A8N32-SLI Deluxe

[marksampson]

I have heard a lot of cons about the bios on the A8N32-SLI Deluxe board. Just ordered mine as the last piece of my build yesterday should be here in 3 days. They are instock @ the Egg right NOW. Any way here is a list of parts I have anybody see any potential hasstles?

A8N32-SLI Deluxe

Athlon 64 X2 4200+

CORSAIR XMS Twinx2048-3500LLPRO

EVGA GeForce pcie 6800 GS 256 mb

2 of these for raid 0 Western Digital Raptor WD360GD 36.7GB 10,000 RPM

Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W

Thermaltake SHARK Full tower case

Thank you for your time
Mark

 

[Wentelteefje]

The BIOS is indeed still a bit quirky sometimes... But those issues will be ironed out as time proceeds, no doubt... The technology itself isn't that evolved as well at the moment...

I don't see any possible incompatibilities... Too bad you already ordered the X2... For that price you could 've got an Opteron... For the rest, everything just looks great!

Welcome to the forums!

 

[marksampson]

Ya I am new to AMD always went intel before. I have my mind stuck on dual core cant seem to get away from it. Thank you for your reply

Mark

 

[Wentelteefje]

The Opteron is available in dual core flavor as well... Have fun gaming!

 

[Skott]

There is a guide around here that'll tell you what to do step by step. For the most part if you follow it there isnt much hassle. As long as you prep everything first properly I hear it goes pretty well.

 

[marksampson]

Ok Thanks Scott

 

[Skott]

Here is a thread over at overclocker.com that may help you.

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=433012

 

[NoStateofMind]

Isn't it funny how for the longest time you couldn't find an Asus A8N32 Deluxe and now that MSI has come with thier own 32 lane PCIe, they are readily available? Anyone else notice this? Is it a marketing thing?

*in the words of angry smurf* " I hate marketing!"

 

[Skott]

Not sure if the MSI is out yet or not. If its not it should be fairly soon. Everyone is going to make a version of the A8N32. Its inevitable. I'm guessing ASUS pushed theirs out so they could grab market share. Others waited till they could adequately meet demand I'm guessing.

 

[NoStateofMind]

It's out

 

[Wentelteefje]

Great... Some competition...

 

[Skott]

A little cheaper than the ASUS mobo too. Looking forward to some ASUS A8N32 vs MSI Diamond Plus benchmarks.