Need a Asus board for am AMD64 3000+ 939

[Inikay]

Hi!

I'm buiyng an Athlon 64 3000+ and need a good Asus board which let's me use 2 SATA Hard Drives (160GB and 80 GB) and 2 optical drives (DVD ROM + DVD RW). Is the ASUS A8V Deluxe Socket 939 a good choice?

Also, is there any PCI-E already available, and is it worth waiting?

Thanks,

Inikay.

 

[ts3433]

There's PCIe available, but the only one currently available anywhere from Asus is the A8N-SLI for $270. You can find others with one PCIe slot (quite inexpensively too--$130) if you look beyond Asus.

 

[Inikay]

Thanks Machina. Any suggestions?

Inikay.

 

[ts3433]

My rig link says you are welcome, but wonders what for. 😀 (If this is too subtle, look to the left of where my message is.)

Chaintech and Gigabyte both have boards out with one PCIe x16 slot.

 

[Inikay]

🙂 got it. Thanks

Inikay.

 

[npapanik]

If you don't care about SLI:
ASUS A8V-E

 

[Inikay]

Hey npapanik:

Your computer looks a lot with the one I want to build, except for the 2 36GB in Raid.

How does it perform? D you think an Asus Radeon A9600XT would do the trick? (I don't play much).

Thanks,

Inikay.

 

[ts3433]

There's a fair bit of difference between a 9800 Pro and a 9600XT. If you go for something more in the 9600XT price range, try either a new 9800 vanilla or a used 9700 Pro.

 

[npapanik]

Originally posted by: Inikay
Hey npapanik:

Your computer looks a lot with the one I want to build, except for the 2 36GB in Raid.

How does it perform? D you think an Asus Radeon A9600XT would do the trick? (I don't play much).

Thanks,

Inikay.

Happy New Year!

Since you don't play much, 9600 will do the work just fine. The machine is rock stable (even though I am running at 2300MHz, 27% higher than stock MHz)