We are still playing with the MSI P6N-SLI Platinum motherboard and we showed you the first part here.
First we were interested if the board will support the FSB 1333 (333.33MHz for
real) as stated. You can select this without changing any voltages on the chipset
or FSB. We increased the CPU Vcore by +0.200V to make sure the CPU won't be the
limiting factor.
Booting went without any issues even when the BIOS warned that "This CPU only supports 266.67MHz FSB". You have to watch the chipset
temperatures closely. Without proper chipset cooling the board will crash,
because the Northbridge hits the 60°C mark.
Make sure you have a top blower CPU-Cooler and either use the added 4cm fan for
the Northbridge or a proper case-cooling. The 4cm fan is incredibly loud and
therefore we can't recommend its usage.
The good news is that FSB 1333 or 333.33 MHz works very well and we are about to move to faster frequencies. But doesn't 3333.4 MHz with an FSB at 333.33 MHz look cool? More soon.
