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abit NF-M2 nView
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abit NF-M2 nView Manual (.zip)
I am so interested in this motherboard that I have created a topic dedicated to it. It's mostly user experiences that I will be looking for once it gets released and is widely available.
The board's main attraction to PC silencers is its passive heatpipe cooling (northbridge + VRMs), the first I have seen on an mATX board. This is also abit's first attempt at a serious IGP solution for Athlon 64. As such, it is an option for HTPC use (it has optical SPDIF in/out but no TV-out), suitable for TVs with digital connections.
Today is the first time I have seen it listed by a web retailer (in the UK) with pricing information. At the time of writing, it is £ 57.36 ex VAT, or >$100 USD--a bit on the high side.
EDIT: Newegg now has the board in stock. A couple other UK retailers also have them, including scan.co.uk.
abit NF-M2 nView Manual (.zip)
I am so interested in this motherboard that I have created a topic dedicated to it. It's mostly user experiences that I will be looking for once it gets released and is widely available.
The board's main attraction to PC silencers is its passive heatpipe cooling (northbridge + VRMs), the first I have seen on an mATX board. This is also abit's first attempt at a serious IGP solution for Athlon 64. As such, it is an option for HTPC use (it has optical SPDIF in/out but no TV-out), suitable for TVs with digital connections.
Today is the first time I have seen it listed by a web retailer (in the UK) with pricing information. At the time of writing, it is £ 57.36 ex VAT, or >$100 USD--a bit on the high side.
EDIT: Newegg now has the board in stock. A couple other UK retailers also have them, including scan.co.uk.
Last edited by tempeteduson on Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:14 pm, edited 4 times in total.
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I have the board
I've not had much time to play with it. Just put it together and installed the OS.
I'm using Corsair Twin2X 6400C4 with no problems. The good news is that the DD2 voltage goes from 1.8v to 2.5v! So there should be now problems with those modules that require 2.1v.
Nothing other than the stock AMD cooler at the moment. That's 3pin in a 4pin socket so the fan runs at full speed all the time Iwanted to get everything in the box first (NSK3300) before a tried to decide which quiet HSF would fit.
Sim
I've not had much time to play with it. Just put it together and installed the OS.
I'm using Corsair Twin2X 6400C4 with no problems. The good news is that the DD2 voltage goes from 1.8v to 2.5v! So there should be now problems with those modules that require 2.1v.
Nothing other than the stock AMD cooler at the moment. That's 3pin in a 4pin socket so the fan runs at full speed all the time Iwanted to get everything in the box first (NSK3300) before a tried to decide which quiet HSF would fit.
Sim
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Voltage ranges
CPU: 1.35v to 2.0v
DDR2: 1.75 to 2.5 correction of above
DDR2 Ref: -4% to +2%
Chipset core: 1.2v to 1.6v
SB Aux Core: 1.5v to 1.74v
Hyper Transport: 1.2v to 1.4v
DDR2: 1.75 to 2.5 correction of above
DDR2 Ref: -4% to +2%
Chipset core: 1.2v to 1.6v
SB Aux Core: 1.5v to 1.74v
Hyper Transport: 1.2v to 1.4v
Re: Voltage ranges
this sucks. I would have expected to be able to use 0.8V at worst 1V. If not, then this motherboard is useless for mesimbloke wrote:CPU: 1.35v to 2.0v
Here you have lots of pics, showing the BIOS, the mobo, the heatsinks removed...
...oh and yeah, they run it at 10 x 315 MHz, not Prime stable since the speed is lowered for one benchmark but that's most likely a CPU limitation since 3150 MHz is very high for a K8. Pretty good anyway.
...oh and yeah, they run it at 10 x 315 MHz, not Prime stable since the speed is lowered for one benchmark but that's most likely a CPU limitation since 3150 MHz is very high for a K8. Pretty good anyway.
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So far it's been totally reliable and stable. Oh, I'm running Ubuntu Linux and the NVidia 9625 beta drivers.tempeteduson wrote:Thanks, simbloke. Do you have an update for us, regarding reliability and stability?
I now have a Thermalright HR01 fitted. I still have the standard NSK3300 rear fan on slowest speed. The front fan is an Acoustifan running at about 1300 RPM, not that quiet so I'll be trying something else soon.
The CPU temps are usually around 28-34 degrees. That once rose to 60 when firefox got stuck for a couple of hours when I wasn't looking, not bad for a passive heatsink I think.
No OC'ing yet, I might get to it one day but it's fast enough for now. Anyway quietness is what I'm after.
I've just noticed above I said I got C4 memory, wrong, I was just thinking about that one!starry wrote:Hi simbloke did the corsair 6400c boot ok with original bios ? or were there any issues thanks.
What i actually got was the cheaper TWIN2X1024-6400C5.
There were no problems with the memory, it worked perfectly with the BIOS defaults.
Thanks for the reply I am still debating on this board but from what information I can find it seems very good, I have been looking at some Geil memory link below what do you think ?
http://www.geil.com.tw/portal/product_DDR2-667DC.php
also were about in Wales do you live ?.
http://www.geil.com.tw/portal/product_DDR2-667DC.php
also were about in Wales do you live ?.
Sunny Bangoralso were about in Wales do you live ?.
Sorry, don't really know about that memory. From what I could find out before buying this board Crucial and Corsair seem to be well respected. The Corsair was cheaper so I went with that.
Reading other forums it seems many have problems with DDR2 on MATX boards because the values in the SPD have only been tested on Intel chipsets (so far). A lot of DDR2 memory seems to require more than 1.8-1.9v to to use at DDR2-800 and many other MATX boards don't allow that adjustment. No such problems with this board
Were almost neighbours anyway thanks for the info on the memory, it seems that it's not only the matx boards that are having the problem with the SPD lots of the intel boards also having the same problem, that is why I am being cautious on what memory I get, it looks as if most will work as long as memory rated at 1.8 v anyway no hurry as yet thanks again.
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I'm really interested to know how much control rmclock or crystalcpuid have with this motherboard, since all other am2 matx motherboards are a disappointment in this respect. How low can the voltage go? How high? fsb? multiplier? I'm really interested in undervolting capability since I want to build a portable computer with this, and from the sound of it, it can definitely do everything else.
Just an FYI.. My MSI K9NU can go down to 0.9V with CrystalCPUID. It also does all the whole multipliers (4x - 11x). Unless you have an FX processor, any multipliers above the stock one are locked out anyway. Unfortunately, the board doesn't handle half multipliers as well as it does whole multipliers.nyvz wrote:I'm really interested to know how much control rmclock or crystalcpuid have with this motherboard, since all other am2 matx motherboards are a disappointment in this respect.