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Opinion-Experience Request: MSI K8N Diamond
Hi Folks,
I'm seriously considering this motherboard for a pair of new builds and would like to hear from people with experience with the MSI K8N Diamond. Thanks in advance! -- Stephen Goodman * Cartoons about DVDs and Stuff * http://www.earthlight.net/HiddenTrack * The Loop Of The Week since 1996! * http://www.earthlight.net/Studios |
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Opinion-Experience Request: MSI K8N Diamond
MSI boards are usually solid as a rock.
You can look up the purchaser reviews on a site such as http://www.newegg.com/. If the specifications provide what you need, get one - or more. You can find all the info you need, including a manual from http://www.msicomputer.com/. Eric, PC Buyer Beware! http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/ |
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Opinion-Experience Request: MSI K8N Diamond
Thanks!
I'm in the UK - where bargain hunting is a necessity! - and I've found one for £94 so far... It's still a hoot to me how the old IBM Schedule of Price Announcements still holds up, March 1 and December 1, even though IBM doesn't "do" PCs really anymore, and everyone still changes their prices accordingly... "Eric" wrote in message oups.com... MSI boards are usually solid as a rock. You can look up the purchaser reviews on a site such as http://www.newegg.com/. If the specifications provide what you need, get one - or more. You can find all the info you need, including a manual from http://www.msicomputer.com/. Eric, PC Buyer Beware! http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/ |
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Opinion-Experience Request: MSI K8N Diamond
On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 13:04:24 +0100, "SP Goodman"
wrote: Hi Folks, I'm seriously considering this motherboard for a pair of new builds and would like to hear from people with experience with the MSI K8N Diamond. Thanks in advance! I have a cheaper version of the MSI K8N (Neo2/NF3). It came with a better-than-average manual and other visual cues of being a first-rung contender as opposed to a knock-off. My board was made to suit overclockers. When I got into the overclocking menu, I found a humorous choice... private (default), sargeant, captain, major, colonel, or general. My CPU is a captain and cannot be promoted further. But that is a significant overclock, and the system is very stable at that setting. The same menu also provides options for tweaking voltages to really optimize everything. It's just a nice board. Charlie |
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Opinion-Experience Request: MSI K8N Diamond
"Don B" wrote in message ... Here's another, largely favorable, review http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/..._diamond_plus/ Thanks! Actually I didn't get the Diamond Plus, but the K8N Diamond. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/shopper/revie...n-diamond.html The Diamond Plus didn't get such a good review on the level of overclocking: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/shopper/custo...mond-plus.html And since I was buying for the purpose of being able to upgrade the Athlon 64 3700+ to higher rates when they become reasonably affordable, that gave me concerns I wasn't willing to feel adventurous with, since I'm building our two new machines at the same time, and just don't want to have a seamless, smooth implementation now, and in the future. I like the Creative chipset and its additional headroom too. So here it is, I'm waiting for just a few parts left (seems the UK unions even prevent Saturday delivery this weekend!): MSI K8N Diamond AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Sapphire Radeon X800 GTO2 Crucial 2x1GB 184Pin DIMM PC3200 Non-ECC Unbuffered Western Digital Caviar 250GB S300 8mb 7200rpm Mitsumi 7-in-1 Floppy Drive / Media Reader CoolerMaster 534 case CoolerMaster Real Power RS-450 - ACLY PSU CoolerMaster Susurro CPU Fan (if it's still noisy) The good old ViewSonic GS771's are still working fine, CRT still rules! Holding off replacing our keyboards but looking at the MS Wireless Optical Desktop 5000 for my wife... I'm going to try to refit my good old IBM keyboard (pre-Lexmark sell-off) into Bluetooth, and look for another wireless mouse with 5 buttons... [slavering, waiting] Stephen Goodman * Cartoons about DVDs and Stuff * http://www.earthlight.net/HiddenTrack * The Loop Of The Week since 1996! * http://www.earthlight.net/Studios |
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