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The NF4 Ultra is an NF4 SLI chip with a missing connection (can be modded to NF4 SLI) so the NF4 boards are pretty much all the same
 
I guess what I was saying is "it's the little things that make a difference". I personally never considered the board in question because I know which one I want but after I read the review I would tend to avoid it. But to each his own
 
I would take that review with a grain of salt, its a bit foolish testing memory performance on a board without a memory controller and Athlon64s don't have a FSB (which was apparently being OCd).
Rich Caporali(the reviewer) said:
While the placement is fine, Chaintech left each end of the IDE connectors open. This could be a problem if you can't see what you are doing or line up an IDE or FDD cable wrong.
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This is a complaint? Even if you can't see those connectors are keyed and lining up cables isn't a problem. Also the reviewer complains about memory cooling (has anyone overheated their RAM :rolleyes: ) and he has issues the I/O panel. And testing the video card performance as a measure of the board?
Review said:
A nice feature is nVidia's Active Armor, which is an integrated hardware protection system that includes nVidia's firewall 2.0 utility. I really like this as alot of people just don't realize how important a firewall is until its too late. By actually including one in the package, Chaintech removes all your excuses, so when disaster strikes, you have no one to blame but yourself.
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Unless I'm mistaken nVidia's hardware firewall is a part of the NF4 chipset and it would be difficult not to include this
 
The NF4 Ultra is an NF4 SLI chip with a missing connection (can be modded to NF4 SLI) so the NF4 boards are pretty much all the same
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Some NF4U boards are built from the ground-up ... some are stripped down NF4SLI boards (like the new Lanparty board) and hence are better candidates for modding. Granted of course this is the only exception I know of

All boards are not created equal
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True but thats far too broad of a statement to be useful (hence I provided an actual counterexample)

This is a complaint? Even if you can't see those connectors are keyed and lining up cables isn't a problem. Also the reviewer complains about memory cooling (has anyone overheated their RAM ) and he has issues the I/O panel. And testing the video card performance as a measure of the board?
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LOL .... reminds me of the moron who decided it would be neato to have a power button that only turns the machine off it you hold it for an eternity....

Unless I'm mistaken nVidia's hardware firewall is a part of the NF4 chipset and it would be difficult not to include this
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Quite correct :) http://www.nvidia.com/page/nforce4.html
 
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