SteveBlack
Member
First off, I live outside of US, in Dubai, UAE. So US price wont be applicable in my case.
Ok here is the dilemma. I can get Epox 9NPA + SLi for about US$20 cheaper than DFI Ultra-D. I have absolutely no need for SLi because this is for office computer. So my question is:
1. Is it ok to run SLi card with just once graphic card?
2. Is the DFI a better board?
3. Or for an office computer that will be mainly used for photoshop and designer work, am I better off with Epox 9NPAJ (Plain NF4 mobo)?
My proposed rig will involve:
AMD 3800+ X2
1 Gig generic DDR 400 RAM
A Cheap video card only for 2D (Geforce 6200 or X300 SE)
160 GB SATA
One Optical drive.
My main concern is that PSU recommendation for DFI (min 480 W) mean I will have to pay about $100-150 (here they are expensive) a decent PSU from Enermax. I thoght Epox mobo will not require so much power and I may be able to go with an Aopen Housing + PSU (H600A) which has 350W PSU with +12V at 18A. Also Epox is supposed to be less choosy about RAM.
I plan to do some overclocking (2.4 GHz).
Can somebody tell me which is a better deal? Epox web site do not mention whether it can take X2 processors. Is this the case or there is a bios update for Epox Mobo to accept X2 processors?
Thanks in advance.
Ok here is the dilemma. I can get Epox 9NPA + SLi for about US$20 cheaper than DFI Ultra-D. I have absolutely no need for SLi because this is for office computer. So my question is:
1. Is it ok to run SLi card with just once graphic card?
2. Is the DFI a better board?
3. Or for an office computer that will be mainly used for photoshop and designer work, am I better off with Epox 9NPAJ (Plain NF4 mobo)?
My proposed rig will involve:
AMD 3800+ X2
1 Gig generic DDR 400 RAM
A Cheap video card only for 2D (Geforce 6200 or X300 SE)
160 GB SATA
One Optical drive.
My main concern is that PSU recommendation for DFI (min 480 W) mean I will have to pay about $100-150 (here they are expensive) a decent PSU from Enermax. I thoght Epox mobo will not require so much power and I may be able to go with an Aopen Housing + PSU (H600A) which has 350W PSU with +12V at 18A. Also Epox is supposed to be less choosy about RAM.
I plan to do some overclocking (2.4 GHz).
Can somebody tell me which is a better deal? Epox web site do not mention whether it can take X2 processors. Is this the case or there is a bios update for Epox Mobo to accept X2 processors?
Thanks in advance.
