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This is the Gigabyte K8N-SLI motherboard. Now, this is a mother board, so im afraid theres a limit to how interesting things can be. For a motherboard though i would say this is one of the best.
First of all it has alot of features. Most noticable is theNforce4 SLI compatibility. For those who arent sure what SLI is, it basically allows you to load up to SLI ready graphics cards, and link them together for ultimate gaming graphics. This is easily done with the given bridge that allowa you to easily link the two cards the board allowa for 2 PCI-E cards incase you do not have SLI.
Another bonus is the 4 DDR slots that work as dual channel. This is similar to the SLI mode as it allows two sticks of RAM to be paired together for better speeds. This is very easy to work out as the board even has coloured slots to pair them up.
The 4 new SATA 2 socketas also adds to the appeal, as SATA2 is the new, les messy and quicker way to connect your hard-drive it is ready for new parts aswell as the old SATA.
Some other features that the board comes with is 7 USB 2.0 sockets, 8 channel audio, ATX (standard size) and it also is compatible with AMD Athlon 64 X2, FX and standard.
Accesories included cover a wide range of wires that are needed and a shiny plastic face plate for the back where everything plugs in.
To the ease of use, i did find when putting it all together that often i wa sunsure where to put all the sound and light pins, as it was poorly marked. After a few guesses it worked without any ill effects. Otherwise the board is very easy to use with good instructions and if youre thinking about building a PC then take this into account.
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Form Factor: ATX CPU Socket: 939 FSB Speed: 2000 MHz Chipset: NF4 SLI Memory Type: DDR Memory Type (ECC): Non-ECC Memory Type (R/U): Unbuffered Memory Speed (Mhz): 266 , 333, 400 Memory Capacity: 4Gb Graphics Interface: PCI-E (x16) SLI: YES Expansion Slots: 2 x PCI (32 bit) 2 x PCI-Express (x16 Graphics) SATA: SATA II RAID: SATA RAID RAID Controller: nvidia nforce4 Raid Controller Back Panel: 1 x 10/100/1000 (LAN) 1 x Line In 1 x Line Out 1 x Mic In 1 x Parallel (LPT) 1 x PS/2 Keyboard 1 x PS/2 Mouse 1 x Serial (COM) 1 x SPDIF-In 1 x SPDIF-Out 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 Internal I/O: 1 x 24pin (V) 3 x 3pin Fan (V) 1 x 4pin (V) 1 x CD-In 1 x Floppy 2 x IDE 4 x SATA I 3 x USB2.0/1.1
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