Shuttle AN50R or Gigabyte K8N-Pro

[cowpuppy]

I had a little misshap that left my NF7-S dead along with a 9800XT and now I will be purchasing a A64 MB along with a 3400. I was fallowing the AN50R and there seems to be a lot of good OC's with this board but it seems to be killing cpu's with the ability to mod the mem with the 5v line.

So wich one should I go for AN50R or the K8N? Any problems mounting the promi head to eather one of these boards? Pro's and cons of the 2, please.

Thanx
Cowpuppy

[Maxvla]

lol.

'i just killed 650 dollars of parts.. i'm going out to buy more.' gotta love XS.

i have the AN50R and its a great board. layout is good. no memory/agp lineup problems or other things. bios is good once you flash it to the latest version. its a good overclocker as well. apparently this is a very easy board to mod for voltage as well. since you will be using exotic cooling i'm sure you'll be doing that. i don't know alot about the K8N cause i didn't buy one but i do know that its a really stripped down version of the $180 gigabyte. missing several things onboard including firewire which i needed.

[tc_overclocker]

I can vouch straight away for the AN50R as I have one with the vDimm mod done which allows me to run 255MHz FSB at 1:1 using 11,2,2,2 timings on me BH-5 ram..... buy it now... u wont regret it

[kakaroto]

I definitely recommend the Shuttle:

1. has a better memory compatibility (I had memory problems with my PC2700 on my K8N pro)

2. The vdimm is fed by the 5v rail, not the 3.3v.
Gives a higher Voltages with mod and you don't have to mod your 3.3v rail to get higher vdimm.

3. Onboard power/reset button and HDD-led :banana:

[Ragnarok]

Shuttle is giving me memory troubles

the KHX3200 non A is great, but out of stock here :(

KHX3500 original BH5 wont run stabily with it @ CAS2, and same with my XMS3500 :(

[kakaroto]

Originally posted by Ragnarok
Shuttle is giving me memory troubles

the KHX3200 non A is great, but out of stock here :(

KHX3500 original BH5 wont run stabily with it @ CAS2, and same with my XMS3500 :(

Indeed, I have KHX3000 BH-5 and they do 270MHz with 3.39v. :D
My Infineon PC2700 USA on my shuttle is also ok, runs 510Mhz 5/2/2/2 with 3.4v

[EmineM]

i killed my Sapphire 9800 XT, Asus 9800 XT ( a part fell off ) and a lovely Shuttle an50r.. justbe careful when u do the mods and you wont have to worry with ur hardware..