GIGABYTE - Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP nForce3-250Gb Motherboard Review

For any consumer interested in a fast motherboard that is fully featured, pay close attention to the Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP PCstats is testing today. Based on the nForce3-250Gb chipset, this Socket 754 Athlon64 motherboard is literally filled to the gills with virtually every option under the sun. It has onboard native Serial ATA RAID care of the NF3-250Gb chipset, and if that doesn’t satisfy your storage needs, an additionally Silicon Image SiI3512CT128 Serial ATA RAID controller, for a total of four SATA headers!

The GA-K8NSNXP also boasts an onboard IDE RAID controller, IEEE 1394B which handles data at up to 800mb/s, 7.1 channel audio, twin NICs (one 10/100, and the other a Gigabit LAN), Gigabyte’s proprietory Dual Power Supply system (the big blue slot at right) and of course a pair of backup BIOS’.

…The performance of the socket 754 Athlon64 Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP motherboard was very good, as you have seen by the benchmarks, and in terms of overclocking it was able to reach 234 MHz. Though, without any multiplier controls, more dedicated enthusiasts will remain unsatisfied. Irregardless, the Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP is an extremely solid socket 754 Athlon64 motherboard for any main system. The only thing which precludes it receiving an award is the fact that socket 939 Athlon64 boards are here, and very tempting solutions if you can afford the price premium AMD has in place…

Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP nForce3-250Gb Motherboard Review @ PCStats