MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum has a chipset fan is loud? this mobo is good?

[Carlos Irving]

Hello, i am talking from Brasil, i inttend to buy this motherboard, i have a MSI video card but i already bought a Athlon 64 3000+ Venice and...:

1- This motherboard MSI has good parts? are they durable?
2- i do not inttend to do overclocking, but i read several good comments in Newegg.com telling about this mobo it is very good but some guys told me it has a noisy fan Northbridge. A question: which motherboard for socket 939 64 bits is very quite? silencious? ABit AN8 Ultra? or non Ultra board? thanks in advance! :woot: :clap:

[benji]

I use it for one of my PC's.
It's stable, very. Overclocks a lil. Causes hardly any troubles. Chipset fans' quiet. Quite~

One thing, if you want to use the onboard sound, make sure you PSU has a -5 rail.
Highly recommended.

[Carlos Irving]

What is PSU has a -5 rail? it is used for...? explain me please, thanks in advance!

[TMM]

Most good quality PSUs have a -5v line. just check the specs :). -5v isn't used widely with current PCs, but in the odd case it might be (like the onboard audio on that board for example)

[beta67]

chipset fan on this motherboard is the worst crap. After only 2 months inside a Coolermaster STacker enclosure, this NB fan @ 8000 RPM makes more noise than a vacuum cleaner. I can't stress how angry I am at the companys who implement untested fans like these. What am I supposed to do now, buy an aftermarket cooler? RMA it? I mean I spend money on this thing and its only 4 months old..