Nvidia's mainstream chipset is the base on MSI's mid-ranged offering. The price won't break the bank, but how does the performance look?

"Those of you who passed on the previous generation of Intel SLI boards will be pleased that many of the issues from before seem to be gone now. While not the fastest board, the MSI P7N SLI Platinum performed well and overclocked well with some elbow grease. Stability was great."

http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/cpu_mobo/msi/intel/lga775/p7n/