DFI LANParty nF4 SLI-DR Motherboard Review (nForce4 SLI S939)

The nF4 SLI-DR is DFI’s latest AMD Athlon64 socket 939-based motherboard. The motherboard is designed around the NVIDIA nForce4 SLI chipset, which supports all Athlon64 socket 939 type processors, DDR type SDRAM RAM operating in Dual Channel mode up to speeds of 400MHz officially, as well as PCI Express x16 based video cards operating in either single card mode or dual card SLI mode. The nF4 SLI-DR is a feature complete solution, needing only an Athlon64 socket 939 based CPU, DDR memory, a PCI Express video card, drives, and a PSU for a fully functional system.

DFI integrated the following components in to the nF4 SLI-DR’s design: 2 IDE ATA-133 ports and 4 SATA II ports (RAID 0, 1, and 0+1 capable) on the NVIDIA RAID controller; 4 SATA ports (RAID 0, 1, 0+1, and 5) on the Silicon Image 3114 controller; 10 USB 2.0 capable ports (6 in rear panel, and 2 onboard headers supporting 2 ports each); 2 IEEE 1394 capable ports (1 in rear panel, 1 onboard header supporting 1 port); 1 Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet port in rear panel; 1 NVIDIA Gigabit Ethernet port in rear panel with integrated hardware Firewall support; Realtek 8-channel audio codec featuring S/PDIF RCA input / output ports; 4 LED diagnostic display; on-board power and reset switches; and serial, parallel, and PS/2 port support.

..DFI has a great product in the DFI nF4 SLI-DR, but it is not without a few very small shortcomings. Those minor issues however will not impact most users that will walk away happy knowing they just purchased a solid SLI motherboard with the most hardware perks and prizes you are likely to find in one box.

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