Good design, good overclock, good pipe-The MSI P35 Neo2-FR overview

[trans am]

I'm thinking of buying this board. Everyone seems to like theirs. I'm replacing my 965s Dark DFI. My board's been really unstable just recently. Is this the King of overclocking boards under $150? or should I wait and get this?

http://www.motherboardpro.com/DFI-La...ard-p-428.html

[sharpeyedman]

I think you cant beat this board priced @ 120 and 100 dollars after main in rebate.

Seems like it doe overclock pretty well since revision 1.1 based on reviews from tomshardware and anandtech.

Well personally I only got to test E6600 dualie and Celeron 420 and It seems like it requires less vcore than my P5N32-E SLI did. Perhaps it is due to vdroop. I do not know about its overclockability on quads since I sold my q6600 NIB and never got to test it.

overall I am quite happy with this board for the price. My favorite budget board since P4C800 which i bought for 110 back in 2005 fall

[jon5]

My board came with bios 1.1 and it's all I have used. I had no problem hitting 500 fsb. I've ran e6600 and q6600 with no fuss. Only problem I encountered was running ram @1:1.125 divider. AFAIK, there is not a bios fix for it yet. Not sure why no one likes 1.1...

[trans am]

Sold! I should have it in a day or 2. Thanks guys.

[WSX]

1.1 won't work with wolfdales that are due this month, not a problem if you already have an Intel chip, but a big problem if you don't.

[tty]

I'm trying my luck with MSI support team to have a 1:1.1 divider in any of those bioses. I'll let you know if it's possible.

[screwtech02]

Can anyone measure the pwm mosfett cooler mounting hole spacing for me??? I'm currently looking for a waterblock to fit it.....

[trans am]

Any 3:4 mem divisor like latest P5k-E bios? THat would be really sweet!

[tty]

Ya I just asked for more fsm/mem divisors , anything is good just add more.
They asked me why I want more .. doh . I tried to explain .. sort of.
Lets see if they do something about it.

[bonzo_catalin]

Wolfdale works fine with 1,4 bios ? Or 1,6 it's a must ?

[WSX]

I would like to know also, at first MSI website said BIOS v1.4, but now it says v1.6, my board was supposed to arrive today ... it never came!

[Eniqmah]

Any one know if a True extreme will fit with the Platinum version of this board? I'm afraid the circu pipes willnot fit.

[WSX]

I had given up hope, but my board just arrived. Its Rev 1.2, can't tell which BIOS it is but I think it's v1.4 there's a sticker that reads "amibios vb22 104"

[trans am]

Mine came today. I'll let you know what Rev I got as well.
I'm excited to set it up.

[WSX]

when you set up please let us know your bios version, I can't decide whether to buy a cheapish E2*** now or wait for the wolfdales.

[trans am]

no way wait for the wolf. Should be like Jan 20th

[sharpeyedman]

I had given up hope, but my board just arrived. Its Rev 1.2, can't tell which BIOS it is but I think it's v1.4 there's a sticker that reads "amibios vb22 104"

are you sure it is revision 1.2? thought they only had revision 1.1 since august or something.

when you set up please let us know your bios version, I can't decide whether to buy a cheapish E2*** now or wait for the wolfdales.

even though, I have used only bios version 1.1 which the board was shipped with last december. You should be fine with 1.6 for wolfy. People who own this board seem to prefer either 1.1 or 1.6 the most. I really like 1.1 but I will have to flash it to 1.6 when i get one of the wolfies.

[sharpeyedman]

http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f...1&maincat_no=1

MSI has recently updated the supported CPU list for P35 Neo2 FR
It seems like 45nm Quad processors such as Q9300, Q9450 and Q9550 are supported as well.

[WSX]

are you sure it is revision 1.2? thought they only had revision 1.1 since august or something.

even though, I have used only bios version 1.1 which the board was shipped with last december. You should be fine with 1.6 for wolfy. People who own this board seem to prefer either 1.1 or 1.6 the most. I really like 1.1 but I will have to flash it to 1.6 when i get one of the wolfies.

The revision is stenciled on the board "MS-7345 VER 1.2"

I dont have an intel chip to update to the BIOS to v1.6. My BIOS is v1.4 it may or may not boot a wolfdale,
I won't know until they're released and people start posting their results.

[ownage]

Coolaler tested an e8500 on this board
http://forum.coolaler.com/showpost.p...00&postcount=3
4700mhz , also 9.5x multi with no problem.

[wyemarn]

Rev 1.2 for the board is out. It has been confirmed by MSI Germany forums. Not much difference compared to 1.1. Btw, I tried the new Dual Core Center and it's working.

[sharpeyedman]

Rev 1.2 for the board is out. It has been confirmed by MSI Germany forums. Not much difference compared to 1.1. Btw, I tried the new Dual Core Center and it's working.

I ordered my board after christmas and received Rev. 1.1


well It is proven that revision 1.1 overclocks far better than revision 1.0.
I wonder if revision 1.2 overclocks even better than 1.1 :p

It would be nice if anyone who has rev. 1.2 post some overclocking results.

[wyemarn]

I ordered my board after christmas and received Rev. 1.1


well It is proven that revision 1.1 overclocks far better than revision 1.0.
I wonder if revision 1.2 overclocks even better than 1.1 :p

It would be nice if anyone who has rev. 1.2 post some overclocking results.

Rev 1.1 is definately better than 1.0. More capacitors and the new jumper FSB overclock. Hardware wise 1.2 and 1.1 is almost identical. I don't think 1.2 will overclock much better.

[[LCN]Knowledge]

Mine arrives today, maybe i will test it in the night.

[WSX]

looking at my board it certainly looks well put together, I was looking for any obvious faults and couldn't see any, I even like the heatpipe on this
more than the roller coaster affair on the Platinum, it makes good contact too around the pwm area, northbridge, & southbridge.
... nice product for a decent price.