MSI k9a2 cf

shk021051 · Jul 11, 2008

this motherboard MSI k9a2 cf all viewpoint good???
tanks!

shk021051 · Jul 11, 2008

please answer???

mullered07 · Jul 11, 2008

seems a good budget crossfire board, has a lot of nice options in the bios and could prove to be an OK overclocker dont expect insane overclock tho.

however the msi utilitys dont work well with vista, so be aware aside from that i like it and once i have a few bugs ironed (flashing the bios without a floppy drive)out i will be testing it in some detail and going crossfire at a later date :toast:

Champ · Jul 12, 2008

mullered07 said:
seems a good budget crossfire board, has a lot of nice options in the bios and could prove to be an OK overclocker dont expect insane overclock tho.

however the msi utilitys dont work well with vista, so be aware aside from that i like it and once i have a few bugs ironed (flashing the bios without a floppy drive)out i will be testing it in some detail and going crossfire at a later date

Could you please elborate? I brought one of these board for my rig and I plan to run Vista Ultimate. I don't wanna go back to XP......looking forward to the future you know.

MadClown · Jul 12, 2008

mullered07 said:
however the msi utilitys dont work well with vista

they dont work well in xp either, i ended up getting rid of all of them minus the drivers

shk021051 · Jul 12, 2008

however the msi utilitys dont work well with vista, so be aware aside from that i like it and once i have a few bugs ironed (flashing the bios without a floppy drive

can you description to me about this motherboard defect?

has this motherboard with defect value for buy?

JrRacinFan · Jul 12, 2008

Hiya shko. Seems like a very nice board, yes the MSI tools are a bit buggy, still a very nice board indeed. You can also PM member cdawall as well, he currently owns one. He can give you quite a bit of insight on the board.

mullered07 · Jul 12, 2008

shk021051 said:
can you description to me about this motherboard defect?

has this motherboard with defect value for buy?

the motherboard has no deffect , seems a good stable board and cf for the price aswell, i like it, overclocked my x3 to 2450mhz with stock volts and im sure theres room for a lot more although im not too familiar with the bios options. its just the msi software what is crap lol :toast:

its a good board is what im saying.

shk021051 · Jul 12, 2008

how motherboard msi k9a2 cf Certified for Windows Vista

mullered07 · Jul 12, 2008

the boards fine under vista stable enough overall im really pleased with it, i cant wait until i can crossfire my 4850

and upgrade to x4 then my rig will be a monster muahahahaha *cough* :eek:

shk021051 · Jul 12, 2008

mullered07' can you description highlight and minus this motherboard to me ??
tanks

mullered07 · Jul 12, 2008

cheap board with lot of options in the bios, crossfire, phenom support to boot, stable
if i had to find fault the only thing i could think of would be the nb could have had better cooling on it, as theres no fan/heatpipes but for the price range thats about right, also the nb heatsink is quite big so should be sufficient with good airflow :toast:

and ive yet to try crossfire on it so couldntr comment, if anyone has a 4850 there willing to give me for the purposes of testing id be only too happy too accept

shk021051 · Jul 12, 2008

mullered07' you have content large this board???

Champ · Jul 12, 2008

So, is there someway around their software? I didn't know you didn't have to use the software provided. Any recommendations?

mullered07 · Jul 12, 2008

i only wanted the software to update the bios to the latest revision, i dod find a work round after about 3 hours lol and managed to do it in dos from a cd, other than that i dont need any of the sofware, and it was only live update and live update online i had a problem with the chipset drivers seem to be perfectly fine

shk021051 · Jul 12, 2008

you board perfect satisfaction ???

mullered07 · Jul 12, 2008

yea id reccomend it definately if your on a budget and want crossfire support :toast:

Polarman · Jul 13, 2008

Be carefull!

K9A2 CF Version 1 does not support 125W&140W CPUS.

Version 2 support 125W CPUS buth not 140W (Phenom 9950).

If you do get one of these, don't try over overclocking. I don't think the board will tolerate it!

Champ · Jul 13, 2008

I wanna OC my processor, RAM, and gfx. You said no go? Some budget, it was the only crossfire board the local shop had. They had two AM2 boards and varieties of Intel makes.

Bytor · Jul 13, 2008

Polarman said:
Be carefull!

K9A2 CF Version 1 does not support 125W&140W CPUS.

Version 2 support 125W CPUS buth not 140W (Phenom 9950).

If you do get one of these, don't try over overclocking. I don't think the board will tolerate it!

I was going to put a build together of left over parts and wanted to use the 6000+ AMD processor I have in the closet.

Will it work at all on a V1 K9A2 MB?

Thanks

paybackdaman · Jul 13, 2008

Hey, champ, have you checked on newegg.com yet? As you are in the states, there are many there, most likely cheaper then your local computer store is selling them for.

Edit: A lot of complaints on this board is the SATA ports locations. If you have a dual-slotted card there is going to be problems with 3 of the SATA ports connectivity. I have never had a problem with MSI. Although their applications that come with the CD, as mullered has said, are unusable. Not only do they not work with Vista, but with XP they are always buggy. Drivers load up great, but just skip installing the "extra" applications with the CD.

Polarman · Jul 13, 2008

Bytor said:
I was going to put a build together of left over parts and wanted to use the 6000+ AMD processor I have in the closet.

Will it work at all on a V1 K9A2 MB?

Thanks

F3 revision 125W = NO

G2 revision 89W = YES

Champ · Jul 14, 2008

paybackdaman said:
Hey, champ, have you checked on newegg.com yet? As you are in the states, there are many there, most likely cheaper then your local computer store is selling them for.

Edit: A lot of complaints on this board is the SATA ports locations. If you have a dual-slotted card there is going to be problems with 3 of the SATA ports connectivity. I have never had a problem with MSI. Although their applications that come with the CD, as mullered has said, are unusable. Not only do they not work with Vista, but with XP they are always buggy. Drivers load up great, but just skip installing the "extra" applications with the CD.

I have looked and when you figure in shipping, its about the same as the shop's price. And I don't do Tiger because they have a sales tax in NC. I should have done research first, but when you have the money in your hand to build a computer right then, you don't wanna wait.

Oh, and thanks Polarman and mullered07.

shk021051 · Jul 14, 2008

this board need to update bios ????

Silverel · Jul 14, 2008

The only real difference between the V1 and the V2 is a heatsink across the MOSFETS next the the CPU socket. I have my AM2 5000+ BE overclocked from 2.6ghz to 3.36 ghz and its plenty stable. The only reason they released a V2 is because the 'FETs were getting too hot and tended to explode/fail. This board is amazing. The only real flaw I've found is the memory divider settings. There's only three, which makes it tough to find a good solid number to run at. Get this board in a case with good airflow, and some memory that can handle a decent overclock, and its a crazy GOOD deal.

V1 - No heatsink

V2 - Shiny new heatsink

V1 - Modded heatsink. These are actually for RAM, but they fit so well I couldn't say no.

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