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  1. 08-06-2003, 10:01 AM #1
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    Thumbs down MSI and KT600-Much ado about nothing...

    The KT 600 chipset continues to disappoint...
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    http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1842&p=12
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    Question

    No one has any comments on the Via KT600 chipset?
    Or MSI boards?
    Love 'em?
    Hate 'em?
    Got your fire extinguishers?
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    Originally posted by gurutoo
    No one has any comments on the Via KT600 chipset?
    Or MSI boards?
    Love 'em?
    Hate 'em?
    Got your fire extinguishers?
    LOL here we go. MSI??.....I have 2 of em running in the house...Son's KT3Ultra2 and One of my daughters has the KT3...Both boards run Strong and stable...Buuuuut....I HAD the MSIN2 DeltaL .....Yikes....Maybe it was just my board,but it Sucked..Like I said..Coulda just been my particular board..But who knows
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  4. 08-07-2003, 11:58 AM #4
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    Yeah, I have had good luck with MSI boards. They're easy to set up and fast right out of the box. However, I haven't tried the new boards with the NF2 chipset. Decided to go with Asus and Epox for that.

    But, both my sons are still running K7T Turbo2 boards. I built a system for a co-worker's kid using a K7T266 Pro2 board I had lying around and so far so good. Building my sister a computer with a spare KT3 Ultra board soon.

    MSI are not known for their overclocking capabilities, at least the earlier boards weren't, but they are very stable boards. I always choose them if I have to build a system for somebody that lives far away, 'cause I know I won't have any phone calls in the middle of the night telling me their system crapped out or something.
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    Originally posted by BigBlue66
    I always choose MSI if I have to build a system for somebody that lives far away, 'cause I know I won't have any phone calls in the middle of the night telling me their system crapped out or something.

    That's what I use Abit for...
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  7. 08-08-2003, 10:08 PM #6
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    i have one only one thing bad is my temps are high but i dont no if thats related to board or chip but i like it
    got a zillion options
    its stable
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    I usually use the MSI KT3V when someone needs a cheap, reliable board. Me, I prefer Epox .
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