Regarding MSI P7N SLI Motherboard

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(I live in the U.K so please reply accordingly.)

Hi, my friends stripping out his PC and he offered me this motherboard for £30. He said it's a bargain price, but I have my slight doubts. A few questions are: Is it a relible board? Is it a good overclocker? And lastly, is the £30 price tag REALLY worth it?

Thanks! (PS: I'm not going to be upgrading to i7 or DDR3. - This will be used with a Q9650.)

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More info about the board:

Product Type Motherboard
Form Factor ATX
Width 30.5 cm
Depth 24.4 cm
Compatible Processors Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, Pentium Extreme Edition, Pentium D, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad
64-bit Processors Compatibility Built-in
Processor Socket LGA775 Socket
Multi-Core Support Dual-Core / Quad-core
Chipset Type NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI / NVIDIA nForce 430 MCP
Max Bus Speed 1333 MHz
Storage Controller ATA-133, Serial ATA-300 (RAID)
Power Connectors 24-pin main power connector, 8-pin ATX12V connector
Processor
Installed Qty (Max Supported) 0 ( 1 )
Memory
Supported RAM Technology DDR2 SDRAM
RAM Installed ( Max ) 0 MB / 8 GB (max)
Supported RAM Speed PC2-4300, PC2-6400, PC2-5300
RAM Features Two DDR channels
Audio
Audio Output Sound card
Audio Codec Realtek ALC888
Sound Output Mode 7.1 channel surround
Compliant Standards High Definition Audio
Telecom / Networking
Networking Network adapter - Realtek RTL8211BL - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
Features
BIOS Features DMI support, Hyper-Threading Technology, MSI Dynamic Overclocking Technology (D.O.T.), RAID support
Hardware Features Chassis intrusion detection, NVIDIA SLI Technology Support
Expansion / Connectivity
Expansion Slot(s) 1 processor - LGA775 Socket 4 memory ( 1.8 V ) - DIMM 240-pin 1 PCI Express 2.0 x16 2 PCI Express x16 ( x8 mode ) 2 PCI ( 3.3 V/ 5 V )
Storage Interfaces NVIDIA nForce 430 : ATA-133 - connector(s): 2 x 40pin IDC - 4 Device(s) NVIDIA nForce 430 : Serial ATA-300 - connector(s): 4 x 7pin Serial ATA - 4 Device(s) - RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 0+1 / RAID 5 / JBOD
Interfaces 1 x storage - floppy interface - 34 PIN IDC 1 x audio - line-In - 4 PIN MPC 1 x keyboard - generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style) 1 x mouse - generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style) 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - 6 PIN FireWire 4 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type A 1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45 1 x microphone - input - mini-phone 3.5mm 1 x audio - line-In - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm 1 x audio - line-out - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm 1 x audio - line-out (rear) - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm 1 x audio - line-out (centre/subwoofer) - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm 1 x audio - line-out (side surround) - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm 1 x audio - SPDIF output - TOSLINK
Additional Connectors (Optional) 4 x Hi-Speed USB