Socket-A AMD 760 Motherboard Roundup: Farewell to a Beauty

One of the major problems we had with the DFI AK76-SN was its memory performance. No matter what brand of memory we used on the system, the system was not able to maintain any stability. We were able to complete all the tests with CAS 2 setting, but all stability tests failed. Changing the memory timing to CAS 2.5 resolved the stability issues, but obviously hurt performance.

Even with the memory set to CAS 2, the performance of the board was not up to par with the rest of the group. Overclocking was OK as long as we used the slowest memory timings. Otherwise the system would become unstable immediately.

The AK76-SN does feature 1MHz increments on the FSB and some CPU core voltage tweakings, although I/O voltage tweaks are missing from. CPU clock multiplier is adjustable through a set of dipswitches on the board.

Dipswitches for overclocking on the AK76-SN.

Other than that, the board contains all the standard features you will find on other 760 motherboards. The AK76-SN is also priced quite low at around $110, although the Chaintech board would be a better buy.