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Review Conclusion
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ASRock
K10N78hSLI-WiFi NVIDIA GeForce 8200 (MCP78) mainboard Conclusion
ASRock K10N78hSLI-WIFI is the first GF 8200 board we review here at OCWORKBENCH. As we have mentioned in the introduction, this board is very similar to the nForce 750a board we reviewed before. The only difference is that it only has a single PCIe x16 slot. We have also mentioned that it also didn't come with any video output from this board, thus making it a 'discrete' board using an IGP chipset. Features wise, this board has almost all the necessary that you could thnik of. 6 x Serial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, JBOD), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions, - 1 x eSATAII 3.0 Gb/s connector, Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s, 2 x IEEE 1394 headers (one port on back panel, one header on board). In addition, it has a 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio with Content Protection, supports DAC with 110dB dynamic range (ALC890 Audio Codec), DTS (Digital Theater Systems). There is also 1 x WiFi/E header. The backplate also has 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port, 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port, 1 x eSATAII port, 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED, 1 x IEEE 1394 port, 6 x USB 2.0 Ports. ASRock also included IES (Intelligent Energy Saver) to help you save the world. It is said to effectively increase Voltage Regulator Efficiency by 16% and decrease its Voltage Regulator power consumption by 48% without reducing CPU performance and reliability. Here is a video by ASRock which gives you a better idea of how IES works.
In terms of overclocking, this board has a lot of options for you to tweak just like the K10N78hSLI-WiFi. If you have only looked at the BIOS screen shots, you will be shocked that it is actually a ASRock BIOS. The options are plenty and the voltage ranges are high too. See Gallery for more. If you pair it up with a X2, it is the old familiar BIOS. If you use a Phenom, you are presented with a somewhat confusing option. There are two options, a CPU Freq Multiplier and a divider. I am still pondering why they make it so confusing with two options controlling the multiplier. In our test with a X2 5000+, we managed to push the HTT to a max of only 320MHz x 6 using OC Tuner. Voltages used : CPU =1.4v, Vdimm=2.1v. Anything beyond that results in no BOOT or Blue screen. As for maximum o/c the CPU multiplier can be raised to 16x200=3.2GHz on the BE X2 5000+. As for Phenom 9550, we can only get it up to 240x11 as shown in the screen capture below.
In conclusion, this board is all rounded. Similar to the
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Ratings Here are my ratings out of 10.
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