Socket 940 help!

[sikkwun]

I was just wondering which motherboard is better for the socket 940 (Asus SK8V VIA K8T800 OR Asus SK8N nVidia nForce3 PRO150.. I know u need registered RAM) Are both boards Dual Channel?..i knoe the nforce3 is...but im not to sure about the SK8V... thx for ur help!... last piece to my PC!!!

 

[TheRod]

Have you search AnandTech, THG and others for their Opteron MB reviews?

I would personnaly choose the VIA MB, because it's a bit faster than nForce3 150. But many people don't like VIA chipset. I never had any major issue with VIA or nVidia chipset, so I can't say that VIA are less reliable than nVidia.

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[endyen]

Yes, bothe are dual channel, and I would pick the nforce board because I have never had a via chipset board that was 100% stable whena SB sound card was used.

 

[Waspy]

Does both the SK8V and the SK8N motherboards REQUIRE registered RAM, or is it only the SK8N motherboard that requires registerd RAM and the SK8V can take unbuffered RAM? If I have unbuffered RAM already and want to use the mobo, I can't stick that in there and have it run?

 

[endyen]

It's that extra pin on the chip. If it doesn't see registered ram, it wont let the chip work. In other words, all s940 boards must have registered ram.

 

[Waspy]

OK, thanks for clearing that up for me Endyen.