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
sli ready memory as i have 2gig of corsairs sli ready memory installed and works perfect which enables the sli ready menu in the bios
nice red boot screen
fast
good overclocking
optical out put for sound
exelent packaging makes feel apreciated as a customer
exelent helpfull manual
all screws needed included unlike others
highly upgradable
68 quid the cheapest boards around are what 25 quid yeh aload of crap too got nothing on this board
designed for champions
easy intalation
ethernet socket optimized for online gaming also helps for web bowsing and downloading lower pings
abit are now peeing all over asus at the moment and as a asus user for may years i have now been converted to abit
specs
Manufacturer: Abit
Form Factor: ATX
CPU Socket: 775
FSB/HT Speed: 1333 MHz
Chipset: NF650iSLi
Memory Type: DDR2
Memory ...
Advantages: Quick connectors, built in bios recovery, overclocking features Disadvantages: No port 80 (LED diagnostics) display, angled IDE sockets
of options for overclocking.
The onboard lan is 1000 Mbps as you would expect. The two IDE sockets face forward at 90 degrees to the board which actually made them more fiddly in my Antec superlanboy case. Also the cpu socket protector felt as though I might break the board when I removed it to fit the cpu.
Still, once the Zalman cooler clip was fitted underneath and the Q6600 cpu and cooler were in place, I stuck some memory in, connected the PSU and decided to fire it up. I noticed there was no port 80 card on the board but it turned out I didn't need it as the system came to life first go.
The motherboard comes with a full instruction manual and quick set-up guide, driver cds, SLI connector cable, 2 sata cables, an IDE and floppy cable and a molex to sata-power adapter.
I haven't overclocked this system yet but I'm getting core ...
