Specifications
The NF650iSLIT-A makes use of the nForce 650i chipset from nVidia, which is essentially a cut-down version of the flagship, 680i. Here are the specs:
CPU
- LGA775 socket for Intel® Core 2 Quadro/Core™2 Extreme /
- Core™2 Duo /Pentium D / Pentium 4 /Celeron D Processors
- FSB 1333(Core 2 Duo 1333)/1066/800/533 MHz
CHIPSET
- NVIDIA nFORCE 650i SLI
- North Bridge:C55
- South Bridge:MCP51
MEMORY
- Dual-channel DDR2 memory architecture
- 4 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM socket support up to 8 GB
- Support DDR2 800/667/533/400 DDR2 SDRAM
EXPANSION SLOT
- 2 x PCI Express x16 slot (SLI mode: 8X, 8X)
- 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
- 3 x PCI slots
STORAGE
- Support by MCP51
- 4 x Ultra DMA133/100/66/33 devices
- 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s devices
- NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD
AUDIO
- Realtek ALC883 support Intel 8-ch HD Audio
- Compliant with HD specification
LAN
- Marvell 88E1116 Gigabit Fast Ethernet PHY
INTERNAL I/O CONNECTORS & HEADERS
- 1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector
- 1 x Auxiliary 4-pin ATX 12V connector
- 1 x Auxiliary 4-pin +12V connector (Molex)
- 1 x FDD connector
- 2 x IDE connector
- 3 x Serial ATA connectors
- 1 x SPDIF out header
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB Ports
- 1 x Front panel audio header
- CPUFAN/NBFAN/SYSFAN/CASEFAN connectors
SYSTEM BIOS
- Award BIOS with 4Mb Flash ROM
- Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, APM 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI
- Supports ACPI revision 2.0 specification
FORM FACTOR
- ATX Size 305mm*244mm
REAR PANEL I/O
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard & PS/2 mouse connectors
- 4 x USB ports
- 1 x RJ45 LAN connector
- 1 x Audio jack( 6 ports)
- 1 x serial port (COM1)
- 2 x SPDIF out connectors (optical & coaxial)
Although the NF650iSLIT-A is supposed to be cut down, yet it still carries quite a bit of punch in the features department.
A Look at the Board…
At first glance, the board layout does not seem particularly cramped with the four SATA connectors well spaced near the BIOS chip and the relatively low-lying northbridge and southbridge heatsinks. The colour coded headers and slots once more make their return, as expected from ECS, making it that much easier to quickly spot particular items and match them with their counterparts in the manual.
Lots of space for the smallest connectors…
Northbridge and Southbridge Coolers
Overall, the layout gets the nod and with apparently lots of space to work in, let’s see if it carries through into the setup and installation.