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In article <1088722231.24448.0@ersa.uk.clara.net>, Graham Moore says...
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>Anyone used this board and got any feedback?
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>Cheers,
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>Graham
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First one I built in April of 2003 and is an early Rev. 2.(1003)
A7N8X-DX Rev. 2
Barton 2500
Onboard Soundstorm audio
MSI G4-Ti-4200 128, 8x
Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP
Maxtor 80g, Maxtor 160g
Promise Ultra100 TX-2 IDE Controller with a Maxtor 160g
1G Crucial 2700
Lite-on DVDRW and Lite-On DVD
USB 7in1 card reader
Antec True Blue 480w PS
I use this almost exclusivly for music, video editing, TV-DVD, VHS viewing and
capture, DVDRW and CDRW, digital camera and picture editing. This machine is an
always-on, hard use system that seldom crashes and has been running almost
flawlessly for a year and a half. It does seem to run a little warm, ideling at
45 and pushing 54-57 when video editing.
I have since built a A7N8X-DX and a A7N8X-X both with similiar specs except for
512mg. Corsair Value Select 3200 memory and CDRW drives instead of DVDRW. Both
perform very well although they haven't been used as hard as the original build.
Both newer machines run cooler (35-40).
There isn't much not to like about this board and I'll probably build one more
with the E board and a 3200 Barton before moving on to the 64's. I hope this
helps.
Ed