Asus A8N ... How many of these are there?

[Sparky Anderson]

Wowzers... there's like 15 (ok, maybe not that many, but close) versions of this motherboard. I've searched but cannot find anything like this. Can anyone give a quick round up (maybe 1 or 2 sentences) of each board? What this board has, what it's missing, and maybe rank them in order of features?

Any help would be great!

 

[DBSX]

A8N-SLI SE: Most basic version of the board, though still a capable board, has most all of what you could want. SATA II, PCI-E graphics, SLI, 10 USB ports, has 1 Network port... However, no IEEE 1394 (Firewire)

A8N-SLI: Seems to be the same as the SE above, only adds 2 IEEE 1394 ports (1 on backplane, 1 via header)

A8N-SLI Deluxe: (the version I have) Has pretty much everything, 10 USB, 2 IEEE 1394, 2x PCI-E ports, dual LAN

A8N-SLI Premium: same as the Deluxe, though with a heatpipe cooler for the norhtbridge, and instead of 2 PCI-E 1x slots, it only has one and one PCI-E 4x slot.

Asus lists all the specifications of their boards on their website, just browse to each board and look at the accompanying charts.

\Dan

 

[Jorakal]

A8N-E taken from ASUS site:

NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra
- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s
- 2 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33
- NVRAID : RAID0, RAID1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD span cross SATA and PATA
- built-in Gigabit MAC with external PHY (NIC)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot
2x PCI Express x1
1x PCI Express x4 (supports up to 1GB/s)
3 x PCI
10 USB2.0 ports
Realtek ALC850, 8-channel CODEC
Audio Sensing and Enumeration Technology
Coaxial/Optical S/PDIF out ports on back I/O

Backpanel:
1 x Optical + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x Parallel
1 x RJ45
4 x USB
8-Channel Audio I/O

Accessories:

2 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66 cable
1 x IDE cable
1 x FDD cable
1 x COM cable
1 x 2-port USB2.0/Game module
1 x 2-port USB2.0 USB module
4 x SATA power cable
2 x 2-port SATA power cable

Ok so it was more than a line or two.

 

[Wentelteefje]

A8N32-SLI Deluxe: All the goodies you want, but dual PCIe 16x slots instead of 8x...

 

[PsYcHoCoW]

let's not forget these honorable mentions...

A8N5X : cheaper s939 board... has dual channel memory and sata, but I guess comes with fewer goodies.
A8N-VM : small microatx board running on the geforce 6100 integrated video chipset.
A8N-VM CSM : another microatx board with slightly more options

 

[Sparky Anderson]

Thanks guys. I think I've come to the conclusion I want the A8N32-SLI when I get around to building my new machine. It's more $$$ but I can write it off for my business so what the hell...