Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro

NixxerNixxer Nottingham, UK
edited August 2003 in Hardware
I currently have the ECS K7S5A and its an "alright" board. I wouldn't mind getting a new one though, because the USB and audio headers on it don't work, firewire is non-existant, it only has AGP x4 and so on.

THe GA-7N400 Pro seems like a decent board, and its pretty too. I can get one for about £90 from a shop up the road from me, and thats before my discount.

I'd just like some opinions on the board please.

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  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    It's the little brother board to the 7NNXP and it's as bad (I've built rigs with both).

    Horrid. £90 is alot of dosh for such a pissy board. The dual power is a gimmick which does not function correctly, it's unstable and the BIOS is prone to not saving settings or defaulting at will.

    My experiences with this (and a 7NNXP) have both been bad.

    When you can get an ABIT NF7-S or A7N series ASUS (nForce2 chipsets) for practically the same as this GB, why bother?

    nForcersHQ has tons of threads from people who can't these to soft-reboot, overclock and stay stable.
  • NixxerNixxer Nottingham, UK
    edited August 2003
    Fair enough, I'll be avoiding this then.

    Edit.

    Found this for £60...

    Abit NF7-S v1.0 nForce2 (Socket A) Motherboard (MB-036-AB).

    Any good?
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Nixxer said
    Found this for £60...

    Abit NF7-S v1.0 nForce2 (Socket A) Motherboard (MB-036-AB).

    Any good?

    Depends alot on whether you are intending to overclock alot :)

    What is your intended use for the rig?
  • NixxerNixxer Nottingham, UK
    edited August 2003
    Single user mult-purpose, so gaming, working, I use it to host some stuff, etc.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    The Ver 1.0 is a first generation NF7-S. It's a good damn board for £60!

    It won't overclock as high as a Ver2 but with the latest BIOS, it will certainly be stable and very reliable. Nice featured board as well :)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    I thought I'd drop in and mention that the Albatron and Chaintech nf2 boards are cheap, stable, and quick.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    DO NOT get the 1.0 NF7. The difference between that and the 2.0 is massive in all sorts of areas.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Agreed.

    The 1.0 doesn't just suffer from speed issues. There are significant hardware problems related to early revisions of the chipset.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Suggestions instead?? :confused2
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Hardware-wise: 4-hole socket on half of them, TERRIBLE voltage regulators and caps. Dont expect that board to last much longer than a year at default speed actually.

    Bios-wise: MUCH less options when it comes to voltage changes as far as i know. I know for a fact that running a 166 fsb cpu might give problems.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Chaintech: 7NJS Ultra Zenith
    Albatron: KX18D Pro II
    MSI: K7N2 Delta-ISLR

    Without any overclocking, these boards become great contenders. But the Albatron and Chaintech boards use the ultra 400 chipset, so expect pretty much the same FSBs as an NF7-S 2.0 unmodded...211-220 range.
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