Op de Australische site Overclockers.com.au is een uitgebreide review verschenen van de MSI K7N420 Pro. Dit moederbord, gebaseerd op de nVidia nForce 420D chipset, is tot nu toe een van de weinige leverbare moederborden die op deze chipset is gebaseerd. De reviewer gaat eerst uitgebreid in op de technische specificaties van de chipset, waarna vervolgens het moederbord en de bijgeleverde accessoires uitgebreid aan bod komen. De conclusie is dat het een goed moederbord is, zeker gezien het feit dat deze chipset nog maar net op de markt is. De prestaties zijn niet van het hoogste niveau vergeleken met de concurrentie, maar daar staat tegenover dat het moederbord bijna alles aan boord heeft wat men maar wenst - onboardvideo, -audio en -netwerk interface:
Well, I've come away from this review feeling overall very positive. For a first try at a motherboard chipset, nForce is a brilliant effort from NVIDIA. The integrated stuff seems to score mightily over that included with other chipsets and the chipset itself seems very fast. There's definitely some niggles but the chipset has only been out for a month or so - remember, this is the first and to date only motherboard based on it - and I imagine the wrinkles will be ironed out with BIOS and driver upgrades over the following months. In fact, it's highly likely we'll see even more speed squeezed out of it over the coming months.
[...] I know, the performance freaks will be dismayed at the lack of multiplier adjustment, the comparatively low number of FSB adjustments and will want to replace the onboard video. However, even in stock form this is not a slow motherboard and I think for many users it would make a great platform. In fact, my old KT133-based A7V is getting kinda tired these days and I was going to rebuild my main PC around the AMD760-based Gigabyte board. However, now that Peripherals Plus have sent this board along for long-term testing, first thing tomorrow I'm rebulding my desktop PC around it. Decent onboard sound, onboard ethernet and a very fast motherboard that can take the latest CPU's and DDR. Throw in onboard video that's plenty fast for all the games I play and it sounds like exactly what I need. I wouldn't be surprised if many others feel the same way.
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Met dank aan RawPeanut voor de tip.