Hi all,
I just joined the forums today and wanted to give my impressions of my MSI 875p Neo FIS2R. Earlier I also posted some thoughts in this thread:
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I have had an excellent experience thus far with this motherboard. When I first got it in the mail I was amazed at how much extra stuff they include with the board. For more info on what comes with the board you can check any of the sites that carry them, suffice to say it was quite a bit. The installation was easy, the layout of the board is excellent. All the connectors are in easy to access spots and there is plenty of room to operate in there.
The manual is pretty good as well, I havent had any major problems so I haven't had to search for anything specific but there seems to be a good amount of information.
Unlike some others, I had no problems installing and running my Corsair Twinx512-3200llpt at the SPD settings which are 2-2-2-5, however, if you do have this problem it is really easy to get into the BIOS and change the settings to something slower.
Overclocking is also quite easy using both the BIOS and the CoreCenter utility MSI includes with the package. Since I ordered and received my board very early I received one with BIOS version 1.0 so I can't comment on the problems that people have had with versions 1.1 and 1.2. Version 1.3 was released a few days ago however so hopefully any problems have been fixed. Although I had no previous overclocking experience I was easily able to get my 3.0 Ghz CPU up to 3.3 Ghz. I could have done more but I wanted to do some more research on overclocking before I do.
The stability of the board is also fantastic. I have not had one crash in the week I have had the computer running.
The only thing I am mildly concerned about is the CPU seems to run fairly hot....usually around 55c during idle and upwards of 65c under load. This is using a Vantec Aeroflow heat sink so I'm not sure what the cause of the high temps are....maybe that is normal for these CPU's. I'm not even sure if the motherboard has anything to do with that.
Overall I would say this board is awesome, I haven't had any problems with it thus far. The features, easy of use, stability etc have all been very good. If you have any questions feel free to ask.