Advent 4211c (re-branded MSI Wind)

Advantages: Cheap and easy to use
Disadvantages: No optical drive,battery not amazing

...The Advent 4211 is an often overlooked re-branded version of the MSI Wind. It is powered by the Intel Atom 1.6GHZ processor and has 1GB RAM as standard which I upgraded to 2GB. My version has the 80GB hard drive which is plenty of space for me. I find the 10.2in monitor just big enough to be comfortable and wouldn't recommend going for any Netbooks with 8in monitors as they would be a little small. It runs a cut down version of XP Home with ease and can cope with most general office type tasks with no problem. There is no optical drive so I purchased a very cheap CD drive which is fine if the Advent is a secondary laptop. I would recommend buying a more expensive optical drive if you don't have access to another laptop. The biggest problem I had with the Advent was when I crashed it. There is no recovery disc as it has an internal...

mike1976 05.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of MSI WIND U100

MSI 7600GT. AGP Cards Still Kicking

Advantages: Ample Memory for an AGP, Fits in mATX Cases, No Noise, Low Power, Overclockable
Disadvantages: AGP Slot, No DirectX 10 Support, Max Anisotrophy x4

...The MSI GeForce 7600GT is an AGP graphics card with DirectX 9 support and basic video, analog and DVI sockets. It comes in a large box with an analog to digital adapter, installation manual, overclocking specifications, a driver CD with MSI's software, bundled with Adobe Reader and other free programs. This review summarises the product's advantages and disadvantages for a user with an older AGP-equipped motherboard. If your computer has PCI-E support, skip this card. All criteria in this review are regarding AGP cards only. So is the rating. AGP? Some of you might wonder what's the point in getting an AGP card these days. The answer is simple: some users simply do not wish to buy a new motherboard just for a PCI-E slot. Moreover, AGP cards still can provide you enough performance to boot and run games on high...

Lord_Kelvin 14.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of MSI NX7600GT-TD512

MSI 7600GS 256, your next SLI?

Advantages: Low Cost, Good Performance, Dual DVI, SLI
Disadvantages: DDR2 Ram

.../utilities. In single card mode the card performs adequately, playing all modern (Directx 9.0) games, and performing all 2D Functions flawlessly. With some slight tweaking in the overclocking stocks (bearing in mind this is a passively cooled card) a 5-10% gain can be expected, making it a respectably performing card, giving high frame rates in modern games, with moderate graphics settings. One of the drawbacks of this card is the type of memory MSI have used. It is DDR2 Ram which really restricts the total speed of the memory, and limits your overclocking potential. My real reason behind this review is to suggest to those who have invested in an SLI Compliant motherboard with 2 PCI Express slots and are still on a budget, that this card would be an excellent candidate for SLI. All you need do is purchase 2 of them, and join them together...

chappy81 15.12.2006 · Read review
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Review of MSI NX7600GS-T2D256EH

MSI do it again.

Advantages: Well planned layout, good spec
Disadvantages: none really

...When I burnt my other mainboard out (an aging p2 MSI variant) I needed something urgently to replace it - being mid program. So, off I went to my usual websites, and spotted this. It seemed to have reasonable reviews, so i purchased one not thinking it'd be hugely special, just reliable and simple. Boy, was I suprised! First off, its well laid out - everything is accessable, labelled and well explained in the manual. Second of all, its thoughtfully spec'd. rather than clutter the board with the aging IDE ports, they've put a bank of SATA connectors, and only one IDE for a floppy drive (should you install one!). Furthermore, the onboard chipset is cooled quietly, wires don't need a huge stretch to fit into the appropriate port, and the colour coding is clear, rather than all the same boring beige. In use, the board is, quite...

demonbarak 20.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of MSI K9N SLI Platinum - motherboard - ATX - nForce 570

The MSI K9N Neo-F A great mid priced board.

