Motherboard for Opty 170 and SLI?

[CJ145]

I'm looking for a motherboard not from DFI to replace my curent Expert. This is the 2nd time now I have had the same problem with it. The first time the mobo came doa and killed my ram with it and now this time it has run for about 3 months and died also taking my ram with it. During these 3 months it ran 100% stable for weeks of uptime. The memory wasn't overclocked and it was running at default settings each time.

What motherboard should I get to replace this one? I have some gskill tccd ram currently and looking for SLI support in the new one. This is for an opty 170 on watercooling.

[[XC] itznfb]

if you're not this big on overclocking go with the K8N Diamond Plus, w/full 16x sli support. if you want to overclock as well go with the abit an8 32x, or asus a8n32. the 32x pci-e isn't much of a performance gain, but its a gain non the less. plus if sli performance is your main concern, i can't see going with anything else.

[Pumbaa]

if you wanna stay away from DFI then go for asus a8n32, the top for ya.

[xerogenesis]

id say either a8n-sli deluxe or a8n-sli premium if you like more accessories

[CJ145]

Thanks, it looks like I will go with the asus. I had an intel asus mobo (P4C800) and it was great. I have one question though, will I be able to save my raid 0 array or will I need to recreate it?

[[XC] itznfb]

Thanks, it looks like I will go with the asus. I had an intel asus mobo (P4C800) and it was great. I have one question though, will I be able to save my raid 0 array or will I need to recreate it?

it depends on the chipset. it needs to be on the same raid chipset. i would recommend a fresh install anyway.

[lawrywild]

it depends on the chipset. it needs to be on the same raid chipset. i would recommend a fresh install anyway.

both use that silicon (sil3114 or something like that) *i think*, not certain though...

[CJ145]

They both have the same nv raid that I was using on the Expert. I will do a fresh install... I keep all my files and stuff on another partition and I don't feel like restoring 200GB worth of stuff. ;) Thanks, I hope I have more luck with this Asus.