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eBay wrote: - Why you bought it I was asked by a courier driver if I could help repair his wife's PC (1-core 2GHz Athlon, MSI MS-7184 mbd with onboard VGA, 768MB DDR266, 160GB IDE, 300W PSU, XP Home). The disk was utterly mangled by viri. My recommendation was it would be cheaper/better to replace the mbd, CPU & RAM entirely (and switch to XP Pro in the process), which, with a budget of 85 UKP, I was able to achieve with moderate effort re parts hunting on eBay (the upgrade rationale was to give a good speedup while at the same time switching to XP Pro to provide better security functionality, enhanced with the use of Autopatcher, AVG and ZoneAlarm). The M2N68-AM Plus was the mbd I bought, a significant upgrade over the old mbd. - What you like most about it Easy to configure, onboard VGA (ideal for those who just want to run office apps, etc.), compact size, and good CPU support (it can even take one of the 6-core Phenom IIs). - What you dislike about it Nothing to dislike. A good value mbd, with nice potential for upgrades. - Whether or not you would buy the product again Certainly, if I'm in the same position again. It's surprising what one can do for someone by way of simple but significant upgrades. I was able to find XP Pro with COA for 15, a 5000+ CPU for 25 total (oc'd easily to 2.815GHz), generic 2 x 1GB DDR2/800 for only 11.50. The final config (using the orig disk & PSU) was typically between 2X and 3X faster than the old setup. Pretty good for an 85 quid spend. 8) Ian.Read full review
Replacement for an identical board that ran for 5 years, hopefully this one lasts as long
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Excellent product!
Verified purchase: No