Should i buy this MSI K8N NEO board or shouldi skipp it ?

Im reading so many problems that you guys are having with this board that it makes those reviews i read seem fake.   For one i was gana buy a Dangerden RBX waterblock to continue the watercooling on my pc which iv done for 2 years now, with a 3000+ clawhammer Mobile and this MSI K8N NEO platinum board.
Now im reading on here in the faq and from otherp eople that the board supportsm obiles but has tons of Quirks in it, people o nthe overclockers.com forums with mobiles and this board have to run @ 1.7 to get the cpu to run @ stock thats pathetic.  Also i keep seeing people o nthese forums that are only getting 166fsb/250HTT ratios, or lower.
I thought this board can do 300HTT or maybe close to it.  Yet tons of people are getting only 210-240HTT max on thier board's. because they cant seem to lower the multi's.
Now that i read all this stuff im thinking of buying the new Epox board with a desktop 3200 clawhammer, unless thier are some people out thier who havent had any probs with mobiles and overclocking.

It isnt just the Graphic issue with the 9600's im talking abut, its the whole bunch of otherp roblems, where people cant install windows xp or 2000, or are having overclocking issues, or having issues with 2 or more sticks of ram, where some boards support mobiles and some dont and the ones that do like the K8N NEO have major problems like Multiplyer and voltage issues.
Its really very sad.  Im pissed off right now iwanna upgrade my pc but it seems any mobo i wanna go to has major problems.

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