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Treyshadow

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My setup

MSI Neo 4 Platinum SLI
A64 3500+ 90 nm
2x512 corsair PC4000XL Pro series
ATI X850XT PCI - E
OCZ Powerstream 520
BenQ 1620 Pro DVD Burner
2x300 gig Seagate SATA 7200.8 (sent back 2 300 gig maxtors)

After 1 week of installation issues, I am running perfectly fine and stable at 252x10 2520 Mhz
Ram is 2-3-3-8 1T

Voltate:
CPU 1.45
Ram 2.75 (this is stock for running this ram at 250)
Chipset at stock

Like I said no issues and I have been running for 2 weeks. I haven't had booting issues, or rebooting issues like I have seen mentioned, and I have not had any problems with lockups at the current speeds. Overnight stability tests, and it keeps on tickin'.

 
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DfiDude

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Originally posted by: ChineseDemocracyGNR
The MSI board is having problems, with some processors it can OC much past 219MHz (from the BIOS).
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Idont think the msi will have a problem with the new venice cores thaat are coming out. We will jsut have to see when the cpu comes out. Msi might do really good in ocing on that cpu :)
 
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JJK80

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Originally posted by: Treyshadow
My setup

MSI Neo 4 Platinum SLI
A64 3500+ 90 nm
2x512 corsair PC4000XL Pro series
ATI X850XT PCI - E
OCZ Powerstream 520
BenQ 1620 Pro DVD Burner
2x300 gig Seagate SATA 7200.8 (sent back 2 300 gig maxtors)

After 1 week of installation issues, I am running perfectly fine and stable at 252x10 2520 Mhz
Ram is 2-3-3-8 1T

Voltate:
CPU 1.45
Ram 2.75 (this is stock for running this ram at 250)
Chipset at stock

Like I said no issues and I have been running for 2 weeks. I haven't had booting issues, or rebooting issues like I have seen mentioned, and I have not had any problems with lockups at the current speeds. Overnight stability tests, and it keeps on tickin'.
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Your processor is 3500+ Winchester?

You can boot into Windows with those 252x10 (2520 MHz) settings?

Did you ever have that max. HTT/FSB 219MHz limit problem when booting and what was the solution?
 
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Painman

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MSI Neo4 has some BIOS issues that sometimes pop up when OCing winnies on them... this has been discussed here and elsewhere, seems to have something to do with how the board powers up... that's a very simplistic description but that's what it boils down to. When you get the board up and running, though, it runs very well.

Another Neo4 issue is low max VDimm setting (2.85), which may or may not affect you. Depends on your RAM and if/how you intend to push it.

I'm sure the DFI has its share of oddities and quirks as well, but someone else will have to talk about them as I don't own the DFI. I plan on trying it out to see if I like it better though.
 
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Justin343563611

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i've had great success with my msi neo4 platinum, and of course i've also heard of the success of the dfi nf4 ultra board, mostly even greater, but for me this board i got, is a good one, rock solid stable.
 
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DfiDude

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Originally posted by: Justin343563611
i've had great success with my msi neo4 platinum, and of course i've also heard of the success of the dfi nf4 ultra board, mostly even greater, but for me this board i got, is a good one, rock solid stable.
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You guys have any problems with usb on ur msi?
 
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imported_Kensai

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I like my MSI board. Hands down.
Though the DFI board is also good, too expensive for me.
MSI board = Free
DFI board = Gotta pay for it
 
Puffnstuff

Puffnstuff

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If you want less problems get the dfi board. I've run both a k8n neo4 plat and now a dfi lanparty nf4 ut ultra-d and the d is the better board. I went through 2 neo4's and now I've got to rma the last replacement again. That isn't a good sign. On my personal machine my abit fatal1ty an8 has been a solid performer since I first hit the power button. If you've got the bucks get the abit but if not get the dfi.
 
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DfiDude

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Originally posted by: Puffnstuff
If you want less problems get the dfi board. I've run both a k8n neo4 plat and now a dfi lanparty nf4 ut ultra-d and the d is the better board. I went through 2 neo4's and now I've got to rma the last replacement again. That isn't a good sign. On my personal machine my abit fatal1ty an8 has been a solid performer since I first hit the power button. If you've got the bucks get the abit but if not get the dfi.
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You have picked well :)
 
n yusef

n yusef

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The DFI is the better overclocker. 99% of the people on Xtreme have one, and we all know that they are the best OCers in the world. I have one too, and all I can say is that it's great. I have OCZ VX RAM, so the 4.0 vDimm is very useful. The MSI board is having some BIOS issues (read: overclocking issues), and I haven't heard anything bad about the DFI board besides the Karajan module was badly placed. I have a Audigy 2 ZS, so I couldn't care less about that either. Most people with both MSI and DFI boards are happy, so if all else fails, decide which one has the best aesthetic appearance. For me, that is the DFI, for others, the MSI looks better. You'll probably reach your chips ceiling with either, so you can just flip a coin.
 
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