Difference of A8N SLI DEllUX and Premium?

[plqsvaja]

What is the Difference of thes to boards??

 

[flibidyflob]

The Premium has software/bios switchable SLI vs hardware switchable on the Deluxe and the Premium has passive heatpipe cooling on the chipset and the Deluxe has a fan that is often referred to as being a bit loud.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Also, the Premium has corrected the oc'ing issues that the Deluxe has when attempting to overclock over 240-248(varies on individual boards) from the memory going into 2T.

 

[NokiaDude]

The premium edition will never come out. Or it'll come out and be outdated by a new chipset by nvidia.

 

[Deadalus]

Originally posted by: NokiaDude
The premium edition will never come out. Or it'll come out and be outdated by a new chipset by nvidia.

Really? The A8N-SLI Premium running my PC right now would disagree with you...

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: NokiaDude
The premium edition will never come out. Or it'll come out and be outdated by a new chipset by nvidia.

What are you talking about? I'm running one right now and so are lots of others. If you kept up with the times, the A8N-SLI Premium has been out for weeks. There are also a number of threads about the board in this forum.

Asus's Website:
Asus A8N-SLI Premium

You should have listened to your mom when she said drugs are bad for you.

 

[flibidyflob]

Originally posted by: NokiaDude
The premium edition will never come out. Or it'll come out and be outdated by a new chipset by nvidia.

That's a pretty interesting concept, consider looking at my sig and looking at some of the popular places to purchase around here like ZZF and Newegg. Maybe you'd like to see a picture of it running in my system? This begs the question of why some people answer a thread they really know nothing about.

 

[jmas]

Is it true that with the premium you can go beyond 250 with the memory at 1T??

 

[imported_grinch]

yes

 

[imported_HorseFly]

I have been looking at this for long time and finally they came out , Just wonder how good is this mobo over other brand, like dfi and all ? Does it have some problem getting up and run ? Right now I 've had a Asus A8v deluxe rv-1.I like to get X2 run on this new mobo but some say that mine can run on x2 on my old mb..is this true ? thank..

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: jmas
Is it true that with the premium you can go beyond 250 with the memory at 1T??

I finally got my X2 4400+ the other day so I got a chance to start some oc'ing last night. With the A8N-Sli Premium, I'm at 300 2.5-4-2-5 1T.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: HorseFly
I have been looking at this for long time and finally they came out , Just wonder how good is this mobo over other brand, like dfi and all ? Does it have some problem getting up and run ? Right now I 've had a Asus A8v deluxe rv-1.I like to get X2 run on this new mobo but some say that mine can run on x2 on my old mb..is this true ? thank..

You should be able to run a X2 on your current mobo w/ a bios update. Check the Asus website.

DFI makes a great motherboard. The difference would be that it has a lot more tweaking options that will allow you to get the most out of your system but b/c of the different tweaks it can be a bit more difficult to get stable. Can't go wrong with either board.

 

[imported_HorseFly]

lol, that was fast,

Capt,Thank you
Glad to hear I can but I don't think it ready to update bios b/c I had hear some ppl having plm with new bios so I'm gonna wait till it come out right..Good thing I can save my mobo to upgrade x2. So the tweaks thing seem to be pain butt on DFI MB.I'm not much of OC, I don't understand it how it work but I do had it on Auto OC This is my frist time built PC , I should had done it 20 yrs ago to learn how do on IBM clone ..hehe

You didn't explain how good this new Asus mb ,I don't know but I like Asus MB because it was so easy to get around it well I mean not easy for first timer so I got use to it.If you tell me wihich board could handle better stable then plm..thank you reply

 

[Capt Caveman]

If you're not an experienced overclocker or only plan to oc a little, the Asus will be a better choice. Well, I don't plan on going SLI but I went with the A8N-SLI Premium for several reasons:

1. Heatpipe for nf4 chipset - nice and silent compared to a load fan
2. X2 compatible right out of the box w/ stock bios
3. Overclocks really well. I only started oc'ing lastnight w/ the board but have my memory running at 300 2.5-4-3-5 1T w/out any tweaking
4. 3 PCI slots(a lot of boards only have 2) - I need to use a specific firewire card for my iPod. I also have a pci ide controller card. And I just ordered a PVR-TV
Tuner card
5. Also, for a new system builder/tweaker. Almost everything can be tweaked within the bios, where on a DFI, you have to changed jumpers or flip the sli switch on the motherboard itself.

JMHO, hope it helps!

 

[imported_HorseFly]

Yea perfect..just what i like to hear..

It'll be awhile for me get this setup by step by step with good price like i did on my other rig..I'm no hurry . Thank you capt..

Btw just wonder can I play game on this X2 ? Right now I'm using 3200 winnie,gf5950fx Ultra 256 and 1gb Corsair 3200c2 ....