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alaTest.com
Summary: alaTest collected and analyzed 44 reviews of MSI P45 Platinum from international magazines and websites and compared these to 44659 reviews for other Processors & Motherboards. Experts rate this product 76/100 and users 79/100. The amount of rated reviews for this product is too low to calculate a reliable alaScore™.
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maximumpc.com
Editors' rating: 90
Summary: The P45 chipset supports 1,600MHz front-side-bus CPUs-albeit unofficially; it's a moot point, however, as we don't expect to see a rash of 1,600 FSB procs for desktop use. The chipset can utilize either DDR2 or DDR3; the P45 Platinum uses DDR2. For ...
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pcmag.com
Editors' rating: 70
Summary: Mid-range motherboard. Middle-of-the road features and price, so it's neither most feature-packed nor the cheapest.
CNET editors' buying advice
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Socket LGA775
LGA775 (occasionally called Socket T) is a current processor socket used for Intel desktop processors and has been in use since mid-2004. As such, it is the basis of most current consumer motherboards and supports a variety of processors including versions of the Pentium 4, Pentium D, and Core 2 processors. As actual compatibility with a particular processor is determined by the chipset used on the board, it is still important to check the motherboard's actual compatible processors.
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CNET product brief
Description: The MSI P45 is an Intel P45 Express-based, PC motherboard.Compared to other PC boards on the market, it is relatively inexpensive at around $125.This motherboard supports Celeron, Pentium D, Pentium Dual Core, and Core 2 processors that use the LGA775 interface.
Pros: Is built around an Intel P45 Express-based chipset, which is considerably more robust than some similarly priced boards.Also, this board supports up to 16GB of RAM, which is somewhat more than some similarly priced boards.By way of comparison, the average cost of a product with this large an of RAM is $350.
Cons: None noted, given available product data.
Suitability: For those who want to replace or upgrade their existing motherboard.
Value: In view of its relatively inexpensive price, this board has great features for the money.
Suggestions: (1) Be sure that you are using a LGA775-compatible processor with this motherboard.(2) If you want to take full advantage of the on-board SATA controller, you will want to consider a hard drive upgrade.Existing IDE hard drives will run on the ATA-133 bus.(3) For motherboard add-ons, check out the storage and components section of CNET's website.
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