MSI nForce2 board REVIEWED- version: K7N2G-LISR

In my spanking new copy of PCPro.
Ratings (out of max 6 stars)
Performance             6
Features                   6
Value for Money        5
Availability: next week (when the mag comes out on the newsstand)
Price 129 quid plus VAT
Supplier: Simply website
I can put up some quotes from this mag if anyone wants :D

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MSI has elected to deliver most of the features with its new K7N2G-LISR board, which includes both the IGP integrated graphics and the the MCP-T south bridge controller... Four USB2 ports and 10/100BaseTX Ethernet..on the backpanel and MSi also provides a backplate with 2 Firewire ports. Another backplate features TV-out.
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However, MSI has only put one VGA D-sub on the backpanel so dual-monitor setups are out of the question.
MSI has added a Promise PDC20376 RAID controller... a superb device supporting ATA/133 and Serial ATA RAID
Specs:
nForce2 GT chipset
3 DDR slots
one AGP8x slot
5 PCI slots
one ACR slot
floppy disk
2 SATA channels
3 ATA/133 channels
4 USB2 ports
1parallel 1 serial 1 VGA, 2 PS/2, line-in, mic, line-out
Nforce audio
10/100 BaseTX Ethernet
backplates with 2Firewire, 2 USB2, composite and S-Video TV-out and audio
Utility CD
HTH,

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