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Reviews for GigaByte GA-K8NXP-SLI Desktop Motherboard - nVIDIA nForce 4 SLI Chipset - Socket PGA-9391 x Processor Support - 4 GB - Floppy Controller, Serial ATA/300, Ultra ATA/133 ATA-7 RAID Support Controller - 2 x PCIe x16 Slot - MPN: GAK8NXPSLI 
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stalex
- May 14, 2005
GigaByte GA-K8NXP-SLI Desktop Motherboard - nVIDIA...Strengths: 8 SATA ports, SLI, DualBIOS, 800 Mb/s Firewire Weakness: Dual Power Board interferes with large fans (Zalman) This board has great functionality. Have not run into any limitations so far except the above mentioned weakness. Dual Power Board next to the CPU socket does not allow to use oversized CPU fans. I'm not using the Dual power board, but have not run into any problems yet. I am consider cutting off 2 fins on my Zalman CPU fan to accommodate DPS board. 91% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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mwiederhold
- Apr 28, 2005
GigaByte GA-K8NXP-SLI Desktop Motherboard - nVIDIA...Strengths: SLI Weakness: None. SATA II, PCI Express SLI, overclocking software and redundant bioses that keep the most ham-fisted tweeker from making a fool himself... Great documentation, in-the-box wireless networking, more connections than a person could plan for... This is a legitimate off-the-shelf hotrod media platform. 86% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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scifioo7
- Jul 7, 2005
Solid board, needs some tweaksStrengths: reliable, stable power Weakness: chipset fan (loud) and positioning I've had this board for a while now and have to say it's living up to my expectations. I haven't used it's SLI functionality yet, but running it with just one card (geforce 6600GT) and a "budget" chip (AMD 3000+) it's done very well. My only complaints are about the cooler on the chipset. First of all the fan is much louder then I would like it to be. Somehow the fan on the powercontroller isn't nearly as loud, and I'm not sure why they wouldn't put the effort into quieting the northbridge cooler as well. The other issue has to do with layout, and really is universal to nearly every SLI board. The chipset is directly below the graphics card. With a sensor on the back of my graphics card, I would watch the temp sore to 60 C real fast when I start pushing the system a little bit with games. I eventually put another fan inside my case to move air around that area. It definately made a difference but this flaw bothers me. Probably even more so because the board is otherwise so solid 80% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
Reply by member: keplah
Nov 4, 2005 GA-K8NXP-SLI northbridge NOISE!
Reply by member: grz3chu
Nov 13, 2005 Hi, I also consider to remove the fan but with heatsink and install passive one. Because is directly below the graphic card I will have to change it slightly. I was looking for hours to solve this problem and i found only this: http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=18784&highlight=
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StFrancis
- Nov 12, 2005
Rock SolidStrengths: Very stable, SLI capability, lots of USB ports, practically all cables included. Weakness: Only 2 PCI slots, not enough explanation for the function of "Dual Power System"(DPS), loud fan on this DPS module. This board is great! It's been overclocked and stable as a rock, not as expensive as other boards and has included wireless card. It comes with 8 SATA cables, and mutiple cables to convert to SATA power supply as needed. All parts are high quality and worked perfectly right out of the box. 67% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
kleine18
- Jun 27, 2005
GigaByte GA-K8NXP-SLI Desktop Motherboard - nVIDIA...Strengths: SATA II, PCI Express SLI Weakness: Lack of documentation, could use another pci slot this is a good board for a preformance system. it is very well rated. the documentation could be better. raid drivers could be included on floppy disk to make os install easier Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
tomshardware.com - May 31, 2005
The Game Pros:SLI Motherboards For Athlon 64
The K8NXP-SLI attempts to outdo its competitors with a flurry of features. This board offers an IEEE-1394b Firewire chip, an additional SATA II RAID controller , and dual Gigabit LAN. It also features a power converter with a total of eight phases, implemented by the Gigabyte DPS module that has been in use for a few years now; the current version, however, gets by without active ventilators. The... Top 
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superior design
Strengths: very affordable
Weakness: none
i think it is as good as the Asus motherboard. So far, it is performing like a charm. I am using a amd dual core 3800 on this baby. It is working great so i have no complains.
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