ASRock N7AD-SLI

Zitat: ASRock does a great job of bringing great performing boards at great prices to the end user. This board is another example of that. If you are looking for an upgrade to a board that will not be used for overclocking, but could be upgraded to an SLI setup, this would be a board to consider on a list of many others.

Zitat: The provenance of the nForce 740i SLI chipset is vague to say the least and in the case of the ASRock N7AD-SLI it misses the mark as SLI support is decidedly shaky. *Addendum* ASRock contacted us after we published this review and informed us that the problem with overclocking with SLI was due to the CPU voltage being not high enough. We tested this and can confirm that a minimum 1.4V is required for the board to overclock with two graphics cards. This is quite a strange occurrence and is certainly something we wouldn´t expect to see even on a cheap motherboard like this. Besides which, we couldn´t even get the CPU to overclock as far with two graphics cards as we could with one. Nonetheless, baring in mind it is at least possible now, and especially now with nVidia having finally confirmed the existence of the 730i chipset, we feel this board is deserving of a slight reprieve. As such we´ve revised the scores to reflect our new opinion of it. None of the original review text or performance results have changed. Original scores: Features & Layout: 7 Performance: 7 Value: 8 Overall: 7 Revised Scores: Features & Layout: 7 Performance: 8 Value: 8 Overall: 8

Zitat: Instant Boot technology will be a welcome feature for anyone using a computer. It saves you time, and all of us can use a little more of that! Great job ASRock! (Look for a full board review in just a couple weeks!)