It looks like ABit is close to releasing their new nForce4 mainboards. All of them look fairly similar.
Here are the basics:
· Socket 939
· nForce4 northbridge
· 4* 184-pin DDR400 SDRAM sockets (4GB max, ECC unsupported)
· 1* PCIe 16x lane slot
· 2* PCIe 1x lane slots
· 3* PCI legacy slots
· 1* Audio riser slot
· 4* SATA-150 sockets w/ RAID (0/1/0+1)
· 2* PATA-133 sockets
· 1* Floppy legacy socket
· 7* USB v2.0 sockets (4 external, 3 internal)
· 1* Gigabit Ethernet (UTP) socket
· 1* PS/2 keyboard legacy socket
· 1* PS/2 mouse legacy socket
· 5* 3-pin fan headers (CPU, SYS-FAN, AUX1, NB [used] and MOSFET-FAN[used])
· Aluminium northbridge HSF
· Active MOSFET cooling (dual 40mm^2 fans)
Upgrading from the AN8-V to the AN8:
· Adds 1* IEEE1394 "Firewire" socket (400Mbit)
Upgrading from the AN8-V to the AN8-"3rd Eye":
· Adds 1* µGuru Clock (External hardware monitor & overclock adjustment, USB interface)
· Adds 1* IEEE1394 "Firewire" socket (400Mbit)
Lastly, upgrading from the AN8-"3rd Eye" to the AN8-"Fatal1ty":
· Upgrades nForce4 Northbridge to NForce4-Ultra Northbridge
· Upgrades Northbridge HSF from Aluminium to Copper
· Upgrades SATA-150 to SATA2-300 w/ RAID (0/1/0+1)
· Adds OTES Ramflow SDRAM cooler (dual 40mm^2 fans)
· Adds Backlit LEDs
· Adds 1* IEEE1394 "Firewire" socket (400Mbit)
...and a board named after a 23-year old pimple faced gamer with a broken "I" key on his keyboard and his bad-ass looking mugshot on the cover of the box, since ya know, 23-year old gamers look bad-assed these days.
Anyways, it looks like the capacitors around the CPU socket are low enough to allow you to install a Zalman CNPS7700 series HSF, but the Fatality board's memory fans block the way. You'll most likely need to remove that to install the HSF.
The board has one 24-pin ATX power socket, an additional 4-pin ATX power socket, and lastly a 4-pin Molex power socket. The last socket isn't shown on the official ABit release photos, so who knows what's going on.
The fine folks over at TBreak also have several pictures of the new board:
Top Down View
Backplane Port View
Front Corner View
Here are the basics:
· Socket 939
· nForce4 northbridge
· 4* 184-pin DDR400 SDRAM sockets (4GB max, ECC unsupported)
· 1* PCIe 16x lane slot
· 2* PCIe 1x lane slots
· 3* PCI legacy slots
· 1* Audio riser slot
· 4* SATA-150 sockets w/ RAID (0/1/0+1)
· 2* PATA-133 sockets
· 1* Floppy legacy socket
· 7* USB v2.0 sockets (4 external, 3 internal)
· 1* Gigabit Ethernet (UTP) socket
· 1* PS/2 keyboard legacy socket
· 1* PS/2 mouse legacy socket
· 5* 3-pin fan headers (CPU, SYS-FAN, AUX1, NB [used] and MOSFET-FAN[used])
· Aluminium northbridge HSF
· Active MOSFET cooling (dual 40mm^2 fans)
Upgrading from the AN8-V to the AN8:
· Adds 1* IEEE1394 "Firewire" socket (400Mbit)
Upgrading from the AN8-V to the AN8-"3rd Eye":
· Adds 1* µGuru Clock (External hardware monitor & overclock adjustment, USB interface)
· Adds 1* IEEE1394 "Firewire" socket (400Mbit)
Lastly, upgrading from the AN8-"3rd Eye" to the AN8-"Fatal1ty":
· Upgrades nForce4 Northbridge to NForce4-Ultra Northbridge
· Upgrades Northbridge HSF from Aluminium to Copper
· Upgrades SATA-150 to SATA2-300 w/ RAID (0/1/0+1)
· Adds OTES Ramflow SDRAM cooler (dual 40mm^2 fans)
· Adds Backlit LEDs
· Adds 1* IEEE1394 "Firewire" socket (400Mbit)
...and a board named after a 23-year old pimple faced gamer with a broken "I" key on his keyboard and his bad-ass looking mugshot on the cover of the box, since ya know, 23-year old gamers look bad-assed these days.
Anyways, it looks like the capacitors around the CPU socket are low enough to allow you to install a Zalman CNPS7700 series HSF, but the Fatality board's memory fans block the way. You'll most likely need to remove that to install the HSF.
The board has one 24-pin ATX power socket, an additional 4-pin ATX power socket, and lastly a 4-pin Molex power socket. The last socket isn't shown on the official ABit release photos, so who knows what's going on.
The fine folks over at TBreak also have several pictures of the new board:
Top Down View
Backplane Port View
Front Corner View
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