CHAINTECH - Chaintech ZNF3-150 Zenith Review

The Crucible reviews the Chaintech ZNF3-150 Zenith nForce3 150 motherboard:

Chaintech has been providing some of the best looking board on the market now for several years. The Zenith line has always been one to wow the eye. The ZNF3-150 is no exception. Following Chaintech’s pattern of black PCB and bright colored slots and accessories. The gold trim accenting on the ZNF3-150 really sets this board apart from the others I have seen. The ZNF3-150 sports Chaintech’s new RadEX™ heat pipe technology for keeping the power mosfets cool. Similar, in theory at least, to ABIT’s OTES™ system. Both attempt to keep the temperature of the power system down so that there is little fluctuation in the voltages. This will also tend to extend the life of the mosfets and thus the board itself. The RadEX system exhausts the heated air from the heat pipe to the outside of the case, this will also help to keep case temperatures lower but by how much is anyone’s guess.

..I was quite pleased with the performance of the ZNF3-150. It did a good job of keeping up with the two K8T800 boards. While still a hair slower, it proves that with some tweaking the nForce3 chipset can hold its own in the Athlon64 market place. The ZNF3-150 is a great looking board, the black PCB and orange/gold accents will make this a case modders favorite. So far aesthetics wise is my favorite.

Chaintech ZNF3-150 Zenith (Nvidia nForce3 150) @ The Crucible