Why did YOU buy MSI ?

Hey Guys,
I just bought a DFI Lanparty Ultra-D and now I’m starting to think i should return the Ultra-D and get the MSI KN8 Neo4 Plat.
So what made you guys go MSI over DFI/Abit or even Asus. One thing DFI has going for it is that it has OFFICIAL support in their forums (www.dfi-street.com)... so i guess that's a plus. One of the main reasons I’m thinking about switching is because from what I’ve been reading, the MSI Neo4 seems the be able to boot on the very first attempt, where as with the DFI I’ve seen people post lots of unusual problems where the board just refuses to work... The DFI is defiantly not very user-friendly.
Another reason I was attracted to the MSI Neo4 Plat. was because of the MSI software suite. What do you guys think of the CoreCell and CoreCenter programs... how accurate are they at reporting temps... and are they actually useful overclockign tools?
And the final reason I guess I’ve been attracted over to MSI is because the board just looks so damn good!
Now, I just had a few more questions... I'm going to be getting an A64 4000+ San Diego, so does the 1.2 BIOS support Rev. E chips... or am I going to run into lots of problems (instability) ? I know the 1.4 officially does, but from what I’ve read here... it seems it has serious flaws in it and the consensus i got was to say away from it.
My final question is in regards to the installation of a Thermalright XP-90. I've heard from a friend that the stock retention bracket is glued on instead of screwed on to the mobo, so it'll be really hard removing it and screwing on the retention bracket supplied by the XP-90. Is this true? Has any one here installed the XP-90 on to the Neo4 Plat, and if so... how did it go? Did you have to do anything out of the ordinary... did you need to install a back plate as well?
**EDIT**
I forgot to ask... Do any of the current BIOS's, or will the be a new BIOS that will allow DRAM voltages of up to 3.0v ? And secondly, which of the Ram slots are best suited for TCCD (OCZ EL PC3200 Plat Rev.2) ram ?
Thanks in advance!

I have the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI motherboard, which is slightly different from the Neo 4 Platinum, but...
I chose the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI because of its feature set, high praise from reviewers, & MSI's reputation. I especially like the built-in Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit audio on my motherboard -- it's the best on-board audio on any motherboard that I could find. Also, the on-board Marvell Gigabit Ethernet LAN slightly outperforms the on-board nForce4 SLI LAN.
My system booted up the first time, although I later ran into a problem with the motherboard. Read about it here. I had the option to return the defective MSI motherboard for another brand/model. I researched the DFI LANParty nF4 SLI-DR, but decided to get another MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI for the reasons listed above, plus I preferred the components/slots/headers layout of the MSI over the DFI.
I haven't used CoreCell or CoreCenter, so I can't comment on them. I've had no problems running an AMD Athlon 64 Venice (Rev E), running BIOS 3.0, but I haven't tried to overclock it yet. You'll have to get feedback on overclocking & the Neo 4 Platinum BIOS from others.
I installed the Thermalright XP-90 without any problems. You use the MSI backplate, which is glued on -- XP-90 doesn't include one. The stock MSI heatsink mounting bracket on the top of the motherboard will need to be replaced with the one supplied with the XP-90. Just remove the 2 screws holding the stock mounting bracket & it will come right off -- mine was not glued to the motherboard. When installing the XP-90's mounting bracket, make sure to use the screws supplied with the XP-90. I oriented the XP-90 to hang over my RAM slots, to provide extra cooling for the RAM.
I also have the OCZ EL Platinum Rev. 2 PC3200 RAM & it worked without problems in the recommended slots -- I used the first 2 slots.
I also looked at the K8N Neo4 Platinum, but chose the SLI version because of its better Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit audio & SLI features. Although I have no immediate plans to use 2 PCI-E graphics cards in SLI mode, it's nice to have that option open for the future.
Hope this helps.

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