Chaintech ZNF3-150 Zenith
Athlon 64 Motherboard
Part 1: Sept. 22, 2003
Part 2: Nov. 17, 2003
Manufacturer: Chaintech
Introduction
Sept. 22, 2003 marked the release of AMD's newest processor, the Athlon 64. After the release of the Opteron for the workstation, this processor is set to capture desktop computing with its 64-bit technology. Together with its release comes the launch of various chipset and motherboard products that would capitalise on this new technology. NVIDIA's newest nForce3-150 for one is included as one of the most highly aniticipated chipset that most of us will be looking out for. Especially after their highly successful nForce 2 line.
Well that also marked the release of Chaintech's Athlon 64 offering which we exposed sometime back. Based on NVIDIA's nForce3-150 chipset, this board supports 800mhz FSB,DDR400, SATA, SATA RAID, IEEE 1394, 7.1- CH audio w/ SPDIF, AGP8X, USB 2.0 and Gigabit LAN. This board also debuts Chaintech's RadEX thermal solution to ensure the board's stability with overclocking. Introducing, Chaintech's Athlon 64 offering, the ZNF3-150 Zenith Motherboard.
