Msi Neo4 boards

[Xgamer11]

i was thinking about buying the MSI boards which support sky 939 and pci-e. should i buy the one with sli or not. if i get the board w/o what features are lost?

 

[n7]

SLI is really only necessary for those uber-hardcore gamers who like to play games @ maxed setting @ 1920x1200 or whatever.

Unless you plan on spending a ton of money, SLI = not needed.

 

[the cobbler]

Don't bother with an SLI board

just buy the cheapest one, the Neo4-F or the Platinum if you want the Sil SATA contoller and Marvell LAN

if you have a soldering iron and a steady hand, Ne04-F can easily be modded to Nforce4Ultra/Sli

works like a charm

 

[htspecialist]

I would avoid these MSI boards. They are very buggy. I amonmy third RMA with one. They suffer from poor capacitors, never ending bios updates that do not cure known problems; trade ins for defective SLI; and fickle sound issues with thelimited number of recommended power supplies.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: htspecialist
I would avoid these MSI boards. They are very buggy. I amonmy third RMA with one. They suffer from poor capacitors, never ending bios updates that do not cure known problems; trade ins for defective SLI; and fickle sound issues with thelimited number of recommended power supplies.

I agree with you 100%,i just sold my buggy MSI board & ordered a Chaintech NF4 Ultra.

 

[1Dark1Sharigan1]

The Neo4-F has worked great for me which the exception of the Winchester bug, but that shouldn't be a problem since Winchesters aren't all that overclockable anyway . . . also it can hit 300-320 FSB with no problem depending on your RAM (of course you could always resort to a divider if your RAM can't cut it.)

I've never had any bugs with the Neo4-F, at least not any that hasn't been fixed by changing BIOS (besides the Winchester bug)

And at $85, the Neo4-F is a hell of a deal . . .

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: htspecialist
I would avoid these MSI boards. They are very buggy. I amonmy third RMA with one. They suffer from poor capacitors, never ending bios updates that do not cure known problems; trade ins for defective SLI; and fickle sound issues with thelimited number of recommended power supplies.

I agree with you 100%,i just sold my buggy MSI board & ordered a Chaintech NF4 Ultra.

I almost went with a Neo4 platinum, but in the end, decided against it because of weird crap like this.. I went with an A8N-E and it works awesome.... ALSO a cheap, solid board.

 

[ir0nw0lf]

I sell MSI boards at work all day long, no such problems like the ^^^ above. EVERY mobo manufacturer has bad batches or some form of problems with their mobo's -- even Asus. I have more problems with Asus mobos than with MSI. I can actually get someone from MSI on the phone for tech support, half the time Asus puts me on hold for 10-30 minutes and/or their website(s) are down. (Gee whiz, does Asus power their website with squirrels or something?)

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: ir0nw0lf
I sell MSI boards at work all day long, no such problems like the ^^^ above. EVERY mobo manufacturer has bad batches or some form of problems with their mobo's -- even Asus. I have more problems with Asus mobos than with MSI. I can actually get someone from MSI on the phone for tech support, half the time Asus puts me on hold for 10-30 minutes and/or their website(s) are down. (Gee whiz, does Asus power their website with squirrels or something?)

It's the bios that are just plain buggy,take mem settings for example..

When you set a setting it's either +1 or -1 off,as verified by A64tweaker,those guys cant even write a decent bios and like ver 1.8 they ADD bugs to them.

I am glad i sold mine.

 

[the cobbler]

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: htspecialist
I would avoid these MSI boards. They are very buggy. I amonmy third RMA with one. They suffer from poor capacitors, never ending bios updates that do not cure known problems; trade ins for defective SLI; and fickle sound issues with thelimited number of recommended power supplies.

I agree with you 100%,i just sold my buggy MSI board & ordered a Chaintech NF4 Ultra.

I have both. VNF4Ultra is a solid board.

Neo4-F kicks the snot out of it though. Faster, better OCer, hands down.

 

[tuteja1986]

Originally posted by: the cobbler
Don't bother with an SLI board

just buy the cheapest one, the Neo4-F or the Platinum if you want the Sil SATA contoller and Marvell LAN

if you have a soldering iron and a steady hand, Ne04-F can easily be modded to Nforce4Ultra/Sli

works like a charm

i think we should not give him soldering iron advice. its an skill that need to master ;( or else he may burn a hole through the motherboard or wiggle the iron and solder going everywhere and landing on tracks.. . imagen how pissed he would be if his motherboard refuse to bootup and then all the anger will at you.

 

[aiya24]

i didnt use a soldering iron when i did the mod. i had a conductive pen laying around and used that. i squeezed a bit on a paper clip tip that i bent out and dabbed it on the points. works perfect.

i have to say msi's bios arent that good. i, at first used the 1.71 beta bios for a while then 1.9 came out and i was curious of what it had different. flashed it but no difference. my oc didnt change so i see no point in going back to 1.71 beta.

 

[the cobbler]

Originally posted by: tuteja1986

Originally posted by: the cobbler
Don't bother with an SLI board

just buy the cheapest one, the Neo4-F or the Platinum if you want the Sil SATA contoller and Marvell LAN

if you have a soldering iron and a steady hand, Ne04-F can easily be modded to Nforce4Ultra/Sli

works like a charm

i think we should not give him soldering iron advice. its an skill that need to master ;( or else he may burn a hole through the motherboard or wiggle the iron and solder going everywhere and landing on tracks.. . imagen how pissed he would be if his motherboard refuse to bootup and then all the anger will at you.

:roll:

I just told him that the option is there if they want it

sorry bud, but I have no personal responsiblity for some other guy soldering his board to death