Package and Accessories

The packaging is ordinary, too. The mainboard comes in a cardboard box without transparent windows or handles. The product name and advertising slogans are printed against a futuristic background on the face side of the box. A photo of the mainboard and a list of its key features can be found on the reverse side.

The box contains quite a lot of accessories. Besides the mainboard, user manual, and a CD with software and drivers, you’ll find here red aerodynamic IDE and FDD cables, six Serial ATA cables, a SATA power adapter, a eSATA cable (half a meter long), an I/O shield for the back panel of your system case, a stiff SLI bridge with a pressure bar that is to be mounted into the system case, a bracket with a FireWire port, a bracket with two USB ports and D-Led diagnostic indicators, and an additional 40mm fan for the chipset’s North Bridge.

The number of accessories is rather typical of mainboards from the top price range, which surely adds more points in favor of the MSI P6N SLI Platinum.