ASUS - ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Review @ NexusHardware

December 7th 2002 | Hardware

KJY9 reviews the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe @ Nexus Hardware

Company: Asus
Product: A7N8X
Available: Now
Author: KJY9
Price: $125.00 - $162.00
Date: 12/4/2002

Specifications:
• CPU Supported: Socket A AMD Athlon/XP/Duron (support AMD XP2800) Throughbred core CPU ready
• Chipset: NVIDIA nForce2 SPP, nForce2 MCP-T
• FSB: 333/266/200MHz
• IDE: 2x channel ATA133
• RAM: 3x 184-pin DIMM Sockets (PC3200/PC2700/PC2100 non-ECC DDR Ram)
• Slots: 1x AGP (Pro/8X), 5x PCI
• Ports: 6x USB(2.0),
• Onboard Serial ATA: Silicon Image Sil 3112A Controller with 2 ports, support RAID 0/1
• Onboard Audio: Realtek ALC650 6-ch w/built in amplifier, integrated APU (Audio Processor Unit), Soundstorm Dolby® Digital 5.1 encoder
• Onboard LAN: MCP integrated 3Com MAC + Broadcom AC101L PHY
• Onboard Firewire 1394: 2 Ports MCP-T integrated IEEE 1394a + Realtek PHY 8801B

The overclocking benches show the the NForce2 chipset is a force to be reckoned with. Even with a total Mhz and Fsb deficit, it was clearly the winner over the KT400. I’d have like to have seen higher VCore and VDimm adjustments in the bios of the A7N8X, but for the hardcore overclockers, the VCore is a simple Vmod away from bringing you some truly astonishing results. Hopefully we’ll see some bios revisions that will help fine tune this motherboard to some truly extreme overclocks, if not, it’s still a board that shines where no other Socket A motherboard has. This is a feature rich motherboard that overclocks extremely well and it’s stability is unsurpassed. It’s one that has been given a permanant home in my stable, which for those that know me, is saying alot.
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ASUS - ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Review @ NexusHardware
Published in: Hardware on 2002-12-07