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Asus A8R-MVP or A8NSLI premium???

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I don't need SLI. I just need what will be the fastest performing board. A good workhorse for a soon to be AMD64X2 4800 processor. I don't need SLI, so I don't need a bunch of things in the way that I will never use that might be stealing performance. I plan on using MAtrox 128mb PCIex video card. This is for a photography based business pc for photoshop. I plan on running up to 4g of memory. Those were the two boards I was considering. So which one??
Thanks
 
Well one place to start your reasearch would be the anandtech reviews, which have tests seeing how the boards perform on certain benchmarks, look at the relevant ones ie file transfer CPU usage for file transfer etc.

Also look at the features you need and want. Check to see if running 4 sticks will drop both down to 333 speeds, you will have to use 4 sticks and thus 2T comand rate, but i think some newer boards and CPUs (including X2 range) can still manage 400 speeds.

TBH the difference won't be huge, the SLI would be my choice because it's an older and more tested design.
 
These motherboards has 2 PCI-E slots so I'll recommend to get DFI Lanparty UT Ultra-D or ASUS A8N-E motherboard that have only one PCI-E slot. BTW, I agree with Bob that you might need to research little more. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Bobthelost
Well one place to start your reasearch would be the anandtech reviews, which have tests seeing how the boards perform on certain benchmarks, look at the relevant ones ie file transfer CPU usage for file transfer etc.

Also look at the features you need and want. Check to see if running 4 sticks will drop both down to 333 speeds, you will have to use 4 sticks and thus 2T comand rate, but i think some newer boards and CPUs (including X2 range) can still manage 400 speeds.

TBH the difference won't be huge, the SLI would be my choice because it's an older and more tested design.
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Good advice, although the motherboard will have nothing to do with the memory speed. That will be dependent on what memory controller is in the processor. E3s and up will allow 4 sticks at 400 mhz, while revisions before E3 will force you to run at 333 mhz with 4 sticks.
 
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