Advantages: Easy to install, reliable and cheap for such a high quality product.
Disadvantages: Oddly placed FDD header

...The MSI K9N Neo-F --------------------------- I've never written a motherboard review before so I hope I cover everything you need to know. AVAILABILITY: ------------------- This item should be in the £40-£50 price range. It is I would consider a higher mid range board. Specs: --------- ATX This is an ATX sized motherboard. It will fit in midi or full sized tower cases. It will not fit in mini ATX cases. Processor = SOCKET AM2 This is a Socket AM2 motherboard. For: AMD ATHLON 64's, Semprons And Athlon dual cores aka X2's. RAM = DDR2 This board supports the 240 pin DDR 2 standard. It will take PC4200 PC5300 & PC6400 sticks of ram. PCIE Graphics. This will take a PCIE x16 Graphics card. It will not work with AGP cards. PCIE is the more recent technology. Chipset...

djrx 04.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of MSI K9N Neo-F - motherboard - ATX - nForce 550

MSi 845E Max (6566e) Pentium 4 motherboard

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...

Rabid 12.04.2004 · Read review
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Review of MSI 845E Max - motherboard - ATX - i845E

MSI RS482M4-ILD from MSI

Advantages: Very stable MoBo, built in ATI Graphics, reasonably priced.
Disadvantages: No SLI

...I purchased the RS482M4-ILD motherboard on 10th November 2005. The board arrived complete with a variety of cables. The board was well packaged and looks quite robust. For a review with all pictures search for MSI RS482M4-ILD review .This board is based on the RADEON 200 chipset. It includes on board Video. What you get in the box:Amongst the cables there is a SATA power cable and a SATA motherboard to disk cable. You also get 1 IDE and 1 Floppy cables. There is a Serial port via ribbon cable, TV S-Video and SPDIF connectors and 8channel sound via another cable. MSI provide software that includes a utility for checking all the updates available for your motherboard. This works well and it will inform you if your software is current or not. You can select all the updates that you want. Fitting the motherboard to your ATX...

FVELLA 18.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of MSI RS482M4-ILD - motherboard - micro ATX - Radeon Xpress 200

MSI DR4-A 4x DVD+/-R

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Needs updating, temperamental

...I own a digital camcorder, so I decided to purchase a DVD writer. There seems to be fierce competition at the moment, so prices have at last dropped to the £100 mark and below. MSI, as some of you may know, are a reputable company most commonly known for their motherboards, as well as graphics cards and many other items of computer hardware. They are not as well known for optical storage devices - but I own a MSI motherboard so I decided to give it a go... >Value< The drive was priced well, just under £100. When the drive arrived, first impressions were good. It was well packaged, and intact (parcel force were obviously feeling gentle). Prying open the protective polystyrene revealed the drive, instructions, audio cable, screws, and a software CD. This contains a basic version of Ahead Nero - handy burning software...

Dave_UK 23.01.2004 · Read review
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Review of MSI DR4-A

MSI PM9M-V P4M900

Advantages: Stability and price
Disadvantages: Possibly limited PCI slot and memory DIMM's

...Hopefully this review may help others seeking an impartial opinion. To start off, il just outlay some brief specifications with opinions provided. Further specifications are available off the msi website. http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&maincatno=1&p rodno=1219 CPU Socket 775 for Intel P4 3xx/ 5xx/ 6xx/ Pentium D, Celeron D, Core 2 Duo processors. Also supports EIST and HT processors. Really handy as it supports my current p4 prescott HT and allows upgrade potential. It might seem like an obvious point, but finding a reliable board that I could use indefinitely on a p4 HT and then a dual core in the future was challenging. MEMORY DIMM1 supports 2GB max DDR2 400/533/667 and DIMM2 supports 1GB max DDR 266/333/400. From the image, you may have already guessed this is a micro ATX board, so...

wh666-666 03.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of MSI PM9M-V - motherboard - micro ATX - P4M900

MSI do it again

Advantages: Dual Channel Memory, In built Sound and LAN
Disadvantages: First 2 boards I had faulty.

...I have used MSI motherboards and graphics cards in the past and this board slightly disapointed me, the first two of these I had were faulty (one wouldn't work and one went VERY slow if anything was connected on the same IDE cable as the primary master hard drive). Anyway, when I finally got a properly working motherboard I was amazed as to how much better it was than my old motherboard (which I hapened to melt after the heatsink was not properly held onto the processor), the dual channel memory really speeds up video compression and image editing and the USB 2.0 interface makes a flash drive much more useful. This motherboard is a cut down version of a high end motherboard and so does not feature all the latest techology, such as raid or firewire. This motherboard has onboard sound and lan(local area nework) ports, which negate...

poozle 02.08.2004 · Read review
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Review of MSI K7N2 Delta-L - motherboard - ATX - nForce2 Ultra 400