MSI Megabook VR601 258UK - Pentium Dual Core T2330 1.6 GHz - 15.4" TFT

Advantages: A lot of features included on this board support for amd xp processors and socket a semprom processor
Disadvantages: Old socket 462, No firewire

...The msi KT6v -lsr motherboard is packed with features. Msi a known for reliable motherboards and with this one you cant go wrong. I have been running My XP 2600+ processor in this board for the past year and a half and the pc is powered on 24/7. The only problem I have had has been the power supply. You will need atleast a 350x psu with the 4pin connector connected to the MLB otherwise there is not enogugh power for the board to Post!!!! The Broad supports the amd socket 7 xp and sempron processors upto the xp32000+ The LSR means that it includes onboard sound/spidf, 10/100 Lan adapter and serial ata raid 1,0 or 1+0 The kt6v is capable of supporting 2gb ddr400 memory but is not dual channel compatible. It has a 8xagp slot and 5 pci slots for upgrades. The board has USB 2.0 ports on the back plane aswell as 5.1 audio jacks... 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 more... Read review

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Advantages: Plenty of expansion slots
Disadvantages: Some serial numbers have had random shutdown problems

...games or word processing etc from the MSI dual core utility.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful