05-13-2006, 09:12 PM
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Motherboard advice
i was looking into the Asus A8N SLI (yeah 939..).. and i was wondering what else should i look into.. (MSI K8N SLI?...) and maybe get some pros and cons..
thanks in advance 
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05-13-2006, 09:58 PM
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^ thats the one I have. The DELUXE version. AWESOME MOBO. Dont know why you want to look any further. MSI are the next best thing. I've been Asus loyal though.
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05-14-2006, 07:39 AM
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Asus or Microstar is the way to go, either one of those based on the NFoce4 chipset will be killer both in terms of performance and stability. The only question is do you need the base models or the high end one's with SLI and DDR2 support.
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05-14-2006, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by thamar
But wait just a couple of weeks longer, the Conroe is on the doorstep
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And we know the spi world record has just been broken with the conroe and thats on stock voltage and air cooling LOL.
Its going to rape everything for sure and on a scale that we haven't seen for quite a while. My 4GHZ 1M spi time is about 31 secs and a stock volts conroe does it in about 15 secs, now thats progress and its just as impressive on encoding times, which means quicker TG for everyone on JW 
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05-14-2006, 12:54 PM
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i've been a long time asus owner\fan as well.. never had an issue with it..
why i'm asking is cause i'm not thamar.. i could use some advice.. 
from what i got the only difference between the is the A8N-SLI to the Deluxe version is the Dual RAID and Dual Gigabit LAN & AI NET2, and the price difference here is 31 USD.. from 166USD to 197USD.. price is an issue, i'm building this PC to a certain budget.. (not mine)
The MSI K8N Diamond is 326USD over here.. so thats a bit much..
and sorry for the ignorance but whats a "Conroe" \"AM2"?  ops: (full name would be nice so i could look it up )
@jabba thats good news
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05-14-2006, 01:59 PM
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so both are processors.. ok
is DDRII significantly better\faster then DDR?
and whats your recommendation about the A8N-SLI, which rivals should i look at? i'll post the prices here later, tell me if its worth in your opinion..
and thanks everybody for the input..
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05-14-2006, 02:14 PM
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I'm curious as well, I'm also buliding a new PC and have a limited budget, so with DDR2 are there any significant changes in performance or is it better to invest the cash in a faster CPU ??
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05-14-2006, 02:17 PM
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BTW- am I right about the A8N-SLI to the Deluxe difference? and somewere i saw this board is a DDRII and others DDR.. which is true?
thanks again..
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05-14-2006, 03:15 PM
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yeah thats what i thought..
thank for the AM2 info! very helpful!
if the prices are the same then its well worth to wait i guess.. I noticed the DDR2 are cheaper.. how long do you reckon till they're all out?
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05-14-2006, 03:36 PM
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:shock: thats good news
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05-14-2006, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Fleischmann
I'm curious as well, I'm also buliding a new PC and have a limited budget, so with DDR2 are there any significant changes in performance or is it better to invest the cash in a faster CPU ??
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In theory AMD could have quite a benefit from going to ddr2 with the onboard mem controller and what not, but its not very efficient as using up the extra bandwidth it ddr2 offers. I'm not sure how conroe works, but I doubt it uses the bandwidth of ddr2 very efficiently aswell. But its pointless to question whether or not ddr2 or ddr is better because you'll never be able to compare the 2 due the fact that no single processor can use either one, right now.
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Originally Posted by Jabba
a stock conroe does it in about 15 secs
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I had no clue conroe was so fast. I knew that it destroys the a64 in pretty much everything, but I had no idea the difference was so large...
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05-15-2006, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by crazidude
I had no clue conroe was so fast. I knew that it destroys the a64 in pretty much everything, but I had no idea the difference was so large...
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You better believe it !!
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05-15-2006, 07:19 PM
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05-15-2006, 07:35 PM
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Nice video showing the complete ownage of a poor FX-60
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05-15-2006, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Jabba
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Originally Posted by crazidude
I had no clue conroe was so fast. I knew that it destroys the a64 in pretty much everything, but I had no idea the difference was so large...
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You better believe it !!
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Holy fuzzballs that's alot of info i don't understand!!!!! 0.o
which window is the most important one in making your point, big J?
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