___ 5 of 5 Stars _ Dual CPU MSI, RAID ATA/100 ___ Dream Board or Not? ___

Blain

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I read this MSI MS-6321, HardwareZone review. It's 5 out of 5 stars rating seemed pretty good (great), to me.
I was wondering if anyone has the RAID ATA/100 version of this board (MS-6321 Pro-AR)? If so, is it the KILLER BOARD that it appears to be?

BTW, Great price on it too! :D
 

Remedy

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I have this board and it is pretty stable. But then again all VIA boards are stable, just depends on the end user. I have 2 quatum 10.2 gig LM in RAID 0, whenever i have to transfer files around and game folders exceeding 500 megs i can feel the power o of RAID 0 mos def. The board is killer since i had it but there also other alternatives with cheaper pricetags such as ECS D6VAA, it has the highpoint RAID controller instead of the Promise controller that is used on the MSI. MSI also has a second generation to this 694D called the Pro2 which is ready for dual tulatins. Anyway you slice it MSI is pretty good, but others options will follow.
 

RGN

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<< I have this board and it is pretty stable. But then again all VIA boards are stable, just depends on the end user. >>



cough*bullshit*cough
 

Remedy

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RGN, all my dual boards have been VIA, EPox, ECS and MSI and Tyan, your trying to tell me that its always a VIA problem and not an end user? If so then how is that most hobbyist i've run into can get our board stable while others can't? It was just my opinion and my results. Jeeze this forum is getting worst by the week. :(
 

Blain

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I've used Soyo and Gigabyte VIA boards and never had any trouble with them, except for trying to use a MX300 sound card with them.

Are the RAIDed, Dual MSI's good overclockers?
 

Scouzer

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My current VIA chipset mobo is MUCH more stable then my old Intel chipset mobo. Sure you say its incompatibility with some componet... but there's a problem with the chipset right there!

BTW I'm using a VIA Apollo 133A
 

Remedy

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Blain, the MSI isn't the best overclocker as it has a bug in it that doesn't allow you to overclock it above 147fsb( for me it doesn't atleast and i was told the same from others.). if you want to overclock i would grab an ECS D6VAA or an Abit although the ECS is just like an Abit only 40 dollars or more cheaper.