Motherboard Bios and Included Extras

Bios

Chaintech has gone with a Phoenix AwardBIOS system on their ZNF3-150 motherboard add put a lot of effort into making the bios as overclockable as possible.  Here are the sceenshots of the important bios options including frequency, memory timings and voltages for various components of the board.

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Included Extras

Chaintech’s Zenith line of motherboards has always been known for their abundent box sizes and the sheer volume of items they can pack inside of it.  The ZNf3-150 is a good example of such a board.  🙂  Right off the bat you get a 230 page manual that covers installation, bios, drivers and more as well as a fold-out quick installation guide for the more experienced users. 

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Underneath we find the majority of the goods including cables galore.  Four SATA cables with a power converter for each.  Two rounded IDE cables in sheaths and a floppy cable in the same fashion.  The cables themselves are very high quality and, of course, match the bright orange color of the motherboard.  One optical Audio cable is included as well for the VIA sound system on the motherboard.  A riser card to take advantage of all of the audio channels and optical output is included as well (it has Firewire channels on it as well). 

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A software bundle is included with drivers some software.  Did we mention you get a Chaintech 4-in-1 screwdriver set? 

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Another Chaintech original is the CBox item that is basically a 5.25″ drive bay device that puts error code reporting, Firewire, USB 2.0, headphone and speaker outputs as well as a solid state memory card reader on the front of your machine without hassle.  It comes with a silver, black and beige face plate to more closely match your specific case.  These are very handy devices and a good bonus for the motherboard package.

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