Abit AN7 vs NF7 2.0 difference?

[Ewok]

needing a replacement for an old asus a7v-266 which seems to have died.

Green power indicator is on but board is refusing to turn on, managed to get it to come on a few times but thats a struggle, it mostly does nothing when pressing the power button. No idea whats wrong with it, just couldnt get anything out of it one day (the nb fan is dead too i noticed when we did get it to come on). took it out the case and putit on the floor, nothing plugged in but power cord and still weont do anything.

so im looking at getting an AN7 or an NF7 2.0. the AN7 seems slightly more expensive but the specs from what i can see on ocuk are identical, so whats the difference?

[craig588]

The AN7 is a trash board, stick with the NF7-S.

[Minstadave]

The AN7s not trash, it wasn't great when first released but its fine now. The Abit NF7-S2G is trash but thats besides the point.

There is little or no real difference between the NF7-S and the AN7, I'd go for the former as its a little cheaper and the uGuru overclocking setup thing doesn't appeal to me at all.

[Ewok]

well its not going to be overclocked much anyway im just wondering what the difference is as they seem to be very similar.

I asusme the NF7 is the newer one so probably better.

[Minstadave]

The AN7 is the newer of the two, the NF7-S is the old favourite.

[[Pez]]

i prefer just the NF7 its holding good for an 720 mHz overclock (stock 1800 mHz , now 2520 mHz , i say get an NF7

[pxhx]

i have an an7, is a great motherboard... i don't have claims... but NF7-S 2.0 is great for extreme overclocks

[Lvcoyote]

About the only difference in the two boards was the uGURU chip thats on the AN7, and from what I remember it never really worked right anyway. The NF7-S V2.0 was however a great board top to bottom.

[gdement]

I have 1 of each, I haven't compared overclocking on them yet. I like the ports on the AN7 better, and it comes with an integrated POST code reader. But they are very similar boards.
The nicest difference to me about the AN7 is that it can throttle the CPU fan with temperature sensitivity. The problem is it only goes down to 8V. That doesn't really slow it down very much. I'd love to see a modded BIOS that expands the fan voltage range, but I'm guessing none of the BIOS modders were ever interested in that. I want a machine that's whisper quiet, but still capable of racing the fan if necessary. If I knew what to modify I'd try hacking it myself.

I tried it with an 80mm fan that has a potentiometer on it, but whenever I add resistance with the pot the board shuts itself off and won't run. I guess the uGuru thing is pitching a fit.

[mezcal]

NF7 is an all-time hall of fame board. Best abit product to this day. Make sure you get ver 2 or ram speeds are limited to ddr333. Get the -S version if you need sata support and soundstorm audio.
Still the go-to rig around my house when new, expensive c2d parts are in rma land!

[dogsx2]

About the only difference in the two boards was the uGURU chip thats on the AN7, and from what I remember it never really worked right anyway. The NF7-S V2.0 was however a great board top to bottom.

The only difference? :confused: What about SoundStorm?

What about the clocks? AN7 is not a NF7-S 2.0

NF7-S V2.0 was a great board. :toast:

[gdement]

The only difference? :confused: What about SoundStorm?

What about the clocks? AN7 is not a NF7-S 2.0

NF7-S V2.0 was a great board. :toast:

I'm not sure what you mean about the clocks. Both boards have the same 200MHz northbridge and MCP-T southbridge with soundstorm.


Going by other people's testimony on the web, I'd say that for overclocking the NF7-S v2.0 is best. But the AN7 has other advantages. The side mounted IDE ports, quad USB, and integrated firewire connector (not just a pin header) are nice to have vs. the NF7. It's also nice being able to throttle down the CPU fan according to temperature. So if a little difference in overclocking isn't important to you then I'd say the AN7 is better.

I haven't really used my AN7 much yet though. I did use the NF7-S for a few months and it performed well except for some power supply problems (not the board's fault). They're both a couple of the best Athlon boards ever made - I wouldn't hesitate to use either one.

[Heidfirst]

the other advantage of the AN7 if you had RAM that needed it was higher available Vdimm .