fatal1ty fp-in9 sli

[BUFF]

imo 650i isn't a great chipset - you'll also find various complaints about pretty much every other 650i mobo if you look.
Unless you need SLI or loads of IDE devices I honestly feel that 965 is a better chipset. I've had an Asus P5N-E SLI since Dec. & it has plenty of flaws too.

As for the FP-IN9 SLI most people seem to find that it's perfectly solid at stock but doesn't currently overclock past the mid 400s (I personally suspect that it's the BIOS not allowing 1.6VMCH which other 650is seem to need for high fsb).

[EtheAv8r]

I would love to try a new board but SCAN wont let me without a return code as its over 7 days, can you help?

I am VERY happy so far with my QuadGT which I installed a couple of weeks ago to replace a dissapointing ASUS Commando.

[jonesy]

thanks for the replys, had a good read over alot of old posts and alot of people said that the Asus P5B boards are the easyest and best to use so i have ordered one of these Asus P5B-E Plus

Its has every feature i need but cost me abit extra but as long as it works straight out of the box thats all im bothered about

[Freelance]

imo 650i isn't a great chipset - you'll also find various complaints about pretty much every other 650i mobo if you look.
Unless you need SLI or loads of IDE devices I honestly feel that 965 is a better chipset. I've had an Asus P5N-E SLI since Dec. & it has plenty of flaws too.

As for the FP-IN9 SLI most people seem to find that it's perfectly solid at stock but doesn't currently overclock past the mid 400s (I personally suspect that it's the BIOS not allowing 1.6VMCH which other 650is seem to need for high fsb).

Thanks BUFF. Since it comes from you than it is fair and honest. I noticed what you say about 650i as well, thanks. Surfed thorugh other 650i formus and it does seem they all have problems, BIOS is mentioned too often - but on all boards and by different manuf???

Well, I really(!) wanted to try once an nVidia (but not the most expensive) chipset and CPU, since I only had Intel until now and throughout time there were good reviews about the nVidias. And now with C2D I said - well, at least the chipset. No mate, with these reports about all 650i's...

Well, I'll have to decide by Tuesday whether to go for a GigaP35-DS4 or a Giga965P-DS4, or [edit:]jonesy's idea Anus965P5B-E+, or AbitAB9 mobo. BUFF with your "resident abit fanboy" I shouldn't guess which one would you recommend, should I?

M8s, if you think I am wrong and FP-IN9 is a really good board give me your feed(but not->)back.

[Freelance]

P.S. Buff you guessed right - it'll be my all-in-one new config and I do not need SLI, I will have only one IDE (DVDRW), however, I do intend to OC, although not too much, an E4300 to 2,6 or max 2,8Ghz. So it does seem that FP-IN9 might be out of my list - very sad. Yet again, if you guys think that this board will shine as of BIOS 13 give some food for thought.

[BUFF]

if you can afford £100 then I strongly recommend the AB9 QuadGT as did EtheAv8r below me.

Might be worth looking at P35 mobos too as they are now starting to turn up - abit's P35 Pro is due out mid June ~£95.

[EtheAv8r]

My QuadGT is running rock solid at 3.55GHz - the ASUS Commando, all other components the same - except the cooler - struggled to be stable over 3.1Ghz... and the QuadGT is a fair bit cheaper, and the support from abit is in a completely different league. I will never again buy ASUS. abit Rocks!

[Freelance]

if you can afford £100 then I strongly recommend the AB9 QuadGT as did EtheAv8r below me.

Might be worth looking at P35 mobos too as they are now starting to turn up - abit's P35 Pro is due out mid June ~£95.

Buff and EtheAv8r, many thanks! And mates, Abit should give you a medal of fanship My respect and thanks again, I'll have a good think over your recos, as well as over the p35 option (alreay checking other formus). Good luck with the fp-in9 and bioses! Cheers!

[danroyle]

Apart from the fact this board is diving me crazy.. and "decides" when she wants to fire,

Ive also noticed that I am unable to charge any of my appliances, Dell AXIM x50 or Erricson K750i through the USB interfaces. They will sync up but not charge.

They all charge on my Dell 8600 or Toshiba A10 or Compaq nw8240 or my 2 year old gigabyte MB in my MediaCentre.

But not on this Board.

Any other takers can test this???

my w810i charges fine although had problems initially with a cable i bought from ebay that didnt have all the pins in it once i found my original it was fine

also charged the missus samsung on here too

[redddraggon]

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=199821


Nothing beyond that.

[s_noopy]

@redddraggon - what voltages?

[redddraggon]

@redddraggon - what voltages?

Just above stock for CPU and NB, DDR2@2.1

[JamesU2002]

Are the PCI-E x16 or x8? It seems to be different on each website.

[redddraggon]

Are the PCI-E x16 or x8? It seems to be different on each website.

x16, but when you use both slots in SLI it's x8

[JamesU2002]

x16, but when you use both slots in SLI it's x8

Ok thanks.

Also do you know whether I can connect my front USB and Firewire ports on my case to this motherboard?

It's just that it doesn't have a rear Firewire on this mb.

[BUFF]

it doesn't have onboard firewire, you would have to use a PCI firewire card.