DFI Lanparty UT nForce 4 Ultra D - Layout
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Like DFI’s NF3 board, the NF4 board is meant for overclockers. DFI decided not to go with the reference design of the NF4 board; they have moved a few parts around. One of the biggest problems was when a big graphics card like the 6800 was used. It was so long that it bumped into the memory slots. DFI solved this by moving them to the top of the board and bumping the CPU to the center.
Putting the CPU in the middle of the board makes it harder to get free space around the CPU. DFI has done a fairly good job moving stuff away from it. To the left and right there is quite a lot of room, but above is a memory slot, and to the bottom there are a few caps that are a little to close and too high.
There are other visible enhancements that make this board one of the most overclock friendly boards around. All the mosfets, the little chips that supply power to the board, are all heatsinked. Not with tiny heatsinks either, they are quite beefy coolers. The CMOS is located in a convenient place; some motherboards put it next to some cables or too close to a PCI slot where it could be hard to reach. They have also carried over the built in power and reset switches from the NF3 board. The power cord connectors, as well as the IDE, SATA, and Floppy are put to the right side. This will help hide the cables so you can show off the board more.
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