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AM2 fire red with high value board – MSI K9N4 SLI overclock dessert
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2nd April 2007, 07:38
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| Eastern OC Expert  Join Date: Dec 2004
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 |  AM2 fire red with high value board – MSI K9N4 SLI overclock dessert The cheapest dual core processor must be the AMD Athlon X2 3600+. AM2 X2 3600+ comes with 65nm procedure and 2*512K L2 cache. It also have lower power consumption and higher overclock range. The most point is with low cost to fight the market! Because of the cheap boards with cheap dual core processors, AMD platform become more popular when consumers wants to build up their own PC system recently. The price in Taiwan is about $80USD with X2 3600+ in end of March. Then, the low cost with high overclock ability motherboards should become the first pick when build a PC system. Let’s take a look on our star: MSI K9N4 SLI with $90USD valued price. The BOX design  The accessories.  The motherboard~   Down left side placement. 2X PCI-E X16 2X PCI-E X1 2X PCI  Down right side Red button is Clear CMOS button. 4 SATA ports.  Up left side. The DRAM slot, same channel with same color. Use different color to be dual channel. 2 IDE ports to have better expansions.  Up right side The PWM design around CPU socket.  IO ports  Active heatsink FAN, it’s good for high heat NV chipsets.  |
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2nd April 2007, 07:39
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| Eastern OC Expert Join Date: Dec 2004
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| BIOS main adjust page.  CPU FSB range: 200~425MHz  Multiply selection 5x~9.5x  DRAM option: 400/533/667/800  CPU second voltage +0.05~0.35V  DDRII voltage: 1.8~2.45V  DRAM adjust options.  HT adjust is in main page left side.  Temp and voltage monitor page.  |
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2nd April 2007, 07:40
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| Eastern OC Expert Join Date: Dec 2004
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| Test setup platform CPU:AMD AM2 Athlon64 X2 3600+ MB: MSI K9N4 SLI DRAM:CORSAIR Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF VGA:ELSA GLADIAC 790GS PH2 256DT HD:Seagate 7200.7 160GB POWER:Corsair HX620W Modular Power Supply Cooler:TT Big Typhoon VX  294.8X9.5=>2801Mhz  315.7X9.5=>3000Mhz 1.408V SP2004 loading test can over 30 minutes.  1.432V SP2004 stable over 1 hour.  The FSB limited. 332X8.5=>2823Mhz  Let’s take a look on DRAM 預設值下BIOS選DDRII 800 Default BIOS setting with DDRII 800(AM2 issue, .5 or X10 multiply will auto divide)  DDRII 1022 CL4 4-4-9 2.2V stable. Seems it’s the limited, more voltage and higher CL numbers didn’t work to higher frequency.  ELSA GLADIAC 790GS PH2 560/1500Mhz 3DMARK2005  3000Mhz DDRII 600 CL3 3-3-9 1T Super PI 32M  EVEREST shows the chipset is nForce500SLI, so as MSI formal website. But CPU-Z shows it’s nForce4 chipser?!  According to my test stuff, conclusion with MSI K9N4 SLI Pros.: 1.Cheap price, packing and accessories is enough. 2.Over 330FSB ability, also good on voltage adjust. 3.Support SLI technology directly. 4.2 IDE ports, good for old IDE components users. Cons.: 1. BIOS overclock adjust needs some improvement. DRAM overclock limited needs to be over DDRII 1066 or higher. MSI K9N4 SLI is good enough, according to it’s value and overclock ability, the $90USD under street price, comes with SLI ready and 2 IDE ports will also be the plus. If BIOS can enhance with DRAM ability to have better overclock range, we believe this could be great option to the market on AM2 platform. Coming soon: CORSAIR TWIN2XS2048-10000C5DF DDRII 1250, the fastest DDRII products in the market this moment. (Not paper launch!)  DFI INFINITY P965-S DARK  |
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