nForce4 ASUS A8N-E Motherboard Pic

Asus decided to cool its Nforce 4 chipset by passive means, and this is also Nforce 4 Ultra version just like the MSI board. We are sure it’s not Nforce 4 SLI since it has only one PCIe 16X graphic slot. As you possibly know Nforce 4 SLI will have two graphic PCIe slots possibly working at 8X each. You will find three PCIe 1X slots then PCIe 16X slot in the middle and three PCI lots from its left side.

I have to say that ATX connector is quite strangely placed close to first PCI-e 1X slot close to its 12V four pin power brother. I noticed eight S-ATA slots and four of them are controlled through a Silicon Image chip while four have been taken care of by Nforce 4. You will still find legacy floppy and IDE connectors and just below them four memory slots. This small tin box and golden connector indicates that this motherboard has wireless LAN integrated. We can add that board has USB 2.0, LAN card likely 1 Gb Nvidia one and audio stuff.

Asus Nforce 4 pictured @ the Inquirer

There’s another ASUS nForce4 motherboard pic, an ASUS A8N-E Premium, over at Tweakers.net