MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI Motherboard Review

The K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI has all the regular NF4-SLI goodness as well as a whole host of nice integrated features that we can certainly appreciate. Standard equipment includes an additional Serial ATA II/RAID Silicon Image Sil3132 controller, IEEE 1394, a Sound Blaster Live! 7.1 hardware audio controller and two Gigabit NICs - there are also two PCI Express x16 slots just waiting for SLI compatible cards. AC’97 audio has come a long way in the last year but it’s still no match for a dedicated hardware soundcard like the Sound Blaster Live! 7.1 featured on this board.

..The MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI is a decent overclocker from what we can tell, reaching a respectable 238 MHz in our tests. I have a feeling the board could have gone higher if there was better cooling on the nForce4-SLI chipset, but you can’t win them all. With a retail price of $239 CDN ($192 US), the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI is an affordable Socket 939 Athlon64 SLI-compatible board that should keep the enthusiast happy.

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MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI Motherboard Review
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