Having problems choosing a motherboard

[Osteole]

Building my first desktop for playing WoW. Not particular about having a top performing system but here's what I've decided so far.


eVGA 512-P2-N573-AR Geforce 7900GTO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 San Diego 2.6GHz 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor

BenQ FP93GX Black 19" 2ms LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1 0.294mm Pixel Pitch

Plan on running DVI on monitor and no intentions of overclocking and/or SLI connections on the video card.

Also, no raid setups.

 

[Kromis]

Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe

 

[avi85]

Originally posted by: Kromis
Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe

what's the difference between that and the A8N-SLI Deluxe or the A8N-SLI premium?

 

[Kromis]

Originally posted by: avi85

Originally posted by: Kromis
Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe

what's the difference between that and the A8N-SLI Deluxe or the A8N-SLI premium?

I don't believe there is much difference except maybe a few features and cooling.

 

[Rudy Toody]

I built 4 computers using the A8R-MVP and FX-60s. There is a nice review on this site about the board. It has both SATA II and IDE connections and you can use SATA without using RAID. I use both in one box and just SATA in the others. Three of these have been on 24/7 since April and haven't missed a beat. They're running 100% crunching Rosetta@Home and Einstein@Home.

 

[Osteole]

Narrowed it down to these....anyone favor one over the other?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131540

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131517

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813136158

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813138272

Comments appreciated.

 

[sparx]

I don't know if you purchased your processor yet but there has been much success with the Intel Conroe dual core processors.

You can get a E6400 for about the same as your fx55.

The motherboards can be pricey but the prices are dropping as I type this. I don't know if you overclock but with a mild overclock and an ASUS P5B board you will fly past the Fx 55.

Just a thought, Ihave defected myself building my very first Intel. I have the ABIT 9WD Max with a e6600 and am stable 385 x 9 or 3.465, on a CPU stock which runs 2.4 using air cooling.

There are huge oveclocks with the E6400 (could be the E6300's too)

Again something to consider.
sparx
Edit: I see you don't overclock, then you would need an E6600 which is $100.00 more than the Fx 55.