It isn't the SLI board (best mainstream SLI board right now is Abit KN9 SLI), but Asus is offering a performance black pcb AM2 motherboard for a sub-$100 pricetag with the SAME copper heatpipe chipset cooling as the $232 model !!!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131022
It goes without saying that, these won't last. If you're done wrestling with your MSI K9N, this is the one to get
Perkam
Last edited by perkam; 06-18-2006 at 07:15 AM.
perk ive read somewhere that you can mod this one into sli sad enough istn like dfi ultrad with 2 8x pci e.....
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Nice board, will it be possible to do an ultra d style sli mod?
Wow. No wayOriginally Posted by leviathan18
The board is a deal either way
A Single 7950GX2/X1900XTX with that would be an awesome combo for the price.
Perkam
Here`s the mod to SLI
But it`s alot more difficult than it was with NF4
The board only has one physical x16 port, so if your up for some modding to your GPU's PCI-E connector, and the SLI mod,go fo it
Fold for XS!
You know you want to
not to be the fly in the ointment but isn't ASUS legendary for their AMD Mobos have serious issues?
Fast computers breed slow, lazy programmers
The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich find most hard to pay.
http://www.lighterra.com/papers/modernmicroprocessors/
Modern Ram, makes an old overclocker miss BH-5 and the fun it was
asus sucks in the AMD camp at least for OCing and some boards even stock sucks
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Asus is really starting to put out a lot of crap recently.
Intel i7-3770S l Thermalright Venomous X l Asus Sabertooth Z77 l 8GB G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage l ??? l Samsung 830 256GB l Areca ARC-1200 l WD Caviar GreenPower 1TB (RAID1) l Pioneer BDR-207DBK l Creative X-Fi Titanium HD l Kingwin Stryker l Antec SOLO II l HP LP2475w
Asus AM2 boards are nothinglike their A8N Series.
This is based on nforce570 Ultra.
Pekram
Yeah and the same thing was said back when K8 was coming out...
The honest truth is I don't think ASUS really gives aabout AMD procs...
Fast computers breed slow, lazy programmers
The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich find most hard to pay.
http://www.lighterra.com/papers/modernmicroprocessors/
Modern Ram, makes an old overclocker miss BH-5 and the fun it was
Not when their bread and butter remains Intel. Interesting though that their jv subsidiary ASRock makes fantastic AMD boards.
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XIPs and Xtreme Legends disliked the A8N series, but this time around many have benched on and approve of the Asus Am2 high end series.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=102595
Though kingpin's choice of Foxconn Nforce 590 SLI remains the top pick for xtreme ocing on AM2.
You guys have to be pretty color blind not to see the value proposition in Asus offering the same pcb and copper cooling at sub $100.
Perkam
yes
"There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance." -- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
Me neither. They seem to be REALLY geared towards Intel, which is fine by meYeah and the same thing was said back when K8 was coming out...
The honest truth is I don't think ASUS really gives a.. but this board does look pretty promising.
Nick
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Sapphire Radeon 5750 1GB
Samsung F4 320GB - WD Green 1TB
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Alright just to be fair, I'll buy it and see if I like it...
Fast computers breed slow, lazy programmers
The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich find most hard to pay.
http://www.lighterra.com/papers/modernmicroprocessors/
Modern Ram, makes an old overclocker miss BH-5 and the fun it was
Whoa ?? For real?
Perkam
YES
Fast computers breed slow, lazy programmers
The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich find most hard to pay.
http://www.lighterra.com/papers/modernmicroprocessors/
Modern Ram, makes an old overclocker miss BH-5 and the fun it was
I just dunno about Asus + AMD. When is DFI gonna have a socket AM2 board ?
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I have both the ASUS M2n32 and the Foxconn reference..both are good boards but i found the Asus a monster with the new micron dimms hitting ddr1200 a lot easier than on the Foxconn, that being said they are both awesome for AM2 and well worth a look into if you are going AM2 in the near future.
The asus actually overclocks very well, something the earlier 939 boards did not do so well with but they seem to have got this board ticking quite nicely
Last edited by Tony; 06-18-2006 at 04:18 PM.
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Yeah and the same thing was said back when K8 was coming out...
The honest truth is I don't think ASUS really gives a
I have to agree with that. It makes sense to me. They seem to rock with Intel or, they seem to always have ever since the p4c800 days. But man, did their last series ASUS A8N suck.
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Why is having heatpipes specialThe Foxconn is the fastest AM2 board on the block and it uses regular heatsinks...
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Yeah I don't like them either. Clutters up the board, and makes it a total PITA to remove them and apply Ceramique or whatever your thermal paste of choice is.Why is having heatpipes special
Nick
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MSI H55-GD65 Motherboard
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Well a time ago M2N2 was the only choice, that was the first high end motherboard ready for AM2, in fact is the motherboard bundled in AMD´s review kit for 5000+ and FX-62.
But is not a good motherboard for overclocking, unless you plan on voltmodding it. I prefer Epox 570SLI motherboard (I´ve tried both), but I´m not sure if SLI 8X is ok for 7900GTX (I just have a pair of 7800).
Anyways I´m not really into heatpipes on motherboards, I don´t trust them.
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