Review : MSI 648 Max Motherboard

The 648 Max from MSI is the second such board to land in the H.H. labs. MSI has long been known for incorporating the latest technology into their motherboards, and we were not disappointed when we saw the 648 Max's feature set. This board supports 533MHz FSB Pentium 4 CPUs, DDR333 memory (with unofficial DDR400 support), as well as AGP 8x, based on the new AGP 3.0 standard. For connectivity with other PCs and devices, it supports USB 2.0, 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet and Bluetooth. While Bluetooth is still a relatively untapped resource, the sheer numbers of devices in the pipeline that can take advantage of this technology show that it will probable one day be a necessity on all PCs. To complete the package, onboard 5.1 audio is also provided, making this a very well rounded motherboard, that should appeal to many users. The only feature we feel was missing was IDE RAID...