NEED HELP WITH MOTHERBOARD looking to buy and need some opinions

[VinnyPel2ella]

okay so i am looking at this motherboard ASUS A8N-SLI ATX AMD Motherboard i have read some good reviews about it and some real bad ones so i was just wondering what you guys though. Also if you have any suggestions on motherboards this is my setup, AMD Athlon 64 3800+ X2(socket 939) eVGA GeForce 7800GT. Any suggestions are welcome and give some links if possible.
thanks

 

[Wentelteefje]

Are you really going to use SLI...? If not, take a regular nForce4 Ultra mobo...

 

[VinnyPel2ella]

i am not going to use SLI at first because of the price but probably will move to it when i get the money...so i am looking for a mobo with SLI

 

[VinnyPel2ella]

and i want a mobo that can use the amd x2 processors

 

[Wentelteefje]

All mobo's that support S939 CPUs now have BIOS updates that fully support the X2's as well, so that's no reason of concern...

We also generally do not recommend SLI as an upgrade option. The main benefit of multi-GPU technology these days is to increase the maximum performance beyond the fastest single card on the market. ATI and NVIDIA have kept upgrade cycles fairly consistent over the past few years. It makes sense to spend money on a card that will bring increased performance and more features to a system when a new generation of GPU comes out rather than augmenting an aging card with another of the same type.

Coming from this very same AnandTech site...

EDIT: Some alternatives...

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (nForce4 Ultra) - $ 123 Great board, strong OCing, lots of features...
EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra (nForce4 Ultra) - $ 105 Among the best and cheapest nForce4 Ultra mobo's available today, a very strong performer and great OCer...
EPoX EP-9NPAJ SLI (nForce4 SLI) - $ 120 AIS Very good SLI mobo, excellent overclocking as well, and a low price too...
EPoX EP-9NPA+ SLI (nForce4 SLI) - $ 137 Its bigger brother... Better, but it costs a tad more as well...

Plenty of reviews on those boards...

 

[VinnyPel2ella]

none of these boards support the Athlon 64 X2 processors

 

[Yreka]

Yes, they do.. Many vendors/mfg's just have not updated their X2 Support logos and descriptions yet. * assuming thats what you are looking at* If you are still feeling leary, look at an individial boards bios release notes.

Even my old MSI Neo 2 platnum w Nforce 3 chipset supports X2's. Don't spend extra on an SLI board just to get the X2 sticker.

 

[VinnyPel2ella]

so if it just says AMD 64 it means x2 too.

 

[VinnyPel2ella]

and is there a review for the motherboard i put in the first thread. and also is that a good mobo in my first thread on this page cause i might stick with it

 

[Wentelteefje]

Like I and Yreka said before, BIOS updates that support X2's are out for a long time already...

You can read reviews on its bigger brother, the A8N-SLI Deluxe... It's just the same mobo, only lacking some features...