MSI PR400

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

...Overview ***************** Today I will be reviewing the latest addition to my customized PC setup – MSI’s Geforce FX5900XT-VTD128 graphics card (bit of a mouthful, that one!) The board is manufactured by a company called MSI (Micro-star International) that many of you will have heard of. For those that haven’t, MSI are a massive computer electronics company, and manufacture all kinds of computer-related kit – from a vast range of motherboards and graphics cards, to optical drives such as CD and DVD readers/writers. My DVD writer is made by MSI – as is my motherboard (K7n420Pro, reviewed here on dooyoo). They make decent products at a decent price, and I am very happy with my purchases. This particular graphics card is built using NVIDIA’s Geforce FX5900XT chipset - more about that below… Chipset... 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 nVidias nForce (now superceded by the nForce2 and 3) was and is a milestone in motherboard technology.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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