card. Considering the board’s low price and it is packed with feature this can satisfy users of all levels. The board is easy to install and the motherboard manual provided explains everything you need to know in great depth and in an understandable way. Overall I would highly recommend this board as it is stable easily overclockable and packed with features and for the price you cannot really go wrong. Well done MSI.... Read review

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Advantages: Great performance,compatibility
Disadvantages: Failures in install

...We have just come to the end of PC installs at work and thought it was time I shared with you my experiences with the 80 motherboards we have just completed. Due to the style of PC that was required and the price, we opted for Athlon powered PCs as opposed to Pentium powered. This meant Athlon Motherboards. For this, we decided to go with the well respected MSI motherboards as they are famous for producing reliable Athlon and Duron boards. Lets have a look at the board now and describe its size,shape and dimensions. Firstly, it is an ATX motherboard design. This means it fits in all universal ATX cases. The boxes that sit on your desk are normally ATX style if they are home made PCs. This allows for lots of universal parts to fit together. So it fits a wide variety of cases. This also means all of the Inputs for Keyboard... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, cheap, stable, excellent support and v good manual
Disadvantages: Requires a minimum of Win ME upwards

...Ive been using the MSi 845E max (6566e) motherboard for the past 2 years and it still performs as stable now as it did back then. The board itself is very well packaged and comes with all the usual extras including drivers CD and IDE cables for both CD-roms/hard drives and floppy disc aswell as an excellently informative and well laid out manual. The 845E Max by MSi supports all Pentium 4 processors as well as Celerons upto 3.06 ghz using the built in 845E Intel chipset and includes full support for both 133mhz front side bus (FSB) quad pumped (133 x 4 = 533 fsb) Pentium 4's and 184 pin PC 2100 (266mhz) DDR memory upto 2 ghz, there are 2 available memory slots which is plenty for most people and i whole heartedly recommend firstly adding 1 x 512mb of DDR to the motherboard so as to leave 1 free DDR slot if you ever chose to add... Read review

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