Generation Change: Eight Motherboards For The Athlon 64

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Chaintech ZNF3-150, Continued

Chaintech goes with VIA: it had to be a VT1720/NV24PT with 7.1 sound and 24 bits.

The "big" Silicon Image can handle it: Sil3114 with four ports.

RadEx calls itself the cooling system for voltage regulators. A small fan blows the thermal discharge out as it's released.

This CNR card has four connectors for the sound system and two FireWire ports at the ready.

The labeling of the pin panel was inexplicably made to migrate between two PCI slots. That's not typically the first place you'd look.

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.