| MSI K8T-Neo FSR: An Addition to Economy Class |
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Page 3 of 8 Basic Features and BIOS: | CPU | Socket-754 | | Chipset | VIA K8T800 Northbridge
VIA 8237 Southbridge | | Bus Speeds | 190 MHz to 280 MHz (in 1 MHz increments) | | AGP/PCI Speeds | N/A | | Core Voltage Support | +3.3%, +5%, +6.6%, +8.0%. +10%, +11%, +15% | | AGP Voltage Support | Auto, 1.55V to 1.85V (0.05V increments) | | DRAM Voltage Support | Auto, 2.55V to 2.85V (in 0.5V increments) | | Chipset Voltage | N/A | | Memory Slots | 3 x 184-pin DDR DIMM Slots
Support to 2GB DDR 400/333/266 | | Expansion Slots | 1 AGP 8X Slot
5 PCI Slots | | Onboard RAID | VIA 8237 supports 2 SATA drives in Raid 0/1 configurations | | Onboard USB 2.0 | 8 USB 2.0 supported through VIA8237 | | Onboard LAN | Realtek 8110S 10/100/1000 | | Onboard Audio | Realtek ALC655 AC97 6-Channel | | Onboard SATA | 2x IDE connectors and 2x SATA connectors by VIA 8237 |
The BIOS gives you the ability to downclock your system by dropping the bus speeds to 190MHz. Unlike other motherboards in the market, the bus speeds can usually be pushed to 300MHz, but MSI chose to limit the option. Unfortunately for the board, MSI does not have an AGP/PCI lock on the FSR. By not having such an important feature on the board, MSI will have a difficult time pleasing enthusiasts. After such a long time in its release, MSI has failed to provide the AGP/PCI lock with a BIOS update; therefore, we dont have any high hopes for MSI to support this feature in the future. Those who have plans to build a stock budget system may ignore this feature, but for the overclocking crowd, MSI FSR lacks one of the most important features that an overclocker can ask for. Other than that, the board also lacks chipset voltage, which is yet another important feature to the enthusiast community. The remaining features are fairly standard that are found on almost all other motherboards.
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