Were can I get a new abit NF7-s for under $75?

Thanks

$75? good luck.
Good boards like this won't come that cheap.

Do you really need the nf7-s? you can get the nf7 for about that amount have you checked newegg.

Mike

buy it now on ebay for $99 plus shipping of $13, equals $112....for $120 you can get one from PCCLUB.com or pick one up if you have a pc club retail store nearby

here's your $75 nf7-s

http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=110190&Category_Code=AMB

Actually tbird that is the nf7. Same fsb as the nf7-s but without sata or the mcp-t southbridge sound circuitry.

im guessing that he wasnt making a mistake, but instead it was a clever way of saying "if u want a nf7-s for $75, buy a nf7"

good point

actually, the ad says it's a version 2 and it is my understanding that version 1.1 or something like that is the regular nf7 and ver. 2 is the one loaded with features, but the ad doesn't list those features....my fault for not looking at the rest of the desription....it says ver. 2 on the header and that's all i went by....you definetly want the "S" version

nf7-s v1 had the original nforce2 northbridge which was not always guaranteed to run at 400mhz fsb but pretty much always could anyway

nf7-s v2 has the nb guaranteed to run at 400mhz fsb

I assume the same holds for nf7 v1 and nf7 v2 but that's just a guess.

Ok thanks for the help.

So the only difference is the nf7-s has sata and the mcp-t southbridge?

Is the mcp-t southbridge just for the sound part or is it something more?

I don't have a sata hard drive, but I just thought it would be nice to have for future upgrades like a WD Raptor.

And for the sound I have a 8 channel Mad Dog sound card that I will have instead, so that don't mater.

Thanks!!!

the nf7-s also has firewire, a high-speed serial bus like usb but much faster that probably has a 100:1 ports-in-home-PCs to devices-in-home PCs ratio, meaning more people have it than use it. It is handy for things like expensive external hard drives and is still somewhat off a novelty.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-329&depa=0

It sounds like you should get the nf7. The mcp-t southbridge is the key attraction of the nf7-s.

If it says it supports fsb speeds of 200/266/333 its version 1, if it supports 200/266/333/444 its the faster version 2.

$62 nf7-s

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductdesc.asp?description=13-127-166R&depa=99&type=Refurbish

I'd strongly advise against buying refurbished board from my own experience.
I bought a new NF7-S from Newegg and it had the dreaded siren problem and the CPU fan header was dead. I RMAed it to Abit for replacement and it came as a defective one because one of the USB header was not working. RMAed it and got another one, great this one was a DOA. Ok, one more RMA and the board came working fine, but just could get past 205 FSB. Frustrated, I bought another new NF7-S from Newegg and sold the RMA replacement to a friend for a very low price. The new board works superbly and I can get 219 FSB from it. So my experience told me that refurbished boards (RMA replacements from Abit are always refurbished ones) always have something not totaly fixed. So stay away from them.

I'm not going to by a refurbished board simpaly because it does not come with the I/O sheild, and many other things I need. So it looks like I I will have to go with the NF7.

refurbished equipment from newegg is not repaired equipment, its returned equipment that re-passes the manufacturer qa tests as is.

Sorry to hear about your bad experiences. I've bought two dozen refurbed items from newegg and have yet to have a problem.