a8v-e or a8n-sli

[twitchee2]

im planing to build a comp i jus cant figure out which mobo to get. i plan to do some gaming unreal hl2 bf1942 stuff like that. i also want to do video editing(not enuf money for a mac ) i am getting a a64 3200+ 2.0 winchester, chaintech 6600gt, 1gb mushkin ram pc3200, antec 430w psu(do i need bigger?)

ok my question is whihc mobo should i get the a8v-e or a8n-sli.

BTW i dont plan to do overclocking atleast for now.

thanx

 

[DragonFire]

There is no reason to get the SLI board unless you plan on running two PCI-E cards which I wouldnt suggest because this time next year you will have single video cards beforming better then 2 6800's.

 

[JBDan]

Originally posted by: DragonFire
There is no reason to get the SLI board unless you plan on running two PCI-E cards which I wouldnt suggest because this time next year you will have single video cards beforming better then 2 6800's.

Will be nice if the "nex gen" GFX cards outperform todays dual SLI solutions. I myself am looking forward to it.

 

[LifeStealer]

You can run a single card on an SLI system for the time being if you would like to do that. Throw in another 6600 later.

I thought gigabyte's dual core GPU needed SLI to run?

 

[twitchee2]

i dont have the money to put in a second 6600 anf tht preforms about the same as a 6800 so i think im gonna go with the a8v-e. i havent seen it on newegg anyidea when it will b in?

 

[twitchee2]

anyonr know where u can buy a a8v-e i cant find it anywhere

 

[jvarszegi]

Another reason not to get the A8N-SLI Deluxe (which I didn't realize before I bought one) was that if you run two video cards, there are no more PCIe slots available! It has three PCI slots which are not the same size (I measured them, and the pins are different anyway), and two PCIe slots.

 

[twitchee2]

alright yea i was wondering about that...now i just have to wait for newegg to get the mobo instock

 

[xtknight]

Get the A8V-E if you don't have enough funds to buy the A8N-SLI. But, the A8N-SLI is an excellent board not just because it supports SLI but also has an nForce4 (a lot more stable than any VIA chipset from my experience!). Keep in mind both of these motherboards are PCI Express.

 

[twitchee2]

so should i wait till the sli becomes cheaper or get the a8v in a week or so?

 

[Gamingphreek]

I would go for the SLI. Nforce 4 equals the best out there, not only in speed but in features. I have foundyou dont want to skimp and have second thoughts when building computers.

-Kevin

 

[ts3433]

If you want an NF4 and one PCIe slot you're going to have to look outside Asus. The $270 SLI motherboard is far from worth it if you go single-GPU.

Consider Chaintech, Gigabyte, MSI, and whatever else comes out in the next few weeks.

 

[twitchee2]

should the price be going down at all in the next couple of weeks with moe selection?

 

[ts3433]

The price should go down some, but the NF4U boards are already at average 939 pricing, so it may not be much.

 

[twitchee2]

if it goes down how much would u think it would drop?

 

[tarv]

I just bought a Asus N4 sli board and i had a few reasons for doing so.

First i got a great price on buy.com of 185$ so it was only about 50 bucks more than all the other non SLI boards i had seen.

Next you have the ability to add SLI gfx cards down the road even if you don't do it now, I think SLI will be in the next gen of nvidia cards so 1 year down the road you can add 2 new cards and have top notch performance.

NF4 has proven to be the fastest chipset out now and is very stable as it is a a nf3 with enhancements.

Socket 939 will be around for quite a while so 1 year or 2 down the road when AMD releases its 4500+ chip you can still use it in this board. Plus it is equiped with SATA 2.0 for next gen Hard drives.

It has Gigabit Lan also so i found the board i can use for the next 2+ years for a $50 price premium over current top of the line boards out now.

 

[twitchee2]

ok how was service with buy.com?

 

[jvarszegi]

Originally posted by: tarv
I just bought a Asus N4 sli board and i had a few reasons for doing so.

First i got a great price on buy.com of 185$ so it was only about 50 bucks more than all the other non SLI boards i had seen.

Next you have the ability to add SLI gfx cards down the road even if you don't do it now, I think SLI will be in the next gen of nvidia cards so 1 year down the road you can add 2 new cards and have top notch performance.

NF4 has proven to be the fastest chipset out now and is very stable as it is a a nf3 with enhancements.

Socket 939 will be around for quite a while so 1 year or 2 down the road when AMD releases its 4500+ chip you can still use it in this board. Plus it is equiped with SATA 2.0 for next gen Hard drives.

It has Gigabit Lan also so i found the board i can use for the next 2+ years for a $50 price premium over current top of the line boards out now.

All good points. This board has so many features, I'm going to have to get creative to use them all... right down to two gigabit LAN controllers, and support for two external SATA drives. It's a great all-around board. I think the price of the A8N-SLI is expected to hit around the $200 mark soon.

I don't have that much experience building my own desktops, so maybe that's why spending $200 or even more on a motherboard doesn't make me cringe. If I were used to spending $80 per machine, though, I would definitely look askance at some of the new pricing. All I can say is, I'm really happy with my motherboard. This is by far the fastest computer I've ever owned, and the motherboard is everything it was cracked up to be. I'm going to use it happily for quite a while.

 

[twitchee2]

ok
how is buy.com for buying parts? im planing to buy from neweggbut they want 269 for the a8n-sli anywhere that is cheaper?

 

[jvarszegi]

Originally posted by: twitchee2
ok
how is buy.com for buying parts? im planing to buy from neweggbut they want 269 for the a8n-sli anywhere that is cheaper?

A lot of people have success with buy.com, but some have really bad experiences. I'm in the second category... I think that if you save a lot of money, you should go ahead and order from them. The worst that can happen is that you have to get your money back, which is not usually that big of a hassle. I think that every company that does business online has at least some dissatisfied customers, so don't get scared by what I say.

Lots of parts I ordered for my new computer came from ZipZoomFly, because they had slightly lower prices than newegg.com AND free shipping. The free shipping is advertised as two-day, but each of my orders took around a week; that didn't bother me too much, though. The rest of my stuff came from newegg.

 

[twitchee2]

thanx anyone else got on opinon?

 

[tarv]

Update with buy.com I ordered it but it took them over a month to get the part so i cancelled order and got the A8n sli through monarch for 10 bucks cheaper with shipping I am not impressed with buy.com at all. Everyone had the Asus board in stock as of Jan 5. Monarch and Newegg are both top notch so you can't go wrong with those guys. Usually one or the other will have what your looking for close to the lowest prices youll find with great service.