Whew, I just upgraded my MSI KT3 Ultra to the NF7-S (Version2) and I am impressed!
Anyways, the memory performance is around 20% higher, and to my surprise, the hard drive performance of my WD800JB is around 20% higher too?????? Has VIA always had such crappy hard drive performance? I’m running the hard drive on SATA with the provided adapter, which is actually supposed to slightly reduce performance. I’m just using this to improve my case’s airflow.
I’m running a 2 year old 256MB stick of Micron/Crucial PC2100 and a 6 month old 256MB stick of Crucial PC2100. And to my surprise, they’re operating flawlessly in dual channel mode @ PC2700 Speeds (2.5-3-3-6 @ 2.8V) with an FSB at 166MHz too. The modules are physically different in size as well. I ran Memtest86 for 12 hours without a hiccup. So those with older DDR memory shouldn’t be afraid of the NF2.
Soundstorm is awesome as well.
I upgraded my Antec 300W SmartPower to the Fortron P530XF530W. It’s MUCH quieter and it’s actually spitting out fairly COOL air. My case temps dropped around 5C. Thanks for the recommendation, Crashman!
My loose DIMM clamps/nubbins on my KT333 pissed me off for the last time. I always had to reseat my memory. Not anymore though .
I HIGHLY recommend the NF7-S & the Fortron P530XF530W. But if I had to start allover, I’d without a doubt go Intel.
Anyways, the memory performance is around 20% higher, and to my surprise, the hard drive performance of my WD800JB is around 20% higher too?????? Has VIA always had such crappy hard drive performance? I’m running the hard drive on SATA with the provided adapter, which is actually supposed to slightly reduce performance. I’m just using this to improve my case’s airflow.
I’m running a 2 year old 256MB stick of Micron/Crucial PC2100 and a 6 month old 256MB stick of Crucial PC2100. And to my surprise, they’re operating flawlessly in dual channel mode @ PC2700 Speeds (2.5-3-3-6 @ 2.8V) with an FSB at 166MHz too. The modules are physically different in size as well. I ran Memtest86 for 12 hours without a hiccup. So those with older DDR memory shouldn’t be afraid of the NF2.
Soundstorm is awesome as well.
I upgraded my Antec 300W SmartPower to the Fortron P530XF530W. It’s MUCH quieter and it’s actually spitting out fairly COOL air. My case temps dropped around 5C. Thanks for the recommendation, Crashman!
My loose DIMM clamps/nubbins on my KT333 pissed me off for the last time. I always had to reseat my memory. Not anymore though .
I HIGHLY recommend the NF7-S & the Fortron P530XF530W. But if I had to start allover, I’d without a doubt go Intel.