MSI K8n neo4 same OCing capabilities as a neo4 platinum?

Drykill · December 27, 2005, 12:06am

hi,
im looking at getting a MSI K8N neo4 but the review i read for it was on a Msi K8N neo4 platinum. in the review for the platinum they OCed an AMD skt 939 3500+ venice core upto 2.75ghz:D . well i have the exact same cpu but the mobo i was going to buy isnt the platinum version, so would i still be able to OC my 3500+ to 2.75 with the standard neo4 ???

thanks for any help,

jason

pelvis_3 · December 27, 2005, 12:13am

I can’t gaurantee you’d overclock it to exactly 2.75Ghz as overclocking is just luck but the regular Neo4 has the same overclocking abilities, the Platinum just has more features.

system · December 27, 2005, 2:59pm

I was looking at these motherboard too, whats the differance between the two?

Drykill · December 27, 2005, 5:05pm

the platinum has firewire and dual lan ports and an extra pci slot, so theres not that much difference between the two.
im thinking of getting the platinum now as it has those extra features and isnt that much more expensive than the standard.

system · December 27, 2005, 5:15pm

lol thats deffinantly not worth 20 bucks more.

Drykill · December 27, 2005, 5:33pm

now that you mention it, why pay that bit more for something you probably wont use.

system · December 27, 2005, 5:42pm

Exactly my point. Those little price increments add up after a while.

Drykill · December 27, 2005, 6:03pm

well tomorrow i shall be buying the MSi K8N neo4-F & a Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 GTO². then i should be able to play battlefield 2 on full graphics once ive overclocked everything.

Big_B · December 27, 2005, 7:58pm

If you’re not going to use the SLI functions, then the Neo4 Platinum probably isn’t worth it to have. The Neo4-F is the no-frills, non-SLI board that should work fine for you.