Which Board

Hi again chaps, i'm here to pick your brains again :) . So i'm upgrading my PC and i've narrowed it down to four motherboards......

1. Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLi

2. Abit Fatal1ty AN8

3. MSI K8N SLI Platinum SLi

4. MSI K8N Diamond

So which do i go for ? :inquisiti .

At the moment i'm leaning towards the Abit Fatality AN8 SLi cause it comes with the UGuru Panel, but really i want the one that is going to deliver the best performance.

So can i have your opinions please :) . Ta

P.S My uses for this rig will be gaming and overclocking.

Thought about the asus ?

Will you use SLi? If not theres no point in getting an SLi capable board.

well i'm not to hot with SLi, can u only use it with Nvidia cards? Cause i'm getting a X800XL. If u can use SLi with ATi cards then i might get another X800XL later.

I do like the Abit boards and the Fatality AN8 SLi is only £14 more than the Fatality AN8 (NON-SLi). I don't no if you think the same, but this difference is justifable by having the option of SLi and also UGuru panel is included with the SLi model.

So i guess now i'm say which one.....

Abit Fatal1ty AN8

or

Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLi (includes UGuru Panel)

Are the speeds of the Abit Fatal1ty AN8 & Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLi equal? (apart from when in SLi Mode) or does one edge over the other? Because if the Fatal1ty AN8 is quicker than the SLi then i might pick that!?!?


argghh i have a headache :shocked2:

SLI on some Nvidia cards only. There is crossfire for for ATI but forget that, its not worth it. All the Nforce boards are about the same performance as the memory controller is on the CPU and they all use the same chip. The SLI and Ultra chips are the same, the Ultra can be turned into an SLI by a pencil lol.

If you want this UGuru thing then get the SLI.

Thanx m8, i think i we go with the SLi version because by doing so i have the option of SLi and i also get the UGuru Panel YAY :)

Thanx for your time :)

That CMOS clear button is a good idea

Yup thats one of the main reasons i want it, actually with my track record i NEED it :shocked2: lol

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There is crossfire for for ATI but forget that, its not worth it.

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When you have this, then uGuru is no more new things :)

This board comes with overclocking as well, and lots of onboard features that cannot disclose yet at this moment...:)

http://www.eqscomputers.com/images/c...e/A72K9-CF.gif

:)

I can get a DFI Lanparty S939 nForce4 Ultra-D for £100 (£30 cheaper than the Abit SLi) worth considering or not?

DFI is not bad but I prefer Asus. The A8N-E Deluxe is incredible. That's what I'm using on all my new S939 systems now including my X2's. :devilish:

LOL ok, i'll put it another way now, which board is best for gaming, speed, overclocking, stability.......

Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe

Abit Fatal1ty AN8

Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLi

DFI LANPARTY NF4 Ultra-D

MSI K8N Diamond

MSI K8N SLI Platinum

LOL is it just me or has my list grown?? :undecided

OK Straight answers now chaps, which is the best for, gaming, speed, overclocking, stability :confused:

Asus A8N-SLI Premium..............

I would discount the Fatality AN8 - if you were thinking of that imho you are better with the plain AN8 Ultra ( 3.55Vdimm versus 2.8V & better sound). The Fatality SLi has 3.55Vdimm too & I must admit I was very nearly tempted by the uGuru panel - may well pick 1 up seperately.

Tbh these days between the memory controller in the CPU & chipsets there doesn't seem to be a tremendous difference between similar boards.

Review of the Fatality AN8 here....

http://www.itreviews.co.uk/h770-abit...an8-review.htm

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Review of the Fatality AN8 here....

http://www.itreviews.co.uk/h770-abit...an8-review.htm

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There's a pretty good 1 on Hexus ... ;)

True enough :) I'm working on the more opinions the merrier theory.... personally I have to read around approx. a thousand online reviews when making any major tech purchase. Usually that confuses me into not being able to make a decision. It's a great money saver ;)

Push it to the very edge overclocking - DFI nf4
Get a nice overclock but not the best - Asus A8n
Get a not very special overclock and pay loads - Abit fatality

There is a good roundup of the main nf4 boards here:

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2465&p=28

the asus sli board is gd aslong as u get the deluxe one

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There is a good roundup of the main nf4 boards here:

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2465&p=28

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read the comments thread though, there are some very strange things going on in that review.
Whilst I have an Ultra rather than the Fatality they are extremely similar boards, use the same BIOS & that just isn't representative.

I can't seem to find any roundups with abit boards in them but check the conclusions of these:

The most wide roundup with individual reviews
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1834862,00.asp


http://www.legionhardware.com/html/doc.php?id=417
http://www.hothardware.com/viewartic...?articleid=645
http://www.gdhardware.com/hardware/m...4/4way/017.htm
http://firingsquad.com/hardware/nvid...dup/page24.asp

This is a good page to start from if you want more roundups:
http://www.amdboard.com/nforce4.html

I have nothing against abit, I've just not heard great things about (from an overclocking perspective) about the AN8 Fatality.

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The most wide roundup with individual reviews
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1834862,00.asp

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You can easily discount this one - either they are clueless or they have the world's worst FX-55 (I vote clueless):
"DFI's board managed a slightly better overclock than the Abit nForce 4 Ultra board, with the bus speed moving from 200MHz up to 207MHz." & they only got 205 out of the EPoX ...

The 2 biggest complaints about the Fatality AN8 from an overclockers point of view were 2.8Vdimm & price.
Both have been addressed by the regular AN8 Ultra (indeed by the even cheaper AN8 V2.0 & I presume the AN8-V although I've not seen it confirmed that the -V has 3.55Vdimm)

You other links don't even have an ABIT board in them ...

I've just not heard great things about (from an overclocking perspective) about the AN8 Fatality.
Check out Hexus, HardOCP, Insanetek,OCtools & PCPer's reviews then ...