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Foxconn WinFast NF4K8MC-ERS nForce4 Motherboard
Date: 2005-03-07 | Author: Björn Endre
Company: Foxconn
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Introduction
NVIDIA has come a long way since they released their first nForce chipset several years ago. I don’t think anyone expected a video card company being able to compete with companies like Intel and VIA but if you got a AMD CPU these days chances are high you are using a NVIDIA chipset on the motherboard.
NVIDIA’s latest chipset, the nForce 4, has gained a lot of attention mainly for its support for 2 NVIDIA PCI-Express card in SLI-mode. The chipset is available in three versions. SLI, Ultra and non-Ultra. Those who want to save a few pennies and do not need the SLI feature can get motherboards using the cheaper nForce4 non-Ultra chipset. Today I am testing one of those cheaper motherboards, the Foxconn Winfast NF4K8MC-ERS, the little brother to the Foxconn nForce 4 motherboard Shane reviewed a few weeks ago.
Features & Specifications
| Processor |
AMD Athlon™ 64/Athlon 64 FX, Socket 939 (939-pin), 1600/2000MT/s |
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Chipset |
NVIDIA nForce4 (CK8-04 Standard) |
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Memory |
Dual channel, unbuffered, 2.5V DDR266/333/400, (2) 184-pin DIMM sockets, max 2GB |
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Graphics |
Discrete (non-integrated) - use expansion slot |
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Expansion Slots |
1 x PCI Express x16, 1 x PCI Express x1, 2 x PCI |
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IDE/ATA Support |
2 x ATA/133 + 4 x SATA/150 (w/ RAID) |
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Audio |
Integrated, 5.1 channel AC97 (Realtek) |
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LAN |
Integrated Fast Ethernet (10/100) MAC + PHY |
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IEEE-1394 |
2; 1 x 6-pin in rear I/O area + 1 front via internal header; 1394a |
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USB |
Up to 8; 4 in rear I/O area + 2 internal 2-port headers; ver. 2.0
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Rear I/O Ports |
1 x PS/2 keyboard |
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Internal Connectors/Headers |
1 x floppy disk drive |
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BIOS |
4Mb flash EEPROM w/ LAN boot, PnP, ACPI, WfM, DMI 2.0, |
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Special Features |
Wake-on-LAN (WOL), suspend-to-RAM (STR, S3), suspend-to-disk (STD, S4), SuperUtilities - SuperBoot, SuperBIOS-Protect, SuperRecovery, SuperSpeed, SuperStep, SuperLogo, and SuperUpdate |
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Overclocking Features |
Adjustable bus speeds |
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Accessories |
Support CD, user's manual (or installation guide), rear I/O shield, 1 x floppy drive cable, 1 x HDD/ODD drive cable (supports UDMA/ATA 33/66/100/133 drives) |
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Form Factor |
microATX, 9.6'' x 9.6'' or smaller - see User's Manual |
Since this is a microATX motherboard it has limited space. Thus the motherboard only has 2 DIMM sockets and just 2 PCI slots in addition to the 1 x PCI Express x16 and 1 x PCI Express x1 slot. It does however have both 4 USB ports (and support for 4 more through headers on the motherboard), 2 IE1344 ports as well as 3 sound ports for the built-in 5.1 sound.
In addition to not having support for SLI, the basic nForce4 chipset also lacks support for SATA/300 and instead ‘only’ has support for the ‘old’ SATA/150.
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