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- Return for refund within: 30 days
- Return for replacement within: 30 days
- Restocking Fee: Yes
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Gigabyte's GA-K8N Pro-SLI Socket 939 motherboard provides the best cost-performance value to the AMD Socket 939 SLI platform. Supporting the vaunted Athlon 64 X2 dual core processors, this platform is capable of multi-tasking with outstanding performance. With rich features and revolutionary SLI technology, this is a great choice with great value for high performance platform.
Featuring such innivative technologies as SATA 3Gb/s with RAID, IEEE 1394b and Gigabit LAN connection with NV firewall, value-laden, powerful motherboard is armed with enhanced performance and security. With radically innovative NVIDIA SLI technology, it will connect two SLI-ready PCI Express graphics cards for blistering graphics performance capable of satisfying even the most demanding gamers.
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Great Board
- Pros: Very fast board and great price. I have used Gigabyte boards as well as other MB's in many builds, and they have never disappointed me. For all the people with the SATA troubles, I don't know what to say, but I had absolutely no issues.
- Cons: The passive Northbridge heatsink can get hot and the replacement options are limited because of it's proximity to the PCIe slots. But some premium boards have cheap fans that die quickly and if you don't catch it in time, bye bye MB. It's kind of a catch 22.
Number 2 would be the lack of Mosfet cooling. This would only hinder an overclocker, and not a person building for stock performance, or a person who knows how to install heat sinks.
- Other Thoughts: I can recommend this board for gamers on a budget. As far as the cooling issues, I simply placed some small heatsinks on my mosfets and I can OC without issues. They never heat up where I would burn my fingers on them.
This board also does very well in benchmark tests compared to premium boards. Thumbs up for this board.
Looking for a GREAT Motherboard for your AMD 64?
- Comments: LOOK NO FURTHER!! You just FOUND it!! (No BS.) Bought this board to replace a Abit want-a-be-a-64 bit motherboard and am more then pleased. A joy to set up and worked great from the first time I fired it up, and fired is an accurate discription. It literaly POPPED on. With the dual BIOS, and nVRAID chipset, this little puppy leaves your hard drive(s), and other hardeware, no excuse for not working at their optimal levels. (And thats all before doing any overclocking, which presents the question - Why were you going to overclock to begin with?) Seriously, if you've never been wowed (or even if you have been) by your (or any other) computers performance, get your nitro pills ready because if you don't have a heart condition you will after fire this gun, I mean your computer with this motherboard. Better yet, you can upgrade as you can afford it, even if its little by little. More processing speed - pop in a dual core. Faster video frame rate - pop in an SLI video card. (Both when YOU can afford it - and from Newegg of course.) So, Like I said in the title - Looking for a GREAT Motherboard for your AMD 64? You just FOUND it!!
P.S. I have no vested interest in the Manufacturer or am employed by them.
| Model | GA-K8N PRO-SLI |
| CPU Socket Type | 939 |
| CPU Type | Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 |
| North Bridge | NVIDIA nForce4 SLI |
| Number of Memory Slots | 4×184pin |
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Top of the Line.
- Pros: Runs my AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ amazing, the Dual Bios and RAID controler are great. running 2 gigs of dual channel DDR and two GeForce 7900 GSOC's on SLI.. Definately would recommend this board to ALL Socket 939 Users.
- Cons: Bought mine open box, doesnt come with ANY accesories.. Including the I/O plate.. had to find one aftermarket.
- Other Thoughts: I Would recommend running a fan over the nVidia chipset, it runs a bit hot.. other then that... Thumbs up for this board!
- Pros: Nice mb mant pci slot holds 4 gigs perfect for gaming
- Cons: pci 16 slot lines right up with north/siouthbridge heatsink so irriplacible and overheats durring 2142 on full
Great board untill . . . . ..
- Pros: Overclocking is pretty easy with this board. Worked perfect for 7 months
- Cons: The NB heatsink sits right next to the PCI-e slot so my vid card hangs over it. Recently I can't keep my ram at its designated latency. If I do set it, the bios resets. This is VERY annoying when you have more than one HDD and it defaults to the one that DOESN'T have an OS on it. Someone else also reported this problem in a previous rating.
