SOCKET 754 with PCI express ASUS K8N4-E

[Kunaak]

Epox has had a 754 PCI EX board for quite awhile now.

[BlackArchon]

I tested the Asus K8N4-E Deluxe some days ago (BIOS 1003 and 1004). VDimm up to 3 V, but the VCore setting wasn't working. Neither the BIOS hardware monitor nor tools like CPU-Z and Everest will show any VCore changes when I set it to a higher value. The north bridge cooler is a little bit noisy, but you can change it without problems because it's above the PEG slot.

[zippyc]

I think this is a pretty good solution for those of us who want to begin taking advantage of the PCI-E video cards while still making use of the older 754 socket cpus.

By getting this board and a 6800GT, I was able to upgrade to a pci-e card that out-performs my 9800Pro on the Lanparty NF-250 that cratered. I had a 3400XP Mobile that I put in (after shaving down the little knobs on the socket, as the Mobile chip lacks the factory heat speader and is lower in clearence).

So I spent $104.00 for the board and $169.00 at Comp USA for the PCI-E, sold my 9800 Pro to a cousin for $120.00. So for me this allowed me to move into the nf-4 and pci e for $154.00.

Now I can wait a little for newest ATI card to come out for my gaming rig (evidently ATI is having production problems and won't release for months), although this rig games really pretty damm well as is. And when I get my ATI, I can pop it right in this rig and use it while saving $$$ for the new MB and 939 Processor I want, which was going to cost $500.00 more .

The Asus AI overclocking program seems to lock the computer everytime I change fsb there, although I've had no problems making these changes in the bios.

As this just got up last night, I've not had an opportunity to do any serious overclocking. But I think this board had some limited potential!

My voltage control at the bios level works fine according to mbm5 and the included monitors. Maybe it is your bios version?