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 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

*MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum Explained In Detail*

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...

ff2k 05.06.2005 (06.06.2005) · Read review
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Review of MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum - motherboard - ATX - nForce3 Ultra

MSI K8N Neo4

Advantages: Durable, easy to use, stacked with features
Disadvantages: Only four memory slots, slow speed with four memory modules

...I currently have this motherboard in my computer system. I have so far had no major technical issues with it and have enjoyed every minute. I am running it with a AMD 64 3800+, 4x512 MB PC3200 Kingston Hyper X memory modules, a Western Digital 10,000 RPM Raptor 69GB Hard drive, a bog standard Samsung DVD drive and a Nvidia 7800 GTX graphics card. The above components are all quite expensive and I knew I would have to choose a suitable motherboard to fit them into. I first came across the board whilst searching the internet, it seemed a reasonable price for the specs included. Now that I have it working I can tell you it runs just about anything you can find, well game wise anyway. I have never experienced any sort of system crash and the updates from MSI to bios and drivers have always installed without a problem. One of the most...

Phil_Ransley 21.01.2006 · Read review
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Review of MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI - motherboard - ATX - nForce4 SLI

My Travelling White Angel (MSi WiND)

Advantages: Connects instantly to previous networks; 1kg easily carried; WindowsXP; Big Keyboard; Bluetooth
Disadvantages: Pre-installed Office 2007 Professional w/60-day trial; MSi Q-face; Function Key

...discount, and a special bundle price to include a tech air (up to 10") Notebook case with lockable zip, padded carry handle and adjustable shoulder strap. And an added benefit was that CDiscount give an interest-free three-instalment payment option on any purchase exceeding £100. As my DLA is paid every four weeks into my bank account, this suddenly made the MSi WiND appear very affordable. Standard Postage and Packing was £3.99 but it was upgraded to "Next Day" free of charge. On Thursday, 9th July, my new 'toy' arrived ~ in quite a large brown packing box. I kept the carrier waiting as I opened the package to check that it was all there, and all in perfect condition. There was a lot of huge-bubble plastic cushioning the contents: a Tech-Air case, and the compact blue box containing my new notebook...

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Review of MSI Wind PC

Matrix path of Neo (PS2)

Advantages: Amazing gameplay, good storyline, amazing graphics. all round good game.
Disadvantages: Combat system a little easy to use.

...Definately an amazing game! TRUTH TO MOVIE It follows the basic story of the movie but pads it out alot. However, it is quite possible that these extra missions could have occoured during the course of the film and some are even mentioned during the film so no problem there. The ending was changed but this does seem to be a necessary decision due to the unsuitabilty of the film ending for a game. This decision was even explained in one of the strangest, most out of place, and badly animated yet strangely funny scenes I have ever seen in a game (you'll see what i mean if you finish the game). 4/5 COMBAT SYSTEM Neo has both basic strikes and combos as well as grapple moves in his arsenal of attacks, these moves are impressive and easy to execute. And it is possibly this ease of execution that is the only fault I can find...

anakha6 25.08.2008 (15.09.2008) · Read review
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K8N Neo Platinum - Great board with many features

Advantages: Many Features
Disadvantages: Bad onboard lan

...I bought this motherboard in February when I decided to move over to 64Bit along with an Athlon 64 3200+. I purchased it OEM which means it doesn't come with a nice box with pictures on it, and you get it a bit cheaper. I paid around £65 including p&p. Ease of Setup = The MSI K8N Neo Platinum is as easy as most motherboards to set up. The memory slots are located in a good location and unlike my old motherboard didn't make it hard to fit in my graphics card. The positioning of the IDE connectors worked well for my case and so did the front panel connectors. I would have preferred it if the secondary power connector was on the right with the others but it isn't too bad. Overall the setup was very easy and there where no problems. The motherboard booted up first time. Features The K8N Neo Platinum is...

mrmt32 05.06.2005 · Read review
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Review of MSI K8N Neo Platinum - motherboard - ATX - nForce3 250Gb

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

Path of Neo, excellent!

Advantages: Great combat, goes through all scenes in the 3 films
Disadvantages: Not very challenging.

...In Path of Neo you are taking on the roll of Neo, the one. The game takes you through all the major scenes in the films and a few extra side along parts you never saw in the films. You get to fight simple ninjas in the training to hundreds of Smiths on the streets. I have played and completed this game and think its great. I had previously played "Enter the Matrix" and found they are both on different levels; Path of Neo is just so much better. It follows so closely to the films and if you have seen the films it just feels great to be able to play the scenes you have watched. The combat ablilties are also much better than Enter the Matrix Although i would say it is an excellent game i found it very easy yo complete, and didnt really have any major challenges, the only part that i found was challenging was the extra...

NeoAnarchy 19.11.2007 · Read review
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NEO 808i - super compact GPRS/GSM mobile phone

Advantages: Compact size, full phone features.
Disadvantages: Very poor PC/sync link, 1 hour talk time, drops calls, BlueTooth limited

...Surprising little phone but with a couple of major issues and quite a number of minor issues too... (See text - review revised after using the phone for 3 months.) Packed full of all the features you would expect in a full-sized phone! Pretty easy to use even though it is tiny - keyboard is good, screen is good, build quality is great. No 3G, but GPRS works ok. ISSUE 1: BlueTooth functions ok, but ONLY with headsets - you cannot send contact cards and so far the NEO 808i refuses to work with any hards-free car kit (I've tried 2 different Alpine iPod/BlueTooth units, a built-in VW/Audi unit, a built-in BMW unit, and 2 different Parrot units). Note, the BlueTooth support is limited to audio devices only. For those whom know how BlueTooth works, this translates to the hands-free profile. The phone does not appear to...

Ochiatto 09.06.2008 (31.08.2008) · Read review
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