Advantages: Great performance, reasonable price, no obvious problems Disadvantages: Severe lifespan issues - do any last more than a few weeks?
Let me start by saying that this is one amazing motherboard, at a reasonable price.
The installation of the board is very simple, with most of the connectors in useful positions, and no issues with large after market heat sinks. One thing I found especially good about this board is that it is slightly smaller than ATX - the height is the same, but the width is less. This means you can have a bit more space if your case is usually cramped.
The performance of this board is also very good, with 1333Mhz FSB and DDR800, along with SLI. Full voltage and temperature monitoring is also available.
As far as overclocking is concerned, this motherboard does not disappoint. The memory and FSB speeds can be set almost independently, and there are voltage options for many items, including FSB, northbridge and southbridge. The Easy ...
Advantages: cheap overclocking abilities gd looking build quality highly upgradable Disadvantages: asus wbsite very slow when wanting to dl updates
a normal family pc because it is always upgradable more than a basic cheap asus board as asus spend more money on it and it looks alot better especialy if you have a side window on your case
specs and connections
Manufacturer: Asus
Form Factor: ATX
CPU Socket: 775
FSB/HT Speed: 1333 MHz
Chipset: NF650iSLi
Memory Type: DDR2
Memory Type (ECC): Non-ECC
Memory Type (R/U): Unbuffered
Memory Speed (Mhz): 533 667 800
Memory Capacity: 8GB
Graphics Interface: PCI-E (x16)
Expansion Slots: 2 x PCI (32 bit)
1 x PCI-Express (x1)
2 x PCI-Express (x16 Graphics)
SATA: SATA II
RAID: SATA RAID
Back Panel: 1 x 10/100/1000 (LAN)
1 x 5.1 Audio I/O
1 x eSATA
1 x Firewire (6pin)
1 x Line In
4 x Line Out
1 x Mic In
1 x Parallel (LPT)
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x SPDIF-Out
4 x USB 2.0/1.1
Internal I/O: 1 x 24 ...
Advantages: cant fit them all here theres a big list in the review Disadvantages: nope none
this is the newest motherboard to my collection and the 1 i use the most when i got this one i noticed that all the specs and the layout of the board are identical to the asus board i reviewed earlier but more care has been put into this board a soon as you poen the box i noticed better packaging no cheap coragated cardboard wraped around this one it looked as it was a trophy in its own cabinet once you remove the board from the box there is a hidden door behind the board holding all the extra accesories inc 4x sata cables (asus only had 2) 1 ide cable for your cd drive and 1 floppy cable and 1 sli bridge for joining 2gfx cards together
on the picture of the product there a 3 black heatsinks the 1 on the bottom left the asus board does not have also this board has a spdif output (optical output for sound) which asus doesnt have also ...
DMI 2.0 support, ACPI 1.0b support, SMBIOS 2.3 support
Manual Settings
CPU frequency, processor core voltage, memory voltage, memory bus frequency, PCI Express x16 slot frequency, chipset voltage
Hardware Monitoring
CPU core temperature, chassis temperature, CPU fan tachometer, chassis fan tachometer, system voltage, CPU overheating protection, power supply fan tachometer
1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45
1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - 6 PIN FireWire
1 x audio - line-out - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-In - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x microphone - input - mini-phone 3.5mm
1 x audio - line-out (side surround) - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-out (back surround) - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-out (centre/subwoofer) - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
Additional Connectors (Optional)
2 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire), 4 x Hi-Speed USB
Miscellaneous
Cables Included
1 x IDE cable
1 x floppy cable
4 x Serial ATA cable
1 x SLI bridge
Software Included
Norton Internet Security, @BIOS, EasyTune 5, Xpress Recovery 2
Certified for Windows Vista
Certified for Windows Vista software and devices have undergone compatibility tests for ease-of-use, better performance and enhanced security.
Manufacturer's product description
Designed for enthusiasts with extreme over-clocking and blistering gaming performance in mind, the GIGABYTE GA-N650SLI-DS4 features FSB1333 support for the record-setting Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad Core processors and NVIDIA SLI-memory technology. Powered by the nForce 650i chipset, the GA-N650SLI-DS4 is SLI enabled with dual PCI Express x16 connectivity for extreme gaming performance. Built tough to provide maximum stability, durability and performance for even the most hard-core gamers, the GA-N650SLI-DS4 delivers several advanced GIGABYTE innovative features - Safe, Smart, Speed, SLI and all-solid capacitor design.
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