SLI motherboard
09 December 2005, 12:32 PM
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SLI motherboard
Anyone recommend me a good SLI motherboard?
Currently have 6600GT AGP graphics card in a Gigabyte board and looking to go down the SLI (or Crossfire?) route.
Any suggestions from anybody? Was thinking along the lines of DFI Lanparty boards as they seem to be what everyone is talking about, other than that, an ABIT FataLity board perhaps.
All suggestions welcome...
In case it's relevent, to go with 2GB PC3200 Ballistix RAM, X-Fi sound card and an AMD 64 3200 CPU. Obviously will be replacing the Graphics, probably with a 6800 or 7800, depending on how much I've got left!
Currently have 6600GT AGP graphics card in a Gigabyte board and looking to go down the SLI (or Crossfire?) route.
Any suggestions from anybody? Was thinking along the lines of DFI Lanparty boards as they seem to be what everyone is talking about, other than that, an ABIT FataLity board perhaps.
All suggestions welcome...
In case it's relevent, to go with 2GB PC3200 Ballistix RAM, X-Fi sound card and an AMD 64 3200 CPU. Obviously will be replacing the Graphics, probably with a 6800 or 7800, depending on how much I've got left!
09 December 2005, 12:43 PM
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Just built my noo pc with an Asus A8N SLi Premium. Seems to work well - nice, quiet non-fan cooled Northbridge, lot's of USB connections, and all the various sockets seem placed to make it easy to have a tidy look if you've a windowed case.
The manual which comes with it isn't as good as my last MSi motherboards', but even a computer numpty like me managed it so it can't be all that bad
The manual which comes with it isn't as good as my last MSi motherboards', but even a computer numpty like me managed it so it can't be all that bad
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09 December 2005, 01:05 PM
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Abit - I've had no joy with these over the last year or so, personally don't rate them.
DFI - never used them, but a lot of people rate them for overclocking.
ASUS - my brand of choice, had so many of these and all great boards. The A8N-SLI Premium is in my current gaming system, and is a great board - can't recommend it enough.
DFI - never used them, but a lot of people rate them for overclocking.
ASUS - my brand of choice, had so many of these and all great boards. The A8N-SLI Premium is in my current gaming system, and is a great board - can't recommend it enough.
09 December 2005, 01:55 PM
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I have an Asus A8N SLi Premeium aswell. The dogs danglies as far as I'm concerned. 8 SATA connections! and a zillion USB ports. Runs very fast and has a nice selection of utilities for monitoring/overclocking too.
They have just brought out an A8N32 SLI (I think it's called) which runs the bus at double speed (ie, 16x) in SLI mode. You might want to look at this if this is a route you're taking.
They have just brought out an A8N32 SLI (I think it's called) which runs the bus at double speed (ie, 16x) in SLI mode. You might want to look at this if this is a route you're taking.
09 December 2005, 02:56 PM
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They have just brought out an A8N32 SLI (I think it's called) which runs the bus at double speed (ie, 16x) in SLI mode. You might want to look at this if this is a route you're taking.
09 December 2005, 03:02 PM
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Another A8N-SLI user, in deluxe flavour. The premium is the better choice if you are going SLI as it will allow you to switch between using 1 or 2 cards in the bios rather than fiddle about on the motherboard.
The DFI Ultra-D is the definative hardcore OC'ing choice at this time, although I had no problem getting 2.4 Mhz (maxed at 2.7) from my X2 3800 with the A8N.
The DFI Ultra-D is the definative hardcore OC'ing choice at this time, although I had no problem getting 2.4 Mhz (maxed at 2.7) from my X2 3800 with the A8N.
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11 December 2005, 09:31 AM
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Most peeps seem to like the Asus for SLI. The SLI on DFI boards is an unofficial version (doesn't follow the official nVidia system), so I'm not sure I'd trust it - although I've not tried it. Have a look on DFI-Street and see what people think. But they are by far the best overclockers though.
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12 December 2005, 02:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Kevin Greeley
What cpu would you recommend? An Athlon 64 3700+ perhaps?
It is dual core and will outperform single core, most noticably when doing CPU intensive tasks, for not much more money.
Oh, and they are known to overclock quite nicely too.
13 December 2005, 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by D16GER
I would strongly recommend the Athlon 64 X2 3800+.
It is dual core and will outperform single core, most noticably when doing CPU intensive tasks, for not much more money.
Oh, and they are known to overclock quite nicely too.
It is dual core and will outperform single core, most noticably when doing CPU intensive tasks, for not much more money.
Oh, and they are known to overclock quite nicely too.
13 December 2005, 10:21 PM
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the msi k8n diamond/platinum are decent boards. I have the platinum, it is rock solid stable and overclocks as well. no issues with it at all, and has loads of usb, ethernet etc
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