Lithan
09-12-03, 03:45 AM
Yeah.I bought 3 soltek SL-75FRN2-L's. One did about 230 stock, another was bad (refurb)... testing the third now. I HATE the bios. Sometimes it just randomly reverts to "Safe mode" settings.... even when it's a clock I know it can do (8x205 comes to mind) No rhyme or reason, sometimes the bios just likes being a pain. And clearing cmos is an adventure. It's never as easy as moving the jumper. Sometimes I have to move the jumper, disconnect the power switch, fiddle with the fsb selecting jumper than move the jumper again. Sometimes that doesn't work.
The good? High as hell fsb... probably your best bet for 233 stock, and 250 modded. The vcore is quite solid varies about .025 always up. (1.6 is 1.6-1.625). I wish MBM could read the vdimm, and like I said bios is garbage (maybe if I get the latest release it will be better), and you only get the usual voltage options 2.5-2.8vdimm, up to 2.85vcore; up to 1.8vdd is nice though. With a bunch of volt mod's this would be a killer 250FSB board, although a pain to set up... but it NEEDS DAMN MOUNTING HOLES! If I do wind up moving my w/c setup onto the Intel rig Im building, I will sell my nf7-s and use this as my secondary board. 1.80-1.85v @ 235 x10 should be stable with decent timings.
And what the hell is that 2 pin jumper between the southbridge and the cmos battery?
In summary. If you want a cheap barebones nf2 board, and don't mind a little hassel getting it configured, this is it. If you want the best overclocking nf2 board, demand steady vcore, and dont mind quite a bit of hassel and a few vmods, this is it. If you want the nf2 goodies, a real nice and easy overclock and a nice easy to use bios with good voltage options built in, get a nf7-s 2.0. If you need block/heatsink mounting holes, get a nf7-s 2.0.
The good? High as hell fsb... probably your best bet for 233 stock, and 250 modded. The vcore is quite solid varies about .025 always up. (1.6 is 1.6-1.625). I wish MBM could read the vdimm, and like I said bios is garbage (maybe if I get the latest release it will be better), and you only get the usual voltage options 2.5-2.8vdimm, up to 2.85vcore; up to 1.8vdd is nice though. With a bunch of volt mod's this would be a killer 250FSB board, although a pain to set up... but it NEEDS DAMN MOUNTING HOLES! If I do wind up moving my w/c setup onto the Intel rig Im building, I will sell my nf7-s and use this as my secondary board. 1.80-1.85v @ 235 x10 should be stable with decent timings.
And what the hell is that 2 pin jumper between the southbridge and the cmos battery?
In summary. If you want a cheap barebones nf2 board, and don't mind a little hassel getting it configured, this is it. If you want the best overclocking nf2 board, demand steady vcore, and dont mind quite a bit of hassel and a few vmods, this is it. If you want the nf2 goodies, a real nice and easy overclock and a nice easy to use bios with good voltage options built in, get a nf7-s 2.0. If you need block/heatsink mounting holes, get a nf7-s 2.0.