Reviews for MSI K9AG Neo2-Digital Motherboard

Good value for regular user

Strengths: Having on-board VGA saves you money. Firewire a plus. HDMI output means this PC could double for a HDTV PC.

Weakness: Could not get VGA to work during XP install so had to use PCI video card to build XP and then install on-board VGA drivers, then removed PCI card.

This is a decent board for regular users who don't want to buy a dedicated video card to save money. It is NOT a gamer board. Low price means no extra add-on USB or firewire headers/brackets. Only comes with one SATA and one IDE cable, and no floppy cable. You will need a floppy to install XP if you are using RAID. The VGA socket is a bit flimsy but that was expected (mobos are not made the way they used to). AMD X2 installation is straight forward and easier than installing a Core 2 Duo on socket 775 (a pain in the butt). I'm running this board with an AMD 5000+ (Brisbane) overclocked to 2.8-GHz, 2 samsung SATA drives in RAID 0, and 2x1GB Corsair PC800. The PC seems fine and I can't tell if it is fast or not as it is not my main machine, but this setup replaces my 3.2-GHz P4, which could not run my DJ software without latency issues and bugs because it was not fast enough. Now my software is bug free and ASIO audio has no latency issues.

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