MSI K8N neo2-F (non-platinum), does anybody know this board?

[fscussel]

Hello, this board is really good price (75 USD newegg) and as far as I know the platinum version can reach 350HTT easily, so has anubody tried this -F non plaitnum version?

 

[chrome0011]

I had the NEO2-FIR, which i think was the same save for an extra infrared port. Its a good, stable board with a lot of room for upgrades. I did eventually end up upgrading to the NEO2 platinum, and I'd reccomend that one first. But this isn't a bad board... i had my winchester up to 2.4 with it. Just make sure if you have a venice that you get the latest BIOS, or it won't work.

Good Luck!!

 

[fscussel]

I have just had this answer from MSI technical support:

Dear Customer,

The only difference is the Platinum has onboard firmwire, while the F version does not have onboard firewire.

Sincerely,
Technical Support Division
MSI Computer Corp.

 

[fscussel]

Originally posted by: chrome0011
I had the NEO2-FIR, which i think was the same save for an extra infrared port. Its a good, stable board with a lot of room for upgrades. I did eventually end up upgrading to the NEO2 platinum, and I'd reccomend that one first. But this isn't a bad board... i had my winchester up to 2.4 with it. Just make sure if you have a venice that you get the latest BIOS, or it won't work.

Good Luck!!

Why do you recommend the Platinum first and why did you move to that one? How far did you reach in HTT with the -FIR version?

 

[chrome0011]

I believe that the NEO2-F is a VIA Pro chipset, and the other is a Nforce 3. I made the switch because I had heard that the Nforce was better for gaming and was a better OCer. My top fsb on the FIR was like 240, but I didn't really push it that hard. I'd still reccomend the Platinum, if anything because so many people have it and it will probably be supported much longer.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: chrome0011
I believe that the NEO2-F is a VIA Pro chipset, and the other is a Nforce 3. I made the switch because I had heard that the Nforce was better for gaming and was a better OCer. My top fsb on the FIR was like 240, but I didn't really push it that hard. I'd still reccomend the Platinum, if anything because so many people have it and it will probably be supported much longer.

There are different versions..

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum = nF3
MSI K8N Neo2-F = nF3
MSI K8T Neo2-F = Via K8T800

 

[fscussel]

yeah, kensai is right

Kensai, do you recommend the NEO2-F?