Conclusion:
The MSI P35 Platinum is a reasonably well featured motherboard, with lots of connectivity included as standard and plenty of expansion capability which is great for the enthusiast market. The very funky chipset cooling solution and high-intensity status LEDs give the P35 Platinum a certain amount off ‘show-off’ factor and as such will be great for people with window panels or modded cases who like to show off the guts of their systems.
Despite the funky cooling setting, from our experience it’s not going to be an overclocker’s dream, with it falling over in a screaming heap when simply trying to raise the memory speed to a supposedly (semi)supported level.
In the end, despite all of the P35 Platinum’s features, it is let down by its price which is around AU$60 more than the very similar ASUS P5KR motherboard, and with the ASUS motherboard you get a product that’s made in Taiwan, instead of one which is made in China from MSI, and generally boards made in Taiwan, have an air of quality over their Chinese made counterparts. It may be a generalisation but it generally proves to be true.
Sad to say but I think there are much better products out there than the MSI P35 Platinum, that are built better, have the same or better features, for less money.
OzHardware Rating – 5.5/10
This product can be purchased online at www.techbuy.com.au (Direct Link)
