MSI P35 Neo F Motherboard

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This seem to be the cheapest P35 boards out right now as they are being sold from between 100-120 dollars from various online stores. However I haven't seen anyone talk about or review them. I'd love to get a good board on the cheap, but the lack of info on these things scare me.
Will these even support penryn just cuz they are on the new chipset?

 

[o1die]

They should work fine with penryn. Msi is pretty good about bios updates. I don't use msi personally. I use lowly ecs with Fry's combo deals.

 

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good to know. I'd still love to hear from anyone who has tried one of these boards. I've read some stuff about the platinum edition which has more stuff and a fancy curly heatpipe, but that's almost double the price.
The Combo F for about 20 extra dollars sounds interesting too though it seems you're limited to 4 gigs of RAM though 2 gig sticks though it will accept ddr3 in the future.

 

[DasFox]

Hey check out the COOL new USB 2.0 Port in the bottom image, LMAO

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6cijxvm

Ok Webmaster...

Personally from what I've seen and read about the new Gigabytes, I'd spend a few extra dollars and grab either the GA-P35-DS3R, or GA-P35-DS3.

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Pro...&ModelName=GA-P35-DS3R
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Pro...4&ModelName=GA-P35-DS3

I haven't seen any of the GA-P35-DS3 boards for sale, but they're going to be in the $125 range.

ALOHA

 

[hellfire88]

So did anyone end up getting one of these MSI P35 Neo F motherboards? If so, please provide your thoughts and experiences. For $99, it might be a good choice for "future-proofing" (for switching to the 45nm Core 2 Duos).