Gigabyte GA-K8NNXP Motherboard (GigaByte-GAK8NNXP)

Reviewed by: txc76

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Great board for overclocking.Price.Easy installationMore bang for your buck than an Intel-based board.Rock solid performance.

Weaknesses: None for its time, but it is dated as 939 socket/PCI Express will be the standard for AMD's faster chips.

Overall Evaluation: Having been an Intel user for years, I decided to give AMD a try. I'm glad I did, and this was a great board to get. I got this board at an amazing deal, along with an Athlon 64 2800+. Actually, I paid about 1/2 price compared to the best deal currently offered on PriceGrabber. With a few tweaks in the bios, I was able to get it running at 3200+ speeds without any hitches. All of this using stock cooling. I've added memory, replaced a graphics card, replaced a sound card, and even switched this board from one case to another (with a different power supply). I've never run into any trouble whatsoever. My computer runs 24/7/365 and this mobo has been stellar. This is an excellent board if you happen to be looking for a 754 pin processor. With 1 GB 3200 RAM and a 6600GT GFX Card, everything runs blazingly fast, with the exception of newer games like Quake 4. I'm happy with it, but if I were to buy a new setup, I would go with a board with -939 Socket (AMD is not going to be making faster chips with a 754) -PCI Express instead of AGP -Faster FSB Speed