Hey guys i found a new home for my current system even tho it has only been like 3 weeks since i built it. Don't worry my cousin is a gamer and he will be taking good care of it. anyway i was thinking about a MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI this mobo looks awsome but i have also seen good things about the ASUS A8N-SLI nForce4. Can anybody tell me which one is better? pros and cons maybe. I trust both MSI and Asus but rigth now i'm kinda leaning towards the MSI. I like the Soundblaster chip on the MSI . This mobo would likley be paired with a Winnie either a 3200+ or a 3500+ not sure yet. Video is undecided also but i was thinking maybe 2 chaintech 6600g's but i migth go with 1 6800GT and get another one Later or maybe even 2 6800vanillas

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3700 San Diego E6 stepping @ 2.9 cooled by a Zalman CNPS 9500 LED
Msi K8N Diamond Plus (Dual x16 Slots)
2 Gigs Corsair 3200xl 2-2-2-5 (running @ 3-3-3-6 with 5/6 divider)
Dual e-Vga 7800 GT CO in SLI (490Core,1200Mem) w/ copper Hsf
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music
Antec True Power II 550W Psu (nvidia SLI cert.)
NZXT Lexa Case
Sony DVD-rom,Nec DVD+RW
dual Samsung 200 gig HDD's
buncha fans controlled by a Ultra fan controler
Logitech Z-2300 2.1 sp

Don't spend the money on 2 6600gt's just get 1 6800gt, either mobo if you like the Soundblaster chip on the MSI get it.

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YOU CAN RUN. . . .YOU'LL JUST DIE TIRED
Athlon64 3500+ NewCastle Thermaltake Venus 12 HSF Lapped and useing Arctic Silver 5,Antec NeoPower 480 PSU,Pioneer DVD burner
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D
TWINX1024-3200XL latency values of 2-2-2-5
ATI Radeon X800 256mg (256bit memory interface)
2 120GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA in RAID 0

i have the MSI K8N SLi platinum, unfortunately i cant comment on it tho, as my processor (A64 3500+ Winchester) hasnt arrived yet. but many ppl will probably agree it is a better board for overclocking.

i have also got 2x MSI 6600GT graphics cards, as they were slightly cheaper than the single 6800GT. but as the board is skt939 and has 2 pci-e slots it should be good for a while. im gonna get A64 fx55 in a year or two and most probably upgrade the graphics cards.

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currently:6000+ x2, msi k9a platinum, 6800GT, 74 gig raptor, 2gb corsair twinx 800mhz, corsair 520w psu, zalman aero flower, lg dvd-rw w/ lightscribe. all in a lovely lian-li pc-v1000BII

still to add: HD3870x2, 750gb barracuda.

QUOTE (VIPER-X @ Mar 24 2005, 01:07 AM) Don't spend the money on 2 6600gt's just get 1 6800gt, either mobo if you like the Soundblaster chip on the MSI get it.
Yep SLI 6600GT's a waste. 1 6800GT will be much better of with the option to add a second later.
As for what board. I like the MSI easier to update and install. Asus boards tend to be a pain in the neck.

MSI has been making great boards lately, and it looks like this SLI mobo is opretty good. so, MSI.
about the videocards, get a 6800GT, and if necessary, get another in some time. one 6800gt will be enough for a while don't you think?

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AMD Athlon II X2 440 @ 2.7 GHz (Sempron unlocked)
2x2GB OCZ DDR3 1600MHz 8-8-8-24 AMD Black Edition
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H 890GX
MSI nVidia GTX460 1GB Hawk
X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional
Antec TruePower New 650W

I have installed these 2 boards. They both are great. But I like the sound that the MSI offers, and I am becoming an MSI fanboy as of late. Been on a roll with making great products.

LVS

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- AMD FX 8120
- ATI/AMD HD 7970
- Biostar TA990FXE
- 16 GB's of some flashy Crucial RAM
- Buncha HDDs sucking up way too much power
- Win7 Ultimate x64/Ubuntu x64
-A lot of other crap that I can't remember.
- Wurd?

you can't go wrong with both they are nice MB I have the A8N-SLI and it came with all the cables and USB ,Firewire and game com ports and all the software for overclocking.

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Gigabyte X48T-DQ6 ,Xeon x3360
Cooler Master COSMOS Case,
4G OCZ DDR3 1600 2x2G 7.6.6.24 @2T
HIS 3870x2
WD 150G Raptor x2 0Raid & WD 250G Storage Drive.
Antec Quattro 1000Watt PS
Vista 64Bit.