ABIT NF7-S Rev. 2.0 Overclocking (and comparison with v1.2)

[TeaLeaf]

A little more info as to how to overclock the Abit mobo can be found here.

Enjoy!

TL.  

[TeaLeaf]

Errr, a little bit of a heads up for anyone who is planning to use one of these boards with a Zalman Flower CPU cooler.

Check your case spacing first.

If the edge of the mobo is within 1.5cm of the PSU casing then you may not be able to fit the flower onto it.

The CPU socket on the NF7 mobo is right at the top and sits directly under the PSU fan intake.  There is little room for the Flower to 'overhang' as it needs to above and below the cpu socket.  My current Zalman Flower is on an A7V333 and the orientation of the cpu socket means the flower opens (and overhangs) to the left and to the right.  With the Abit mobo the cpu socket is rotated 90 degrees and the flower must overhang at the top and bottom of the socket.  The bottom bit is fine, but the top but will get real close to the PSU casing.  

I did an eyeball on it first and figured it would not fit in my case, that's why I have picked a different cooler in the Project Overclock thread.  However I have now measured the gap in my Lian Li Midi Tower case and it is just under 2.0cm from mobo to PSU casing, so it would have fitted after all.  However, if you have a smaller or non-standard sized case it may not fit.  Measure twice and cut once, or something like that......

Hope this helps.

TL.