Asus A7N8X-X

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Asus is the top manufacturer of motherboards in the world. They make retail motherboards as well as OEM boards for OEM companies like Hewlett Packard... Asus now aims at lower budget consumers, thus the production of the Asus A7N8X-X. Based on the nForce2 chipset, Asus strips the original board of some features and sells it at an affordable price.

Introduction

Asus is the top manufacturer of motherboards in the world. They make retail motherboards as well as OEM boards for OEM companies like Hewlett Packard. My old Hewlett Packard was powered by an OEM Asus motherboard and the Intel Pentium III processor. The performance and reliability of an Asus motherboard is top notch. They never fail to satisfy their consumers. Visiting forum to forum and looking around computer stores, I have realized that the many buyers choose Asus motherboards. From socket 370 to socket A to socket 478, Asus has a top performing board that will surely impress its user. Heck, I still have my Asus CUSL2 Black Pearl that's running a Pentium III 550. It overclocks like a champ! With such a great performance comes a great price. Not all Asus motherboards are cheap. The A7N8X Deluxe v2.0 and the P4C800 Deluxe are quite expensive. Asus now aims at lower budget consumers, thus the production of the Asus A7N8X-X. Based on the nForce2 chipset, Asus strips the original board of some features and sells it at an affordable cost.

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Asus A7N8X-X Specifications:

The A7N8X-X is a stripped down version of the A7N8X Deluxe. It has NO dual channel support, no firewire support, no SATA controllers, no second ethernet jack, and no SoundStorm Dolby Digital Audio.

Processor
AMD Athlon XP Processors
AMD Athlon Processors
AMD Duron Processors
200/266/333/400 MHz System Data Bus

Chipset
nVIDIA nForce2 400
nVIDIA nForce2 MCP

Memory
3 DDR DIMM; Up to 3GB
DDR 200/266/333/400 memory support
ECC DDR Ram Memory Support

Audio
Realtek ALC650 6CH w/ built in HP amplifier

Onboard LAN
MCP integrated nVIDIA MAC + Realtek 8201BL PHY

Expand Slots
1 AGP 8X
5 PCI

Onboard I/O
1 Parallel port
1 RJ-45 connector
1 Audio I/O
1 PS/2 mouse, 1 PS/2 keyboard connector
4 rear USB 2.0

Onboard IDE
2 UltraDMA 133/100/66/33

System BIOS
2Mb flash ram
Award BIOS

Form Factor
ATX Form Factor
12" X 9.6" (30.5cm x 24.5cm)

Package Contents
1 X Motherboard
1 X Manual
1 X UltraDMA 133 IDE and 1 X FDD cable
1 X Drivers CD
1 X I/O Shielding
3 X 2-pin jumper

The Package:

The motherboard comes packaged in the Asus X-series box with the big letter "X" written across the top. What is up with the letter "X" nowadays? Opening up the box revealed the very lightly packaged accessories. A thin manual, the drivers CD, the I/O plate, and a set of cables packed with 3 blue spare jumpers.

 

Very lightly packed isn't it? I guess Asus really gives you what you pay for. If their motherboard is to be top notch and grand, they pack it full of features and accessories. In this case they aim for budget consumers, so all you get is what you need. There is not even an extra PCI bracket for additional USB 2.0! The inclusion of the 3 extra jumpers was quite unusual. Although I found no need for these, it is nice to know that I have spare jumpers in case I decide to lose some while I clear CMOS.

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