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    K8N NEO4 Plat or A8N-SLI Prem

    How do folks,

    Currently looking to upgrade one of my PC's and am looking at the following mobo's:

    MSI K8N NEO4 Platinum
    Asus A8N SLI Premium

    I already have a MSI K8N NEO4 and am pretty happy with the board, thing is, the new Asus A8N SLI Premium is out and it looks a bit tastey to be honest.

    Thing is this is an SLI board and I`m not going to be running SLI & is more expensive, yet it does appear to have more feature than the MSI.

    So what I want to know is, will it be worth it to fork out the extra £40+ to get the Asus or should I just go with the board I currently have ?


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    I'm running a Neo4 SLi platinum. Absolutely no problems with it - running at 300x8 with a 3000 Venice 24/7 - good quality Creative onboard sound and all the features I wanted. The only downside in my view versus the Asus is MSI's chipset fan (whiney little git) whereas the Asus has got that neat heatpipe thing.

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    You can replace the NB HSF with a quieter one, which is what I plan on doing if I get another MSI board.

    The passive cooling on the Asus is also what is attracting my attention, but is it worth an extra £40+ just for a pice of metal ?!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Enigmatic
    You can replace the NB HSF with a quieter one, which is what I plan on doing if I get another MSI board.
    Unfortunately graphics card is too big (HiS X800XL) for me to put in a passive one. I think it depends on how quiet the rest of your components are and how much you value silence.

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    I've heard the Asus is a good board

    Are you going to be overclocking? If so then get a DFI NF4 Ultra-D or Sli-D - great overclicking boards
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    Nope, wil not be overclocking.

    I know both the Asus and MSI are good boards, just wondering if it will be worth my while spending the extra few pounds on a SLI board when I`m not going to use the SLI but may use some of the extra features found on the Asus that are not on the MSI.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Enigmatic
    Nope, wil not be overclocking.

    I know both the Asus and MSI are good boards, just wondering if it will be worth my while spending the extra few pounds on a SLI board when I`m not going to use the SLI but may use some of the extra features found on the Asus that are not on the MSI.
    Yeah from what I've heard the Asus is well worth the money. Go for it. I mean - you may use SLi eventually when its time for a vid card upgrade
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    Well if your not going to SLI, have you thought about the Asus A8N-E. Ive owned one for a few months now, with my X2 4400+, and it's stable as a rock, clocked to 2600mhz.

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    The Asus is excellent. The software switching of SLI is an excellent solution. You do need a decent fan on the CPU heatsink to keep the northbridge cool though.

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    The asus is well worth it. Mine has not crashed!!! Its a good Oc'er but not the best. DFI is the best i reckon for that. But For stability and all round performace....Asus gets my vote.

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    Quote Originally Posted by paddlegod
    The Asus is excellent. The software switching of SLI is an excellent solution. You do need a decent fan on the CPU heatsink to keep the northbridge cool though.
    The Asus A8N-SLI Premium has a passive cooling system for the NB which is supposedly very good at keeping the NB cool.

    The reason I`m not going SLI is because I don't use my PC for gaming, mainly for study purposes and development.

    I really am swining towards the Asus board because of the extra features, but I am still of two minds whether the extra features of the Asus [ minus the SLI ] is worth the extra spend over the MSI.
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    IMO ( not becuase ive got the Asus mobo) I would go for the Asus mobo due to its great stability. If your not gaming and not Oc'ing then i reckon it makes sense to go for the Asus. Even if it has got SLi, which at the moment is aimed at gamers, you might find some use for it in the future......

    There arnt many mobo's made with NF4 with one PCI-E slot. I would deffo spend the little extra on the SLi.

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    I've looked at both these boards, along with a Gigabyte, for my next upgrade, and at the mo I'm edging towards the Asus, never had an Asus board before but I've heard good things so would go with that. I was going to go SLi too.

    I know what you mean about the whiney northbridge fan on the MSI's, I got a K7N Delta2 Platinum at the mo and before I even installed it I put a Zalman passive cooler on it, but when I put an MSI in my Dad's PC it was terribly loud.

    I'd say go for the Asus, but if you're on a tight budget and don't think you would use all the features then go for the MSI.

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    Go for the Asus - it's the nicest board I've ever owned and I haven't seen a piece of craftsmanship this good since the IC7-G Max 2 came out. It's solidly constructed and feels unbreakable. Pair it with an XP90/C cooler from Thermalright and you'll perfectly cool down the Northbridge as well as keep a 4000 chip at a cool 40 degrees with a 92mm Silenx under full load.

    The SLi is really easy to set up and the mainboard doesn't seem to mind if you swap a single PCI-E gfx card back and forth between the slots - it's a very forgiving piece of equipment. RAID is easy to set up and rock-solid though SATA does have stability issues with high overclocks when in RAID so bear that in mind.

    Overclocking - well I haven't had it past 10% to burn it in so I'm not the one to ask, as I'm always in favour of brute force over selective engineering . Go on, buy it. There isn't a better built, feature packed or quieter board out there

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    If you are after the MSI board, Novatech are doing the K8N NEo4 Platinum SLI Retail for £68+vat, which is the same price as the normal K8NNeo4 non-SLI. Similar specs to the Asus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OmarSantiago
    Go for the Asus - it's the nicest board I've ever owned and I haven't seen a piece of craftsmanship this good since the IC7-G Max 2 came out. It's solidly constructed and feels unbreakable. Pair it with an XP90/C cooler from Thermalright and you'll perfectly cool down the Northbridge as well as keep a 4000 chip at a cool 40 degrees with a 92mm Silenx under full load.

    The SLi is really easy to set up and the mainboard doesn't seem to mind if you swap a single PCI-E gfx card back and forth between the slots - it's a very forgiving piece of equipment. RAID is easy to set up and rock-solid though SATA does have stability issues with high overclocks when in RAID so bear that in mind.

    Overclocking - well I haven't had it past 10% to burn it in so I'm not the one to ask, as I'm always in favour of brute force over selective engineering . Go on, buy it. There isn't a better built, feature packed or quieter board out there
    Have you had any problems with stability with the newest bios/newest nvidia drivers? Any tips ?
    I was just reading through the spec again last night and this board has SO much in there it's.. staggering. TWO raid chipsets? TWO gigbit lans (with host)? Yikes

    Am I right in thinking that a RAID 0 array created with an older SiL chipset will work with the newer one on this board? Is the nvidia RAID better?
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