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Tsunami982

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i have been a longtime asus user but in this specific case i think the dfi board is better. youll get a lot of opinions saying one company is much better than the other but in reality both brands are top notch and i think youll be happy with either.
 
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djnsmith7

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I owned the ASUS A8N-E for a while until I upgraded to the A8N-SLI-Deluxe...Good board...My brother bought mine & has had no problems w/ it...I'd recommend it...
 
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Cygnus X1

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The Ultra D is NOT a stock SLI board...only if you mod it yourself is it SLI capable.[/quote]



So why did they put 2 pci-e x16 on it? So you can keep an extra card as storage? LOL.
Just for that reason alone I will be purchasing the Asus A8N-E. I'm not into modding and even less into SLI.
 
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the cobbler

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Originally posted by: Cygnus X1

The Ultra D is NOT a stock SLI board...only if you mod it yourself is it SLI capable.
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So why did they put 2 pci-e x16 on it? So you can keep an extra card as storage? LOL.
Just for that reason alone I will be purchasing the Asus A8N-E. I'm not into modding and even less into SLI.[/quote]

what are you talking about?

Ultra-D = NOT Sli, 1 PCIEx16 slot
Sli -D = Ultra D. With another x16 slot
Sli-DR= Sli-D. With a bunch of extra crap (carrying straps and whatnot) and an extra sata contoller
Expert = revised version of Sli-DR that is capable of running 4xdimms at 1T.

 
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CP5670

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There are actualy two SLI-DRs, one with the extra package and one without that stuff (the UT one). There also seems to be a nf4-D that's like the Ultra-D but slightly cheaper and missing a few of the onboard peripherals.

As for the two PCIE slots on the non-SLI boards, I think they're for having two video cards to drive several displays.

And yeah, DFI boards are well above the rest in overclocking from what I've seen.
 
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Rike

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Originally posted by: Cygnus X1
So what's wrong with the infinity for a non-sli solution?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136163
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Nothing.

The DFI Infinity series is just a case of you get what you pay for. You'll a get moderately good OC out of any of the Infinity boards, but not the best of the best. If you don't care too much about max OCing, a board like the one you listed above would work well for you and save you a few bucks. Actually I think they are a fairly good value.
 
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the cobbler

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Infinity is fine then, and LanParty might be a bad choice. They are complicated boards, and can be tough to get stable.

oh, and DFI boards all hate Corsair ram, something to strongly consider.
 
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996GT2

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Originally posted by: the cobbler
Infinity is fine then, and LanParty might be a bad choice. They are complicated boards, and can be tough to get stable.

oh, and DFI boards all hate Corsair ram, something to strongly consider.
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And Seasonic PSUs, among other things ;) Basically...you buy the DFI, you don't skimp on anything else either

So for "Light OCing", may I humbly recommend the EPoX 9NPA+ Ultra. It costs less than DFI and OC's just as well-even better in some cases. It just lacks some of the goodies and doesnt look as bling-bling :-D

Also the Ultra-D does have 2 PCI-e X16 slots. Anandtech even has a FAQ showing how to unlock it to make it run in SLi:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2322

And if you go on newegg and look at the LanParty Ultra-D's specs, you'll see 2 PCI-e x16 slots...I'm going to get one of these over the summer for OCing, so I've done my research on it ;)
 
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GhostInTheShell

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First,
Asus has much better support than DFI if you have a hardware problem. With DFI you are relying solely on the rma process of the vendor. Although with newegg your safe because they kick butt. I have had 3 DFI boards, and to be honest, unless you plan on spending some seriously intensive time tweaking your bios they are a huge headache and are very picky. Asus boards are stable and forgiving. However, if you really do not need SLI, I would recommend the MSI K8n-Neo4. That was my pre SLI board and I loved it, great layout, very stable, easy to overclock and good features.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130484
It is a little more expensive but worth it imho.
Oh, also, this is off topic, but you can't mod an ULTRA chip into an SLI chip anymore with the new Nvidia drivers. But then, you don't want SLI anyway. hehe.
 
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the cobbler

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Originally posted by: GhostInTheShell
First,
Asus has much better support than DFI if you have a hardware problem. With DFI you are relying solely on the rma process of the vendor. Although with newegg your safe because they kick butt. I have had 3 DFI boards, and to be honest, unless you plan on spending some seriously intensive time tweaking your bios they are a huge headache and are very picky. Asus boards are stable and forgiving. However, if you really do not need SLI, I would recommend the MSI K8n-Neo4. That was my pre SLI board and I loved it, great layout, very stable, easy to overclock and good features.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130484
It is a little more expensive but worth it imho.
Oh, also, this is off topic, but you can't mod an ULTRA chip into an SLI chip anymore with the new Nvidia drivers. But then, you don't want SLI anyway. hehe.
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dittoes on the K8N-Neo4. I had the Neo-4F previous to the DFI and it was a nice, stable board that OCd well. Also had experience with Chaintech VNF4-Ultra, which was a surpisingly good board. I loved that thing, so I had to kill it, lol.
 
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Shimmishim

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the ultra-d is a SOLID board especially with the new AD0 revision. some people actually prefer this board over the new expert.

but if you have to pick between the a8n-e and the infinity, i'd actually pick the a8n-e. i heard its a solid board.

and since when did amd processors barely run stable at stock??? chips that run "stock" should be stable... hence why AMD rates them at that speed. if you can't get your chip to run stable at stock then something is wrong with the chip and it should be RMA'ed.

as for modding it to SLi... it is the EASIEST mod out there.... doable with a simple #2 pencil (like the old TBird L1 bridge connecting mod).

it's apparent you are a complete newbie to overclocking a processor. as i said before... i think the Asus A8N-E would be your best choice.
 
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GhostInTheShell

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Originally posted by: Shimmishim
as for modding it to SLi... it is the EASIEST mod out there.... doable with a simple #2 pencil (like the old TBird L1 bridge connecting mod).


Says the man with the ATI card, lol!

He doesn't want SLI anyway, but, it isn't such a "simple" mod anymore, they nvidia puts some resin crap on the chipsets now and as I said, unless you plan on running some old ass drivers it ain't going to work. Read the 2/5/2005 update on the article:
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2337&p=1
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