Amd x2 3800 but what abit board to go with it ??

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It sounds like what you're trying to do is pretty standard usage (the
marketing guys think that 10 USB ports vs. 8 are important and so on).
I had my heart set on an Asus AN8-SLI Deluxe/Premium, but am now
looking at the A8N-SLI Fatal1ty board from Abit.

While the extra bells and whistles (extra 4 SATA ports for a total of
8, second LAN port, and so on) is nice for some folks, it just
introduces more driver issues. The board I mention gives you all of
what you're looking for, such as NCQ/SATA-2, IEEE1394, USB2. From all
reports the goal of that board has been to eliminate unnecessary items
to boost stability, so I'm all for that.

As for overclocking, I will defer to those who are more knowledgeable
than me....


On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:39:58 +1000, No One Realy <1@2.com.au> wrote:

>
>
>Amd x2 3800 but what abit board to go with it ??
>
>I was thinking of doing some SLIing AND plonk 2 6600 Gts in a mobo.
>But not sure if two 6600gts are work the trouble. And is SLi worth it.
>
>Anyway i dont think i can justify the cost anyway. One Vidcard i think
>will do me.
>
>But i want all the other stuff USB 2.0 Onboard lan, Firewire ect. Sata
>2 would be great with NCQ. As i want to add a SATA 2 drive to the new
>system to make everything new. Might make it alittle bIT FASTER.
>
>Thanks for the help.
>
>
>/ps I DO intend to overclock. I think you can push the 3800 to 2.5 ghz
>and even higher with the right cooling.
>
>Thanks.

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Its going to me my main PC. My old abit NF7-s with a barton mobile at
2.4ghz will go into my media pc. Whole mobo into new pc. And just
change to a 250gig hd and rinstall the system. TA DA  

Thanks.


On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:08:49 -0400, Ourouboros
<Frank.Black@Millenium.com> wrote:

>It sounds like what you're trying to do is pretty standard usage (the
>marketing guys think that 10 USB ports vs. 8 are important and so on).
>I had my heart set on an Asus AN8-SLI Deluxe/Premium, but am now
>looking at the A8N-SLI Fatal1ty board from Abit.
>
>While the extra bells and whistles (extra 4 SATA ports for a total of
>8, second LAN port, and so on) is nice for some folks, it just
>introduces more driver issues. The board I mention gives you all of
>what you're looking for, such as NCQ/SATA-2, IEEE1394, USB2. From all
>reports the goal of that board has been to eliminate unnecessary items
>to boost stability, so I'm all for that.
>
>As for overclocking, I will defer to those who are more knowledgeable
>than me....
>
>
>On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:39:58 +1000, No One Realy <1@2.com.au> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Amd x2 3800 but what abit board to go with it ??
>>
>>I was thinking of doing some SLIing AND plonk 2 6600 Gts in a mobo.
>>But not sure if two 6600gts are work the trouble. And is SLi worth it.
>>
>>Anyway i dont think i can justify the cost anyway. One Vidcard i think
>>will do me.
>>
>>But i want all the other stuff USB 2.0 Onboard lan, Firewire ect. Sata
>>2 would be great with NCQ. As i want to add a SATA 2 drive to the new
>>system to make everything new. Might make it alittle bIT FASTER.
>>
>>Thanks for the help.
>>
>>
>>/ps I DO intend to overclock. I think you can push the 3800 to 2.5 ghz
>>and even higher with the right cooling.
>>
>>Thanks.

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit (More info?)

No One Realy wrote:

" I was thinking of doing some SLIing AND plonk 2 6600 Gts in a mobo.
But not sure if two 6600gts are work the trouble. And is SLi worth it.
Anyway i dont think i can justify the cost anyway. One Vidcard i think
will do me. "

2x 6600GT will cost between $300 and $400. A 6800GT will cost about the
same, give you the same performance as 2x 6600GT in SLI, and run a lot
better than a single 6600GT in games that don't support SLI.

If you are feeling a little richer, but can't afford a top-of-the-line
7800GTX, you can get a 7800GT for between $400 and $450.


" But i want all the other stuff USB 2.0 Onboard lan, Firewire ect.
Sata2 would be great with NCQ. As i want to add a SATA 2 drive to the
new system to make everything new. Might make it alittle bIT FASTER. "

http://www2.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard...

There are currently five socket 939 Abit motherboards with onboard
SATA-II. All of them have PCI-Express x16, USB2 and GbE LAN. The single
PCI-Express x16 boards are

AN8 Ultra
AN8 SLI
KN8 Ultra
Fatal1ty AN8
Fatal1ty AN8 SLI

The KN8 Ultra doesn't have a firewire port or headers, which probably
throws that one out the window.