K8N Neo2 Platinum supports which Athlon CPUs?

Pardon my ignorance, but I find this confusing:
Supports up to 3500+, 3800+ Athlon 64 FX 53, or higher CPU
Does the K8N Neo2 Platinum support Athlon 64 3500+ and 3800+, and NOT the 3700+? Does it support CPUs in the 4000 range? It would be easier to understand if msi just listed each CPU that this board supports.
This board is well-recommended, but I was actually considering the Athlon 3700+ for price/performance reasons. It's only $20 more than the 3500+, it's supposed to be easy to overclock, and it's way, way cheaper than the 3800+. But if the board doesn't support the 3700, I'll get the 3500.
Motherboard specs here:
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=607
Thanks.

Quote from: Bob Jones on 29-April-06, 14:59:51
Pardon my ignorance, but I find this confusing:
Supports up to 3500+, 3800+ Athlon 64 FX 53, or higher CPU
that's because that info is released when the mobo is released. future upgrades are done through BIOS, and you will find additional information about added CPU support in the BIOS descriptions on the site.

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    I coming from an Intel background but am now considering changing to AMD; i'd like to keep my agp x800xt pe card and get a MSI K8N NEO2 Platinum board but have got a few questions /concerns.
    I have looked on several forums including MSI's own forum and noticed people having problems with corsair value select memory modules.
    My questions which i'd be grateful for answers to are:
    1. Am gamer and planning to also purchase a 4000+ to put in it - will the board recognise it straight away or will I need to update BIOS..
    2. Want to transfer my current 4x512mb 3200 Corsair Value Select sticks to my new board - will there be any compatibility problems? (cannot afford to buy new memory)
    3. Will I be able to run the memory 200 + ? as heard the boards base clock for a 4000+ is 166
    4. If I can run these at 200 can i do this straight away or will i need to overclock them slowly to get to 200 (will the board see them as 3200 and start at 200?)
    5. Anything else I should know/look out for?
    Many thanks to all. My first post here so hello to everyone.

    Hello !!
    Let´s try to answer your questions...
    1. It depends on which Bios Version is installed out of the Box, i suggest version 1.8, if you are not using a Venice / Dual-Core or later CPU Core. The advantages of biosses later than version 1.8 are the new Steppings Support and some new Memory Timing Options available in Bios Setup.
    2. I do not know exactly, i think most corsair sticks are running well on this Board if you are not going to overclock. But it depends on which Chips are used your Corsair Modules. What could be a problem is that you are going to use 4 Ram Sticks, because with Winchester Cores you would not be able to run 4 Sticks in PC3200Dual Channel Mode (DDR333), even if your Ram would be 100% compatible with your MOBO. Venice and later Cores are able to handle 4 sticks at 400Mhz DDR clock. Except you own 4 single sided Ram Modules.
    3. Should be possible if your memory likes it.....
    4. No, the Bios will recognize your SPD Timings. So you will have to overclock them from a 166Mhz Memory Divider Base.
    5. Take a look here:
    http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46730
    https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=72024.0
    http://www.msi.com.tw/html/products/mainboard/testreport_pdf/7025/memory.pdf
    Good Luck
    Greetz MurdoK

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