Should i sell my board and get an NF7-S

[Gamingphreek]

Im thinking of selling my board and getting the NF7-S. As most of you may know the Asus board has problems going anywhere above 200fsb, very limited memory and CPU voltages and the temps seem off a lot. Also the multi's above i think 12 or 13 dont work it just underclocks the CPU. Should i sell my board for like 60 and spend the extra 30 and get the Abit board. Also i am going to upgrade everything late next year when Nforce 4 is mainstream, and the NV50 and R500 chips are out. SHould i just wait.

-Kevin

 

[Mavrick007]

Unless you have an AXP-Mobile, I wouldn't upgrade your mobo unless you can justify the cost and effort.
You will probably not get too much extra out of the present cpu you have, perhaps 100-300mhz, but it's totally a choice you have to make. I personally wouldn't unless you have a sale for your old mobo right now.

 

[DJMiX]

keep what you got, stay away from the NF7-S.
There has been many of these boards failing. It's a great board but do you want to take the chance and getting a good one.

 

[Concillian]

IMO sinking more money into an AXP platform at this point is a losing proposition.

Like you, I am waiting for nForce4. Until that time, I am exhibiting great presonal restraint and basically not upgrading anything.

You'll get like what 220 MHz FSB out of the NF7-S? Is that really a big deal? And you can get to the higher multis on the -E, just short the correct socket pins to enable 13x,13.5x,14x instead of 5x, 5.5x, 6x.

It took some convincing of myself to come to the same conclusion. Mostly it was running benchmarks of my CPU at different clockspeeds in games with the graphics settings I actually use. In most cases I was not CPU limited at all, and got the same frame rates even at lower CPU frequencies.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Short what socket pins. Can you get me a link to where this is done. Also can anyone respond who has done it and give there explanation on how easy it is. I would definately try it if possible.

-Kevin

 

[Concillian]

http://www.nforcershq.com/foru...6170b20d8251221efa854e

Ues a VERY thin wire, like pull apart an old HDD or floppy cable and use a single strand of one of the wires inside there. Bend it in a 'U' shape and place it between the pins indicated in that post. Then when you set it to 13x, it will be 13x instead of 5x like you were getting before.

 

[CraigRT]

keep the A7N8X... no point in switching to a different AXP board.. I'd either upgrade to an A64 or keep what you have.