GIGABYTE - Gigabyte K8NS Pro nForce3 250 Motherboard Review

Gigabyte has long been known to produce quality motherboards for the hardware community. One of their newest socket 754 boards is this K9NS Pro which utilizes the Nvidia nForce 3 250 chipset. The two changes that were made to this 250 chipset from the 150 chipset is the addition of SATA and 2 more USB 2.0 ports. Nvidia also offers a nForce 3 250Gb which adds in a gigabit NIC, something this board lacks. With there being so little different between the two chipsets it’s a wonder Nvidia didn’t just include the SATA and Gb in the 150 chipset. With VIA’s K8T800 and Nvidia’s nForce 3 chipsets competing head to head against each other it will be interesting to see who comes out ahead.

. . .With this motherboard having so many great onboard features such as 8 channel audio, gigabit LAN, and firewire it practically makes for a complete setup. Since the BIOS is multi-lingual it will benefit many people who don’t speak English while the dual BIOS feature eliminates the frustration of a bad flash. Taking everything into consideration looked at in this review I am going to give this motherboard an 8/10 and award it the OCModShop Seal of Approval. I would like to thank Gigabyte for making this review possible.

Pros:
Good overall layout
A plethora of memory settings
Chipset heatsink is quiet
Onboard 7.1 audio, gigabit LAN, & firewire
Multi-language BIOS
DDR slots don’t interfere with AGP slot
SATA and ATA133 IDE RAID
Cons:
Benchmark results slightly lower than expected

Gigabyte K8NS Pro @ OCModShop