Posted September 13, 20195 yr Title. I had a A8N-SLI as a kid years ago and I would love to have another high end S939 board for a XP build. Edited September 15, 20195 yr by Wasmachineman_NL
September 13, 20195 yr 15 minutes ago, cbjaust said: Have a Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9, would that suit? Too low end, thanks though.
September 14, 20195 yr i have a couple of DFI ultra D boards here , but i beleive they have mosfet issues, power up but no boot, were damn good boards too, the only equivalent to them is the dfi venus and expert, i also have a venus, difference being the ram slots are located at the rear of the cpu socket towards the back plane, ultra d boards have the ram to the right of the cpu socket
September 14, 20195 yr 11 hours ago, ozzie said: i have a couple of DFI ultra D boards here , but i beleive they have mosfet issues, power up but no boot, were damn good boards too, the only equivalent to them is the dfi venus and expert, i also have a venus, difference being the ram slots are located at the rear of the cpu socket towards the back plane, ultra d boards have the ram to the right of the cpu socket Is that Venus board better than the A8N(32)-SLI?
September 14, 20195 yr If your going for a retro build it wouldn't really mater that much any higher end board would work, if you are going to bench with it then a DFI board would be a better choice. Go to the hardware listing and pull up S939 boards and look at sub counts and start seeing what you can find. I personally use a a Asus A8N32-SLI-Deluxe all most all the time, do have four DFIs (lot better BIOS) but started with the Asus so just go to it out of habit and a little lazy as I don't want to take the time to learn the DFI BIOS. A good kit of RAM is just as important as the board and both are getting hard to come by!
September 14, 20195 yr 2 minutes ago, Aleslammer said: If your going for a retro build it wouldn't really mater that much any higher end board would work, if you are going to bench with it then a DFI board would be a better choice. Go to the hardware listing and pull up S939 boards and look at sub counts and start seeing what you can find. I personally use a a Asus A8N32-SLI-Deluxe all most all the time, do have four DFIs (lot better BIOS) but started with the Asus so just go to it out of habit and a little lazy as I don't want to take the time to learn the DFI BIOS. A good kit of RAM is just as important as the board and both are getting hard to come by! I'm thinking of doing a SLI build with some 8800's so I can play STALKER in 1600p.
September 14, 20195 yr Not much help, about the only thing I've ran in SLI on the the Asus board was a couple Quadro FX 4600 (8800 Ultra +/-) without problem.
September 14, 20195 yr Just now, Aleslammer said: Not much help, about the only thing I've ran in SLI on the the Asus board was a couple Quadro FX 4600 (8800 Ultra +/-) without problem. Can you get full cover blocks for the FX 4600?
September 14, 20195 yr I have no idea. Do know once the cooling pulled not a lot of differences so you would have to see how close it is to the reference design. Might have an Ultra but the Quadros are long gone.
September 14, 20195 yr Just a quick note: If you're going to SLI on the DFI boards, you'll quickly kill the NB. SLI effectively covers all of the NB cooling area and it runs hot even without being covered in the first place.
September 14, 20195 yr 1 hour ago, Mr.Scott said: Just a quick note: If you're going to SLI on the DFI boards, you'll quickly kill the NB. SLI effectively covers all of the NB cooling area and it runs hot even without being covered in the first place. Would the A8N-SLI be a better board for SLI?
September 14, 20195 yr 1 minute ago, Jokot said: Pretty sure I have a spare A8N-SLI Deluxe if you are interested. That would be awesome because its passively cooled. What do you want for it?
September 14, 20195 yr 12 hours ago, Wasmachineman_NL said: Is that Venus board better than the A8N(32)-SLI? in my opinion yes by far but aleslammer is right, the bios in dfi boards are hard to get used to but once you work out thier quirks and know how they work theyre a dream of a board scotty is also right, the NB runs warm normally and has to be cooled or it will fail also , if you do decide on a DFI board, make sure the cmos battery has no less than 3.0 v, dfi boards are notorious for the bios settings playing up if the cmos battery voltage is down, it starts if the battery v is around the 2.8v mark, settings not saved properly and all sorts of issues arising i have an asus AN8-SLI-PREMIUM board here too, bios less complicated than the dfi but imo ill stick with the dfi Edited September 15, 20195 yr by ozzie
September 15, 20195 yr I'll throw in and say out of the Asus lineup the A8N32 SLI-Deluxe is the best for SLI use. Has two x16 PCI-E lanes, that does make a difference and OC's well enough too.
September 15, 20195 yr 6 hours ago, Bones said: I'll throw in and say out of the Asus lineup the A8N32 SLI-Deluxe is the best for SLI use. Has two x16 PCI-E lanes, that does make a difference and OC's well enough too. Except finding a A8N32-SLI is quite hard nowadays.
September 15, 20195 yr Cheapest that I found that ships to Europe https://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-A8N32-SLI-Deluxe-AMD-Motherboard-socket-939/153641122216?hash=item23c5b979a8:g:nu4AAOSwGQRdetJt
September 15, 20195 yr 4 hours ago, Aleslammer said: Cheapest that I found that ships to Europe https://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-A8N32-SLI-Deluxe-AMD-Motherboard-socket-939/153641122216?hash=item23c5b979a8:g:nu4AAOSwGQRdetJt And I would get assraped by Dutch Customs because outside EU. No thanks.
September 15, 20195 yr My offer: Asus A8N-SLI SE, X2 3800+, 2x1GB Mem and Cooler for 45 Euros incl. shipping to NL.
