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MSI 661FM3-V Motherboard Review
MSI 661FM3-V Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
The MSI 661FM3-V Micro-ATX motherboard, which is based on the SIS 661FX chipset and SIS 964 Southbridge. This tiny board supports all 533/800MHz FSB Intel Socket 775 Pentium 4 processors.
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External Mfg. Website: MSI May 30 2005   M. Dowler  
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Overclocking the MSI 661FM3-V

We haven't overclocked a SIS chipset board in a while, so we were interested to see what we could squeeze out of this budget motherboard. Once we'd checked the BIOS options though, it became obvious that the MSI 661FM3-V was not designed with overclocking in mind. No incremental FSB increases are available; instead we had two options: 206MHz or 210MHz. Also there was no way to adjust the core voltage.

Giving it the old school try, we raised the FSB to 206MHz, but the board would not boot into Windows. Raising memory voltage did not help, and the lack of other options meant that our hands were tied. Suffice to say that the 661FM3-V is not intended for overclocking.

The MSI/SIS BIOS

The DRAM configuration menu is found within the Advanced BIOS Configuration section, and gives us all the basic memory settings, but little else.

To put it mildly, overclocking options are not the 661FM3-V's strong suit. What choices there are can be found within the Frequency/Voltage control menu. FSB can only be changed from 200MHz to 206MHz and 210MHz, while 133MHz (for Celeron processors) can be upped to 137MHz and 140MHz. No incremental overclocking is available. Memory voltage goes up to 2.8V and AGP to 1.8V while no core voltage adjustment is available.

PCStats Test System Specs:
processor:

intel pentium 4 3.2e
amd athlon64 4000+

clock speed:

16 x 200 mhz = 3.2 ghz
12 x 200 mhz = 2.4 ghz

motherboards:

albatron px925xe pro-r (925xe)*
gigabyte ga-8anxp-d (925x)*
msi 915p neo2 platinum (915p)*
dfi lanparty 875p-t (i875p)**
asrock 775v88 (pt880)**
gigabyte ga-8n-sli royal (nf4-sli intel)*
ecs rs400-a (rs400)*

msi 661fm3-v (661fx)**

videocard:

asus x800xt/vtd**
msi rx800xt-vtd256*

memory:

2x 512mb mushkin pc3200 special ed.
2x 512mb pdp patriot 3200+xbl

hard drive: 40gb western digital special ed
74gb western digital raptor sata
cdrom: aopen combo 52x
powersupply: seasonic super tornado 400w
software setup

windowsxp build 2600
via 4in1 4.55v
forceware 6.10
catalyst 5.4

workstation benchmarks

sysmark 2004
business winstone 2004
content creation 2004
super pi
sisoft sandra 2004
pcmark04
3dmark2001se
3dmark05
aquamark3
comanche 4
x2: the threat
ut2003
ut2004
doom 3

* - msi rx800xt videocard used ** - asus x800xt pe videocard used

pcstats has upgraded its test platform with a couple of 74gb western digital WD740 Raptor hard drives, replacing the trusty 40GB WD IDE HDDs as test drives. Please keep that in mind when viewing the office and disk benchmarks.

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Contents of Article: MSI 661FM3-V
 Pg 1.  MSI 661FM3-V Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  — Overclocking the MSI 661FM3-V
 Pg 3.  Benchmarks: SYSmark 2004
 Pg 4.  Benchmarks: Winstone 2004, Winbench 99
 Pg 5.  Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra 2005, Super Pi
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: PCMark04, 3DMark2001
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: 3DMark05, Comanche 4
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: X2: The Threat, UT2003
 Pg 9.  Benchmarks: UT2004, Doom 3
 Pg 10.  Upgrade for an older system...

 
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