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Foxconn WinFast NF4K8AC nForce4 Mainboard
Manufactured by: Foxconn
Supplied by: Foxconn
Estimated
Price: $90.00
by Dean Barker (8/25/2005)
Introduction
Foxconn is no newcomer to
the production of high end mainboards. Surprisingly, it has only been in the
last few years that their name has become commonplace in aftermarket hardware
conversations regarding features, performance and value. Today, it is with
great pleasure we have an opportunity to look over Foxconn’s nForce4 based
board for the AMD Athlon 939 pin processor line. As you will soon see,
Foxconn opts to rest their laurels on broad featured and versatile product
over some of the marketing glitz of a single focus products we see all too
often elsewhere. With that said, let’s look at the WinFast NF4K8AC board and
see how it stacks up.
Specifications:
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Application: AMD Athlon™ 64, Athlon 64 FX,
Athlon 64 X2
Socket 939 (939-pin), 1600/2000MT/s
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Chipset: NVIDIA nForce4 (CK8-04 Standard)
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Memory:
Dual channel, unbuffered, 2.5V DDR266/333/400, (4) 184-pin
DIMM sockets, max 4GB
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Expansion
slots: 1 x PCI Express x16, 2 x PCI Express x1, 4 x
PCI
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Audio:
Integrated, 7.1 channel AC97 (Realtek)
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LAN:
Integrated Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) controller
(Broadcom)
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USB:
Up to 8; 4 in rear I/O area + 2 internal 2-port headers; ver.
2.0
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IDE/SATA:
2 x ATA/133 + 4 x SATA/150 (w/ RAID)
Supports RAID 0, 1, and 1+0; cross-controller (IDE & SATA)
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Firewire:
2; 1 x 6-pin in rear I/O area + 1 front via internal header;
1394a
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Rear I/O: 1 x PS/2
keyboard; 1 x PS/2 mouse; 1 x RJ45 (LAN); 4 x USB 2.0; 1 x
line-in/line-out/mic (audio); 1 x parallel (SPP/ECP/EPP); 1 x COM
(16550-compatible UART); Additional line-outs for 7.1 channel audio; 1 x
IEEE-1394
1 x S/PDIF (coax out)
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Internal Connections: 1 x
floppy disk drive; Front audio header; 2 x USB 2-port headers, ver. 2.0; 1 x
IEEE-1394 header
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BIOS: 4Mb flash EEPROM w/
LAN boot, PnP, ACPI, WfM, DMI 2.0
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ATX Form
Factor (293 x 198mm)
NEXT
Pg 1 - Introduction
Pg 2 - Features / What you get
Pg 3 - The Board
Pg 4 - BIOS
Pg 5 - Setup and Productivity Benchmarks
Pg 6 - Gaming Benchmarks
Pg 7 - Overclocking and Conclusion
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