ABIT AN8-SLI (NF4 SLI) Intro 1/5
Bluetooth 29 Aug 2005

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We were quite impressed with the ABIT AN8 reviewed a few months ago. Today, we take a look at the ABIT AN8-SLI mainboard based on the NF4 SLI chipset. Similar to board based on the NF4 SLI chipset, this board supports 2 x PCIe x 8 slots for two NVIDIA 6600/6800 series of graphics card in duo. This board supports the Athlon 64/64FX, X2 processors and dual channel DDR400. It also comes standard with 1394a, 3Gbps SATA II with RAID 0,1,0+1, GbE and NV Firewall.

This board is somewhat a bit different from the rest we have seen. it uses a heatpipe to channel the heat generated by the NF4 SLI chipset to the rear of the mainboard. The back panel is also moved to the right and audio ports are available through the use of a audio riser card Audiomax 7.1 with Realtek ALC880 audio codec built in.

The package comes with  cables, CDROM and manual.

Specifications

Specifications

CPU Supports AMD Socket 939 Athlon 64/64FX & Athlon 64 X2 dual-core Processors With 2GHz system bus using Hyper Transport™ technology Supports AMD CPU Cool 'n' Quiet Technology   Chipset NVIDIA NF4 SLI single chip NVIDIA Gigabit Ethernet with NVIDIA Firewall Supports NV SATA 3G RAID   NVIDIA SLI Technology Two PCI-Express X16 slots support NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface Increase bandwidth of the PCI Express™ bus providing 60x the bandwidth of PCI   Memory Four 184-pin DIMM sockets Supports dual channel DDR400 non-ECC un-buffered memory Supports maximum memory capacity up to 4GB   ABIT Engineered ABIT µGuru™ Technology ABIT Q-OTES™ Technology ABIT AudioMAX™ Technology ABIT CPU ThermalGuard™ Technology   NV SATA RAID Serial ATA 3Gbps data transfer rate Supports SATA RAID 0/1/0+1   NV GbE LAN NVIDIA Gigabit Ethernet NVIDIA Secure Networking Engine   NV Firewall Native NVIDIA Firewall   IEEE1394 Support IEEE 1394 at 400 Mb/s transfer rate   ABIT AudioMAX High quality 7.1-channel Audio Card Optical S/P DIF Input/Output Supports auto jack sensing   Internal I/O Connectors 2 x PCI Express X16, 2 x PCI Express X1, 2 x PCI slots, 1 x AudioMAX Floppy Port supports up to 2.88 MB 2 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 IDE Connectors 4 x SATA 3G Connectors 3 x USB headers, 1 x IEEE 1394 header   Back Panel I/O ABIT Q-OTES 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 mouse 1 x IEEE 1394 4 x USB, 1 x RJ-45 LAN Connector   Form Factor ATX form factor 305 x 245mm   Accessories SLI FAN ABIT AudioMAX Card SLI Connector Bridge SLI Switch SATA cable x 4, ATA 100 IDE Cable x 1, FDD cable x 1, USB Bracket I/O shield x 1 CD Title x 1, SATA Utility Disk x 1 A5 standard User's Manual x 1, B5 multilingual Quick Installation Guide x 1 Jumper Setting Label x 1

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