I am Buying some Sweeet™ upgrades in the next month or so. So I am trying to do my Research on the Best Bang for the buck SLi Motherboard.
Here are the Options that I am looking at:
And Yes I will be doing some OC'ing with the Motherboard I choose.
The processor will be a AMD Athlon 64 X2 or a Dual-Core AMD Opteron
The Video card that I will be using is a eVGA GeForce 6800 GS 256MB GDDR3/PCI-E ( that I won)
And I will be buying another one as soon as I get all the other Items Bought.
The Ram and PSU Is open for Ideas

	Abit KN8 SLI nF4

Asus A8N-SLI Premium nForce4 SLI = WINNER!!!!!
DFI Lan Party NForce4 SLI-DR

	DFI Lan Party UT nForce4 SLI-DR

	DFI Lanparty UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert

	EVGA 133-K8-NF41-AX NForce4 SLI

	Gigabyte GA-K8N PRO-SLI NF4 SLI

	MSI K8N SLI-F

So which MoBo would you guys think I should buy?

Well, for Hardcore OCers, DFI is just about the only way to go. If you plan on OCing a bit but do not have the patience to fool around with about 40+ settings, other motherboards like the Asus has a good reputation for OCing with little work.

As for the different DFI boards, the "Expert" version is the newest version. One of the reasons why they made another version, was because some people were haveing a bit of a hard time fitting certian hardware combinations onto the other boards.
If you notice, there is more space between the PCI-E slots, so people can now use duel "Silencer" video card coolers. Also, there was some concern from some people about the Ram absorbing the heat from the CPU cooler from it being right on top of it.

I have to recommend a DFI too T2, just to get the most overclock from your CPU.

Get some sweet pimp pics up of the gear when you get it

I am currently rockin the Gigabyte GA-K8N PRO-SLI NF4 SLI for my own PC.
It defintly rocks for its price.

3 Dfi's made ya list. And everyones gonna recommend'em due to their super oc abilities. But if you go with the asus let us know how it is. I'm planning on picking one up. Tiger is always out of stock on it tho. (their down the st from my job).

Are you watercooling?

On top of DFI overclocking like a madman, the new expert has it all pretty nicely laid out now. Its a simplified version of its older little brother, and its video cards are laid out farther apart to allow for better cooling solutions while cards are in sli. Cant recommend anything else, cause thats all i know about, sorry.

Quote: Originally Posted by M*LiVVy Are you watercooling?

No water cooling yet Just some sweeet Air

Keep the ideas and choices coming

The Asus "Premium" is over 200$ and the Expert is right up there in price...hardly "Bang for the Buck" since they can cost nearly double a basic OC board.

They are nearly equal in performance (Over 300FSB) with the ASUS being easiest to set up....you can't go wrong with either one..I would avoid any of the other ASUS boards as they are limited to around 250FSB without a bit of tweeking.

The SLI DR is probably the best deal of the boards listed, you skipped the "Infinity" series from DFI wich will have similar OC abilities of the LP series...but I wouldnt cheap out here, they tend to have a few more issues then the LP.

Quote: Originally Posted by THRASHER2 No water cooling yet Just some sweeet Air Keep the ideas and choices coming

I only asked because in my search space came into consideration due to size limits if you want to add some blocks to the cards in sli and chipset. According to BA and others... the lanparty expert allows the most room.

Lots of space




LOL look at the box it comes in...

dfamn does that mobo come with a ring cause that box is pimping.... prolly why its more expensive.....

LOL

id go with the dfi sli thrash, but if you already hit 3ghz opty on a mobo so maybe just find that mobo on pcie with sli?

I am liking this one Asus A8N-SLI Premium nForce4 SLI
Price: $163.99@ http://www.xpcgear.com
Price: $169.89 @ http://www.monarchcomputer.com
Price: $170.00 @ http://www.zipzoomfly.com

Find good deals on it... then lemme kno where you got it and i'll order one too.

cuz rememba folks....

T2 won't pay alot for that mobo

OCZ makes good PSU's i would suggest the 520 modstream, And for ram if you going to be doing some overclocking i would go with Gskill or OCZ. I'll link some links to some stuff for ya bro..


Here is some Gskill 2x1Gb Sticks. Cas = 2-3-2-5, It runs at 220Ext clock at them timmings!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231034


If you are going to go with 2x512s i would go with this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227211

That is well known as OCZ BH-5 and will do 2-2-2-5 at 250Mhz! You just gota have some massive voltage to get it there! Like up to 3.4V DFI boards will do so!


And for a PSU i would go with this...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817104155

This is a GREAT PSU! The best i have ever owned... The rails on this puppy are excellent!!!

Im running 2 raptors, 2 wd 250s, A 7800GT, A X2 3800+ @ 2.6Ghz, The dfi Ultra -d, 2 x1 gig sticks of that Gskill i possted above, And my rails a rock!! The 3.3v is 3.4v my 12v is 12.1v and my 5v rail is 5.2!!

Well i hope that helps ya out bro! If you need anything else just post!!


Matt

Quote: Originally Posted by M*LiVVy Find good deals on it... then lemme kno where you got it and i'll order one too. cuz rememba folks.... T2 won't pay alot for that mobo

DAMN SKIPPY!!!!

DFI LANPARTY UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert
Price: $205.50 @ http://www.4reseller.com



JUST ADDED

MSI K8N DIAMOND PLUS Socket 939/nForce4 SLI


Price: $186.43 @http://www.ewiz.com

Also the DFI Ultra -D can sli if you do a simple mod! and its a great board and its only 125 on newegg.com, and i posted some stuff right above your last post you might like check it out.





Matt

Quote: Originally Posted by MaTtsPc Also the DFI Ultra -D can sli if you do a simple mod! and its a great board and its only 125 on newegg.com, and i posted some stuff right above your last post you might like check it out. Matt

I thought not all of those unlock. It's only a few out there that you can mod to sli. And.. I also thought that DFI revised it and now they don't go sli at all..... it's all I thoughts.

Quote: Originally Posted by M*LiVVy I thought not all of those unlock. It's only a few out there that you can mod to sli. And.. I also thought that DFI revised it and now they don't go sli at all..... it's all I thoughts.

To my knowledge all of them unluck its 2 traces under the northbrige sink to unlock SLI and sata 2! Its the same board as the SLI its just missing the extra 4 sata connecters and they dont fill the gap for the sli under the northey sink.


Matt

Asus A8N-SLI Premium nForce4 SLI

Is the Winnnner!!!! It came in today From Newegg.

Also my other EVGA 6800gs 256mb card came in on Tuesday.

Left on my list ia PSU a Dual core CPU and some RAM

Ok.....Here are some Dual Core CPU's that I am looking at:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Processor Socket 939 $295.80
AMD OPTERON 165 1.8GHZ Dual-Core W/1MB X 2 CACHE 90NM 64-BIT SOCKET 939 $325.71
Humm why is a 2ghz costing about $100 more?
AMD OPTERON 170 2.0GHz Dual-Core 1GHz FSB 2MB L2 Cache Socket 939 $394.74

Quote: Originally Posted by M*LiVVy I only asked because in my search space came into consideration due to size limits if you want to add some blocks to the cards in sli and chipset. According to BA and others... the lanparty expert allows the most room. Lots of space LOL look at the box it comes in...

That isnt the box that it comes in. That is supposed to be some limited edition box set. BTW the Expert is not only liked for the more room but the better voltage regulation. This means higher overclocks that are stable.