MSI P6N SLI Platinum NF650i SLI Motherboard Review

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Summary and Comments

Overall the MSI P6N motherboard is not a bad performer, of course there are better and there are worse as with any product.

One of the main reasons I picked this board in particular, besides having two IDE ports, was the cooling system on the board itself. I needed something that would keep things nice and cool since it runs 24 hours a day 7 days a week and in the summer sometimes people forget to turn the air conditioner on. I was also looking for something that would not be prone to failure, the last motherboard I used was an MSI also, the southbridge fan failed on it and was causing stability issues, so even if the fan on this board fails it should still remain cool with the heatpipe system. The fan is mainly used when overclocking the system, but I installed it anyway just because of the added cooling abilities of it.

It’s a nice basic board that does as it should, it does have some attractive features also, and since the introduction of the new 780i chipsets the prices of the 600 series are falling, this board can be had cheaply most places online.

DragonSteelMods gives the MSI P6N SLI Platinum NF650i SLI Motherboard a 4.5 out of 5 score.

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Pros:

  • -Lots of connections
  • -eSATA built in
  • -Supports 1333FSB
  • -Good performance
  • -Nice layout
  • -Includes fan for additional cooling
  • -Looks cool
  • -Quiet cooling system
  • -Basic BIOS, easy to navigate
  • -Lots of extras included

Cons:

  • -Some CPU coolers might not fit
  • -Large cooling system
  • -Only X8 in SLI Mode
  • -Uses chip to switch to SLI

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