Excellent suggestion about fan controllers TCS - I've still got a couple of big bays open so would fit in nicely. I see there are dozens of funky (and expensive) ones available on the net. Nothing available in Cape Town (maybe Jo'burg?). Any suggestions for something plain and functional?
Thanks for the explanation about the fan headers Richard - I s'pose the reckoned that overclockers would add fan controllers anyway. Certainly agree about Soundstorm - very impressive indeed.
Downloaded the latest Matrox certified driver for the P650 last night and will stick it in a hope it solves the Direct-X problem.
PS: The board as delivered didn't recognise the Athlon & wouldn't even start. Had to flash the BIOS with the latest MSI drivers before it would work. All well now.