[||Console||]

I loved my neo2plat it worked very well for me and provieded a very stable 2.6 ghz . So i have been away from the game for a while had no internet access moved accrost country so now i need my Pc more then ever . So what i want to know is the neo2plat still my best option for my 3200+ winy .
I must stay with agp boards as i have no $$ to replace my vid card and still enjoy my x800 it still has lots of OCing to go still has stock hsf . so please feal free to leave you input .

[rseven]

Neo2's are very dicey beasts. Some of them are good, but they seem to have a high percentage of clunkers. I, personally, would never recommend one. If you have to go NF3 I believe the Epox is a safer bet. If you'd like to be able to upgrade to a pci-e card without upgrading the mobo you may want to consider the ASRock SATAII Uli1695 as it has agp and pci-e slots. Lastly, if you can afford a new pci-e card, then I believe an NF4 based board is the best choice of all. Good luck.

[IAmMoen]

I had bought a ATI x850xt before I had decided to build a new computer, so I kind of had myself commited to AGP also. If I had my head out of my butt I know without a doubt I would not have gotten this board but being that it was one of the best agp boards out there I went for it. Got a used one off of ebay. It actually died within the first 2 weeks but it got RMA'd right nicely and now I have not had any problems with it. But rseven is completely right when he says that they are dicey beasts. Buy at your own risk I guess.

[||Console||]

do they have a high percentage of reaching 260 fsb speeds?

[IAmMoen]

I have had mine up to 275mhz. and that is with tight timings on my ram (3-4-4-8 1t) and a crappy processor. If you would like I will take my ram and my proc way way down and see what it will do. But of course I might have gotten a good one, or maybe I got a bad one and other peoples' will do way more. With this board it is kind of a crap shoot.

[rseven]

I would say that most can get over 260htt. It's just that they are very buggy. The Epox is really a better choice in an NF3 board.

[Romulox]

I went to the Epox 9nda3 from the neo2. I love the epox board and I can hit 325 htt stable with it.
The only complaints I have about it is it refuses to run 1t and the postion of the 20 pin connector.
But i have never had to reset the Cmos with the board because it loads fail safes if your settings are unstable.
The neo2 is a decent board but you just have to ignore the sensor readings.

[IAmMoen]

Originally Posted by Romulox

The neo2 is a decent board but you just have to ignore the sensor readings.

Do you mean the temp sensors?

[Romulox]

I have had 3 neo2's, from RMA's. 2 of the 3 didn't read temps between 36-40C.
Using certain usb devices rasie the temp reading about 5C
CPU voltage monitors fluctuate bewtween .3-.5v+ or - sometimes but actual voltage dosen't change.
and memory overvolts to 2.9v , when set to 2.85 I believe.

[||Console||]

Originally Posted by Romulox

I went to the Epox 9nda3 from the neo2. I love the epox board and I can hit 325 htt stable with it.
The only complaints I have about it is it refuses to run 1t and the postion of the 20 pin connector.
But i have never had to reset the Cmos with the board because it loads fail safes if your settings are unstable.
The neo2 is a decent board but you just have to ignore the sensor readings.

if u can hit that stable y do u run ur system so slow 2.3 ?
i ran my neo @ 260 1:1 2.5-3-3-8 1t and ti was 43-46 load

but i have always wondered if it was my ram , board , or cpu that stoped me from 2.7 stable i didnt even get to oc my ram so i doubt it was that

[Romulox]

Originally Posted by ||Console||

if u can hit that stable y do u run ur system so slow 2.3 ?
i ran my neo @ 260 1:1 2.5-3-3-8 1t and ti was 43-46 load

but i have always wondered if it was my ram , board , or cpu that stoped me from 2.7 stable i didnt even get to oc my ram so i doubt it was that

Im only running at this speed becuase I can't risk corrupting Windows.
I need this comp for college work and I don't want to take any chances.

But I had it up to 2.7Ghz @1.55v
http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php...9&postcount=50

[Daedalus0]

Just thought I'd throw in my 2 cents.

My old MSI mobo's (NEO2 and NEO4/SLI) worked very well. Great OC options... problem though... they can be flaky, after about 5 months of OCing the northbridge sarted to error randomly. So games and the OS even would crash. SO id give the NEO's a 3 out of 5. they ok, but there are better options.

[Daedalus0]

Double post, (freakin lag }

[rseven]

Originally Posted by Romulox

I have had 3 neo2's, from RMA's. 2 of the 3 didn't read temps between 36-40C.
Using certain usb devices rasie the temp reading about 5C
CPU voltage monitors fluctuate bewtween .3-.5v+ or - sometimes but actual voltage dosen't change.
and memory overvolts to 2.9v , when set to 2.85 I believe.

Mine does all of these same things with the exception of over volting the ram, which I really don't know one way or the other. I should add that mine has trouble recognizing optical drives on a regular basis and the temperature readings can vary up to 10 degrees just by rebooting.

In short, we are talking about a poorly made board. As for overclocking options, it has far fewer than my NF4 Epox. The reason I still use it, is it cost me $125 and I'll be damned if I'll just throw it away for that kind of money.

[IAmMoen]

and plus what would you do with those agp vid cards ya got?

[Mhypertext]

Originally Posted by rseven

Mine does all of these same things with the exception of over volting the ram, which I really don't know one way or the other. I should add that mine has trouble recognizing optical drives on a regular basis and the temperature readings can vary up to 10 degrees just by rebooting.

In short, we are talking about a poorly made board. As for overclocking options, it has far fewer than my NF4 Epox. The reason I still use it, is it cost me $125 and I'll be damned if I'll just throw it away for that kind of money.

well i guess i can stop buying drives now that i know its the board goofing up...

i have put 2 differant optical drives sometimes my computer sees it and works fine somedays it dont work at all

[barnz0432]

I have went through 3 neo 2 plat. boards...they have all died. I decided to quit rma'ing and just get a more worthwhile motherboard. I guess if you want to stay with agp and make yourself a computer again... I would suggest picking up a good ASUS board they are ususally quite reliable.