Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe Review

[PHILIP1193]

There a lot of reviews about for this and seems to b the dogs bollox as far as mobo's go as far as what i can read, ok maybe eth x16 speeds maybe not as usfulll atm teh mo as what the results show but good none the less, quitet, fully featured but also expensive at £150 at another well known retailer)

It does 3.2v on memory has so many bios features including a high htt setting of 1600 mhz not that you cna use it properly (smack!) lol , i think its now beats the dfi and the dfi expert i think

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=179&type=expert

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2589

http://www.amdzone.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=192&page=1

^^^ 3 reviews for you to read

I think iv seen my next mobo just not yet seen a due date...

Discuss...

Phil

 

[SAS91]

Ive always bought asus mobos and have to say i am absouloutly stunned by the quality of customer service, quality and quanity that is provided in the bundles. I have no doubts this mobo will be just as good as there always made and even though i think my dad has ordered some stupid grupper mobo i want on of these.

Awww well tough luck i guess, but anyway, this board is highly recommended

 

[chris_ah1]

pah, I haven't been very convinced of the quality of my a7n8x-e - it couldn't even take a slightly oh so slightly bent capacitor.

Problem with this board is that Asus have messed up their PCI slot arrangement so if you need two slots - nay even one that might be a squeeze here. tsk tsk.

 

[SAS91]

lol ive had some asus OEM board which i sold recently, i also have experiance with a p4c800 in my dads PC and currently have an A8V in mine Guess you just got unlucky

 

[Master_G]

i think my dad has ordered some stupid grupper mobo i want on of these.

If it's the sapphire grouper board then it has a lot of nice features, i think it will be my next board because i cant wait for the RD580 in mid Jan.

G

 

[Geomon]

The new Custom pc mag has a review of the asus a8n32. They gave it 83% and said that theres not that much diff from the old sli board but nvidia say that the 512gtx makes use of the extra lanes. Could be them extra 3dmark points needed to move up a position on the orb for all you benchers

 

[SAS91]

If it's the sapphire grouper board then it has a lot of nice features, i think it will be my next board because i cant wait for the RD580 in mid Jan.

G

I could of, cause at xmas im gonna be gettin an x2 and this grouper, very nice btw its under my mum and dads bed however i wont have a pci-e g-card. Which of course, i want to be a x1800xt512 or equiv... we are talkin until feb for me to get this money, thats a lot of time for a mobo to sit unused. It feels rejected, un-needed, and i havent got my dream rig...great.

 

[K404]

Buy a cheap PCI-E ATI card till then... it`ll make the XT seem 100 million times sweeter than it already is.

 

[Master_G]

I could of, cause at xmas im gonna be gettin an x2 and this grouper, very nice btw its under my mum and dads bed however i wont have a pci-e g-card. Which of course, i want to be a x1800xt512 or equiv... we are talkin until feb for me to get this money, thats a lot of time for a mobo to sit unused. It feels rejected, un-needed, and i havent got my dream rig...great.

Yeah that's kinda my problem, need 2 upgrade 2 things at one time and thats a lot of cash if you want to have a half decent GPU in there. My parents wont buy me any computer parts for Xmas, they say they are too expensive and too wasteful, so i gotta rob a bank or something now cos ive spent all of my student loan (and some more besides, whoopsie :$)

G

 

[nick25]

Have to agree with Asus build quality, this looks like a very nice board.

Just one thing, is standard PCI expansion slots on their way out? Dread to think I have to replace my £350 PCi soundcard anytime soon

 

[maverik-sg1]

Have to agree with Asus build quality, this looks like a very nice board.

Just one thing, is standard PCI expansion slots on their way out? Dread to think I have to replace my £350 PCi soundcard anytime soon

You dont have to replace it mate - you can use onboard sound in the interim - look inevitable that you will need to address that issue in the near future - to maximise the sell price of the product, probs best to sell now before market drops off PCI products altogether.

We need more volts!!

Mav

There's only reallly one choice for me and it's DFI all teh way - although SLI16 is desireable, we are way off pushing the limits of the current solution - so essential it is not, volts is what we need

 

[Vrykyl]

id have considered an asus mobo, but if you have a lian li v series case (ie btx-esque layout) the heatpipe cooler for the chipset/s dont work so youd roast the board unless you replace em!

 

[chris_ah1]

You dont have to replace it mate - you can use onboard sound in the interim - look inevitable that you will need to address that issue in the near future - to maximise the sell price of the product, probs best to sell now before market drops off PCI products altogether.

We need more volts!!

Mav

There's only reallly one choice for me and it's DFI all teh way - although SLI16 is desireable, we are way off pushing the limits of the current solution - so essential it is not, volts is what we need

I can't believe you are telling someone who can barely deal with a £350 sound card to live with onboard eeep.

Creative have said that the PCIe bus is not suited for small audio packets but they will try to overcome it.

Looking at the board again, I think nick can safely just about get one PCI card in - as me - so its either sound or tv...sound or tv....pah - *LANGUAGE* 32 lanes and this poor design. benchers can have a field day with it

 

[nick25]

id have considered an asus mobo, but if you have a lian li v series case (ie btx-esque layout) the heatpipe cooler for the chipset/s dont work so youd roast the board unless you replace em!

I have one in my upside down Lian-Li V1100 and its working ok - don't believe the stories. Its 25C idle and goes to 45C load under dual core stress, thats with 1.6v through the chipset and 270HTT.

Lol @ Mav - onboard :O that'll be the day But I am seriously worried what to do. Do you think there will be PCIx-PCI adapters or something?

 

[GoLLuM4444]

Lol @ Mav - onboard :O that'll be the day But I am seriously worried what to do. Do you think there will be PCIx-PCI adapters or something?

That's alot of smileys. I use onboard.

 

[maverik-sg1]

I can't believe you are telling someone who can barely deal with a £350 sound card to live with onboard eeep.

Creative have said that the PCIe bus is not suited for small audio packets but they will try to overcome it.

Looking at the board again, I think nick can safely just about get one PCI card in - as me - so its either sound or tv...sound or tv....pah - *LANGUAGE* 32 lanes and this poor design. benchers can have a field day with it

It's all a trade-off of what's important to you, I did not know that you could get a £350 sound card - Perhaps a fatality PCI-X saound card is a good stop-gap.

What does a £350 sound card do?

Mav

 

[nick25]

You can spend 000s on profesional studio based sound cards if you wanted to. This card is based around my secondary hi-fi, it rivals CDPs in the £1000 region so thought I'd save some money.

Music is very important to me.

 

[maverik-sg1]

You can spend 000s on profesional studio based sound cards if you wanted to. This card is based around my secondary hi-fi, it rivals CDPs in the £1000 region so thought I'd save some money.

Music is very important to me.

Nice one Nick mate - sounds like a very impressive bit of kit, I am a complete neanderthol in this are - usually happy with a £150 midi hi-fi system or my audigy 2 sound card.