Mike Andrawes van AnandTech schreef een review van de Microstar BX Master, een erg complete Slot-1 moederbord met 6 PCI sloten, een Promise ATA/66 controller en 4 DIMM slots. Daarnaast zullen overklokkers ook erg vrolijk worden van dit plankje:
One of the biggest additions for most i440BX boards of this generation is improved overclocking support. Jumperless CPU setups are almost ubiquitous these days, but MSI has gone the extra step to include a plethora of FSB settings and CPU core voltage adjustment. The BXMaster's BIOS core is still based on the old AWARD 4.51PG, but features MSI's CPU Plug & Play III Jumperless CPU configuration utility. FSB options include 66 / 75 / 78 / 81 / 83 / 90 / 95 / 100 / 105 / 110 / 112 / 115 / 117 / 120 / 122 / 124 / 126 / 133 / 135 / 138 / 140 / 142 / 144 / 150 / 155, which puts it ahead of virtually everything on the market, surpassed primarily by the ABIT BF6 and BE6-II with their SoftMenu III support. The PCI speed is reported next to the FSB setting, which should help you keep things as close to the 33 MHz PCI spec as possible. PCI ratios of 1:4, 1:3, and 1:2 are automatically set based on FSB speed. Like all i440BX boards, the AGP ratio is either 2:3 or 1:1, which makes pushing much beyond 124 MHz with an AGP card a tricky proposition.
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