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ASRock ALiveNF7G-HD Ready Motherboard Review |
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ASRock ALiveNF7G-HDready mATX Motherboard
ASRock is offering up
another budget mATX board, this time for the video enthusiast wanting HD
video playback. The motherboard
this time around is the new
AliveNF7G-HDready. The heart of this motherboard is
the new NVIDIA® GeForce 7050 / nForce 630A MCP chipset. This chipset allows the
AliveNF7G-HDready to playback 720p H.264 movies. With the new chipset the
motherboard has two video connection on the rear I/O panel: one for VGA D-Sub and the
other DVI-D. Many other features adorn the
AliveNF7G, like RAID 0,1,5,0+1,
rear panel IEEE port, Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000, and a plethora of onboard USB2.0
headers. Enough with my talk and check out the specifications below.
About the Company:
ASRock
Inc., established in 2002, is an energetic company with the combination of
technology and humanity. Devoting efforts to bring customers the innovative and
reliable motherboards with the design concept of 3C, "Creative, Considerate,
Cost-effective", ASRock has successfully established a well-known leading brand
of the best price-performance motherboard in the industry.
Facing the constantly changing technologies of motherboard, ASRock will always
keep the vision of the future and develop future-proof products upon our 3C
design concept to our customers.
Features:
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ALiveNF7G-HDready
- Socket AM2 for AMD
Athlon™ 64FX / 64X2 / X2 / 64 and Sempron processors
- NVIDIA®
GeForce 7050 / nForce 630A MCP Chipsets
- AMD LIVE!™ Ready
- Supports Dual
Channel DDRII800/667/533 with 4 DIMM slots, maximum
capacity up to 8GB
- ASRock AM2 Boost:
ASRock Patented Technology to boost memory
performance up to 12.5%
- Integrated NVIDIA®
GeForce7 Series (NV44) DX9.0 VGA, Pixel Shader 3.0,
Max. shared memory 256MB
- 1 x PCI Express x
16 slot
- Hybrid Booster -
ASRock Safe Overclocking Technology
- Untied
Overclocking : During Overclocking, FSB enjoys
better margin due to fixed PCIE/ PCI Buses
- Dual VGA Output:
Support DVI-D and D-Sub ports by independent display
controllers
- Supports HDCP
function with DVI-D port, to enjoy better quality
with High Definition HDCP Encryption contents
- Supports 720p Blu-ray
(BD) / HD-DVD playback
- NVIDIA®
PureVideo™ Ready
- 4 x Serial ATAII
3.0 Gb/s, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1,
RAID 5, JBOD), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions
- Supports Gigabit
LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Supports 2 x IEEE
1394 ports (one port on back panel, one header on
board)
- HDMI_SPDIF header,
providing SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card,
allows the system to connect HDMI Digital
TV/projector/LCD devices.
- Chipset embedded
HDMI Audio which supports HDMI signal through DVI-D
port by using DVI to HDMI adapter (not bundled)
- 7.1 CH Windows®
Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec)
- Windows®
Vista™ Premium 2007 Logo Ready
- ASRock DVI_1394
I/O: 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port, 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port, 1 x
IEEE 1394 port
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Specifications:
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General |
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CPU |
- Socket
AM2 for AMD Athlon™ 64FX / 64X2 / X2 / 64 and Sempron
processors
- AMD LIVE!™ Ready
- Supports AMD's Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
- FSB 1000 MHz (2.0 GT/s)
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports Hyper-Transport Technology |
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Chipset |
- NVIDIA®
GeForce 7050 / nForce 630A MCP |
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Memory |
- Dual Channel DDRII
memory technology
- 4 x DDRII DIMM slots
- Supports DDRII800/667/533
- Max. capacity: 8GB*
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BIOS |
- 4Mb AMI BIOS
- AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support |
| Audio,
Video and Networking |
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Graphics |
- Integrated NVIDIA®
GeForce7 Series (NV44)
- DX9.0 VGA, Pixel Shader 3.0
- Max. shared memory 256MB
- Dual VGA Output: support DVI-D and D-Sub ports by
independent display controllers
- Supports HDCP function with DVI-D port
- Supports 720p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback
- NVIDIA® PureVideo™ Ready |
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Audio |
- 7.1 CH Windows®
Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec)
- Chipset embedded HDMI Audio |
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LAN |
- Gigabit LAN
10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Giga PHY Realtek RTL8211B
- Supports Wake-On-LAN |
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Expansion / Connectivity |
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Slots |
- 1 x PCI Express x16
slot
- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
- 2 x PCI slots |
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Connector |
- 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0
Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1,
RAID 5, JBOD), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions
- 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x Game header
- 1 x COM Port header
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
- 1 x IEEE 1394 header
- CPU/Chassis FAN connector
- 20 pin ATX power connector
- 4 pin 12V power connector
- CD in header
- Front panel audio connector
- 4 x USB 2.0 headers (support 8 USB 2.0 ports) |
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Rear Panel I/O |
ASRock DVI_1394 I/O
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port
- 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port
- 1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support)
- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x IEEE 1394 Port
- 1 x RJ-45 Port
- HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central /
Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone |
| Other
Features / Miscellaneous |
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Hybrid Booster |
- CPU Frequency
Stepless Control
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
- ASRock AM2 Boost: ASRock Patented Technology to boost
memory performance up to 12.5% |
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Support CD |
- Drivers, Utilities,
AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) |
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Accessories |
- Quick Installation
Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- Floppy/ATA 133 cables
- 1 x SATA data cable (optional)
- 1 x SATA 1 to 1 power cable (optional)
- 1 x COM port bracket
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF cable (optional) |
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Hardware Monitor |
- CPU Internal
Temperature Sensing
- CPU Ambient Temperature Sensing
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU Fan Tachometer
- Chassis Fan Tachometer
- CPU Quiet Fan
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore |
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Form Factor |
- Micro ATX Form
Factor: 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm |
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OS |
- Microsoft®
Windows® 2000 / XP / XP Media Center / XP
64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit compliant |
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Certifications |
- FCC, CE, WHQL |
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