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The MSI K7N2 is another good addition to a line of nForce2 motherboards that are dominating the current AMD motherboard market. It has a slight performance advantage over the other motherboards that we tested for this review, but not enough of one to actually base your purchasing decision on. All of the nForce2 motherboards are showing themselves to be great in terms of performance – so it kind of leaves the user to make a much more difficult choice for their purchase.

One key thing that you have to factor in is the feature set of the motherboard. Currently, and even in the future as the Hammer chipsets are released, I think we are going to see features and extras that will decide which of the available boards is going to be the big seller. With the advent of the nForce2’s MCP-T chip, NVIDIA already has a good advantage over the competition.

How does the MSI K7N2 stand in that regards? Well, as I mentioned in the Features and Layout page, the model that I reviewed today was the least expensive bare motherboard that MSI is offering for this series. It didn’t have the extras that we all want like Firewire, Serial ATA, RAID, USB 2.0 and more. But, MSI has other models that offer all of those options. The advantage to getting a board like the K7N2 is the low cost and if you want the extra features, be ready to pay for them as you would on the Asus or Chaintech boards.

As far as pricing goes, you can currently find the K7N2 for as little as $92 by looking on our Pricegrabber Service. That is well below what you will find any other nForce2 motherboard selling for today. So, if you are looking for a low cost nForce2 board with great performance, the MSI K7N2 is going to be your best choice. But if you are looking for a good board with lots of features, be prepared to check out the other reviews we have of the nForce2 boards to help you decide!

You can find the best prices on the MSI K7N-L and the MSI K7NG-L with the Amdmb.Pricegrabber.com service.

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