- Other Thoughts: If I had experienced this issue during the first 30 days of owning this board I DEFINITELY would have RMA'd for refund. Now it's too late and I'm stuck with a low grade product. If you are thinking of buying this board, be aware of this issue and research other boards. Pay close attention to the bad reviews on every product you study. Those are really the only ones that matter.
| Model |
| Brand |
GIGABYTE |
| Model |
GA-K8N Pro-SLI |
| Supported CPU |
| CPU Socket Type |
939 |
| CPU Type |
Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 |
| Chipsets |
| North Bridge |
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI |
| Memory |
| Number of Memory Slots |
4×184pin |
| Memory Standard |
DDR 400 |
| Maximum Memory Supported |
4GB |
| Channel Supported |
Dual Channel |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI Express x16 |
2 |
| PCI Express x1 |
2 |
| PCI Slots |
2 |
| Storage Devices |
| PATA |
2 x ATA100 4 Dev. Max |
| SATA 3Gb/s |
4 |
| SATA RAID |
NV RAID 0/1/0+1 JBOD |
| Onboard Video |
| Onboard Video Chipset |
None |
| Onboard Audio |
| Audio Chipset |
Realtek ALC850 |
| Audio Channels |
8 Channels |
| Onboard LAN |
| LAN Chipset |
Cicada CIS8201 |
| Max LAN Speed |
10/100/1000Mbps |
| Rear Panel Ports |
| PS/2 |
2 |
| COM |
1 |
| LPT |
1 |
| USB 1.1/2.0 |
4 x USB 2.0 |
| S/PDIF Out |
1 x Coaxial |
| S/PDIF In |
1 x Coaxial |
| Audio Ports |
6 Ports |
| Onboard USB |
| Onboard USB |
3 x USB 2.0 connectors support 6 ports |
| Onboard 1394 |
| Onboard 1394 |
2 x IEEE 1394b connectors support 3 ports |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
ATX |
| Dimensions |
12.0" x 9.6" |
| Power Pin |
24 Pin |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
GA-K8N Pro-SLI
Driver Disk
User Manual
Rear I/O Panel Shield
IDE/PATA Cable
FDD Cable
2 x SATA Cable
4-pin to SATA Power Cable
USB Bracket
IEEE 1394 and USB Bracket
SLI Bridge
SLI Retention Bracket |
Introduction
Gigabyte's GA-K8N Pro-SLI Socket 939 motherboard provides the best cost-performance value to the AMD Socket 939 SLI platform. Supporting the vaunted Athlon 64 X2 dual core processors, this platform is capable of multi-tasking with outstanding performance. With rich features and revolutionary SLI technology, this is a great choice with great value for high performance platform.
Featuring such innivative technologies as SATA 3Gb/s with RAID, IEEE 1394b and Gigabit LAN connection with NV firewall, value-laden, powerful motherboard is armed with enhanced performance and security. With radically innovative NVIDIA SLI technology, it will connect two SLI-ready PCI Express graphics cards for blistering graphics performance capable of satisfying even the most demanding gamers.
Highlights
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NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Chipset
The NVIDIA nForce4 SLI media and communications processor (MCP) delivers unbelievable graphics performance with NVIDIA SLI technology and cutting-edge features including SATA with RAID support and NVIDIA Gigabit Ethernet with TCP/IP acceleration and NV firewall. The NVIDIA nForce4 SLI chipset ensures maximum PC performance with future-proofing features for the demands of tomorrow.
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Ultimate Gaming Performance with NVIDIA SLI Technology
NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface) takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express bus architecture and features intelligent hardware and software enabling a pair of GPUs to deliver earth-shattering, scalable graphics power, approaching twice the performance in certain applications.
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Industry Leading IEEE 1394b Motherboard
This platform is one of the first motherboards to feature the IEEE 1394b interface from Texas Instruments (TI). With a transfer speed of up to 800Mb/s, the new generation IEEE 1394b interface further enhances PC connectivity with consumer electronic audio/video (A/V) appliances, and storage peripherals.
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GIGABYTE Patented DualBIOS
GIGABYTE patented DualBIOS technology protects the BIOS from virus attacks. With its innovative backup BIOS design, this platform provides twice the security thus assuring the PC's stability.
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Gigabit Ethernet Connectivity
The GA-K8N Pro-SLI features a fast Gigabit network interface for high-speed LAN connections at up to 1000Mb/s data transfer rates with advanced security features to ward off malicious attacks. Gigabit LAN is ideal for supercharged seamless streaming of Internet audio and video content.
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Quick Specs
| CPU Socket Type | 939 |
| CPU Type | Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 |
| North Bridge | NVIDIA nForce4 SLI |
| PCI Express x16 | 2 |
| SATA 3Gb/s | 4 |
| PATA | 2 x ATA100 4 Dev. Max |
| Max LAN Speed | 10/100/1000Mbps |
| Onboard 1394 | 2x 1394b(3 ports) |
| USB 1.1/2.0 | 4 x USB 2.0 |
| Form Factor | ATX |
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Reviewed By: Gamer on 12/1/2005
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
