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Gigabyte GA-K8VNXP, Continued

UltraATA/133 RAID and no fewer than two FireWires: he component on the left has two IEEE1394a ports, while the larger one on the right has a connection for 800 Mbit/s (IEEE1394b).

Gigabyte didn't need to integrate a separate SATA controller for the K8VNXP since the Southbridge VT8237 on the VIA K8T800 has two ports already.

The K8T800 is actively cooled. Unfortunately, fan speed cannot be controlled.

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Gigabyte uses three phase voltage regulators. The blue slot is taken up by the DPS module, which has the same voltage regulator for parallel connection.

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.