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Motherboard Indecisions

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imported_boti

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My indecision regards two motherboards: 😕

1st: ASUS M2N32-SLI DELUXE/WIFI-AP nForce 590 SLI SKAM2
- This is a tried and true mobo that has had formidable reviews since late 2006 and throughout 2007, furthermore, it has (according to the ASUS website) support for the new AM2+ CPU (http://event.asus.com/mb/am2_plus/), its feature rich but nevertheless it is 1½yrs old.

2nd: GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-DS4 AM2+
- This quite recent board is something of a blur, i have found no reviews except for the ones in newegg.com and overclockers.uk, it does sport the new AMD chipset 790X and its a native AM2+ board.

Note 1: I can acquire the ASUS for 145$ and the GIGABYTE for 111$, the difference in value means that if i gor for the latter i still have margin to acquire a CPU cooler (was thinking of the also new ASUS Triton 77 for 32$).

Note 2: This board will be host to a AMD X2 5000+ Black Edition CPU and an ASUS 8800GT 512mb VGA (something that weighs considerably should i decide to go the SLi route which the ASUS does support and the GIGABYTE does not since its XFire)

This will all go into a NOX Coolbay 25 ATX with a NOX Urano 500w PSU, i just havent decided on the RAM but if in doubt i'll report here for enlightenment.

Any help and clairvoyance on this matter is much appreciated
 
You are new here, so you may not be aware that AMD CPUs are no longer competitive.

The X2 5000+ is more than 60% slower than current Intel CPUs, or more than 90% slower once you figure in overclocking capability.

A $189 Intel E8400 @ 3.6GHz with the $89 Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard will double the performance of that setup.
 
Afraid so, the unlocked multiplier was something that made me hop onboard and the fact that it cost me 94$. I'm aware of Intel's superior performance but, its nearly twice as much as i could afford at the moment.
If you, or anyone else, know of any mobo that i may have overlooked and is in the price range and shares some characteristics of the aforementioned motherboards please ... do tell.

Thank you for the reply KenAF

 
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