What MoBo to get?

[AphexDreamer]

Sooo many choices no absolute answer, AHHHHHHHHH!!!

Anyways thanks for the help guys.

 

[AphexDreamer]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131011

one of the best motherboards made for AMD chips and has every bell and whistle made. It is even a wireless base station. Almost every review cite uses this motherboard for overclocking AMDx2 chips. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131011 It hase a 6 phase power system every memory tweak there is SLI and it takes AM2+ chips as well as AM2 chips.

Aside from the specs, but BIOS wise and Cooling wise, does that Board very from the Asus MVP AM2+????

 

[trt740]

This motherrboard is unreal wifi base /sli/ usb out the azz heatpipes fan headers etc

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131011

one of the best motherboards made for AMD chips and has every bell and whistle made. It is even a wireless base station. Almost every review cite uses this motherboard for overclocking AMDx2 chips. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131011 It hase a 6 phase power system every memory tweak there is SLI and it takes AM2+ chips as well as AM2 chips.


here are it's specs



Specification

CPU Support AMD® Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2/Athlon 64 FX/Athlon 64/Sempron
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology
AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing
AMD Live!™ Ready

Chipset NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP
NVIDIA LinkBoost™ Technology

Front Side Bus 2000/1600 MT/s
Memory Dual channel memory architecture
4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2-800/667/533, ECC and non-ECC, un-buffered memory

Expansion Slots 2 x PCI Express x16 slot with NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support, at full x16, x16 speed
1 x PCI Express x4
1 x PCI Express x1
2 x PCI 2.2

Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) Support two identical NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards (both at x16 mode)
ASUS two-slot thermal design
ASUS PEG Link
Storage NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP supports:
* 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33
* 6 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
* NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD span cross Serial ATA drives
Silicon Image® 3132 SATA controller supports
* 1 x Internal Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
* 1 x External Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s port on back I/O (SATA On-the-Go)
* Support RAID 0, 1, and JBOD
LAN Dual Gigabit LAN controllers support NVIDIA DualNet® technology
NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP built-in dual Gigabit MAC with external Marvell PHY
* Support Teaming and fail-over functions
* Support TCP/IP Acceleration


Audio ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and Jack-Retasking
Coaxial, Optical S/PDIF out on back I/O port
Support DTS® Connect function
Wireless LAN WiFi-AP Solo™ USB wireless module supports IEEE802.11b/g

IEEE 1394a TI 1394 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports
USB Wireless Edition: max. 8 USB2.0/1.1 ports
ASUS AI Lifestyle Features AI Nap
AI Gear
Advanced Thermal Design
* ASUS Fanless Design: Heat-pipe Thermal solution
* Stack Cool2
* ASUS 8-Phase Power Design

ASUS Crystal Sound
* ASUS Array Mic
* Noise Filter

WiFi-AP Solo™ (Wireless Edition only)
* 54 Mbps IEEE 802.11g and backwards compatible with 11 Mbps IEEE 802.11b
* Software Access point mode
* Station mode : Infrastruceure mode and Ad-Hoc mode

Overclocking Features Intelligent overclocking tools:
* ASUS AI NOS™ (Non-delay Overclocking System)
* AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)
* AI Clock Skew
* ASUS PEG Link - automatically performance tuning for graphics cards
* ASUS O.C. Profile: overclocking configuration-sharing tool

Precision Tweaker:
* vDIMM: 25-step DRAM voltage control
* vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.0125V increment
* PCIe x16 Frequency: allowing PCIe x16 frequency from 100MHz up to 200MHz at 1MHz increment
* SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection): allowing FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 400MHz at 1MHz increment

Overclocking Protection:
* ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
ASUS AI Booster Utility
Adjustable FSB/DDR2 ratio. Fixed PCI/PCIe frequencies.

Special Features ASUS EZ DIY:
* Q-Connector
* ASUS CrashFree BIOS3
* ASUS EZ Flash2
ASUS Music Alarm
ASUS MyLogo3

Back Panel I/O Ports 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port
1 x PS/2 Mouses
1 x Optical + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
1 x External SATA
2 x LAN (RJ45) port
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x IEEE 1394a port
1 x WiFi-g™ antenna jack (Wireless Edition only)
1 x COM port
8-channel Audio ports
Internal I/O Connectors Wireless Edition: 2 x USB 2.0 connectors supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector for two devices
7 x SATA connectors
1 x CPU / 4 x Chassis / 1x Chipset / 1 x Power Fan connectors
1 x IEEE1394a connector
1 x Parallel connector
1 x S/PDIF output connector
1 x ADH connector
Chassis Intrusion connector
Front Panel Audio connector
CD audio in
24-pin ATX Power connector
4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
System panel connector
BIOS 8Mb Flash ROM, AWARD BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3
Manageability WOL by PME, WOR by PME, Chasis Intrusion, PXE
Accessories 1 x SLI bridge
1 x ASUS Array Mic
1 x ASUS Optional Fan
1 x ASUS Q-Connector Kit (USB, 1394, system panel; Retail version only)
1 x wireless antenna (Wireless Edition only)
1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
1 x Floppy disk drive cable
6 x SATA cables
3 x SATA power cable for 6 devices
1 x 2-port USB2.0 module
1 x IEEE1394a module
1 x I/O Shield
User's manual
Support Disc Drivers
ASUS WiFi-AP Solo™ Wizard (Wireless Edition only)
ASUS PC Probe II
ASUS Update
ASUS AI Booster
NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID
Anti-virus software (OEM version)

Form Factor ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6"(30.5cm x 24.5cm)

 

[trt740]

Aside from the specs, but BIOS wise and Cooling wise, does that Board very from the Asus MVP AM2+????

Yes it is alot nicer. Trust me I had this board and it is the best motherboard I ever owned and i have owned a bunch. The 590 chipsets were really made for AMD chips . They really work well with them but not well with Intel. My 6000+ almost hit 3.6ghz with this board and my ram ran at the highest setting it has ever ran at, plus my PCIE slot ran at 150mghz with my old 8800 gts 320 stable 24/7 If you look at the benches in super PI that amd top chip is mine on this board. Look at it 8 channel sound ,WIFI, 7 SATA, 7 fan header all can be controlled in the bios, optical port , firewire, it almost never ever needed the bios hard rest no matter how high I overclocked it, external sata and way too many other things to mention. Plus it looks fantasic black board with copper heatpipes.

 

[AphexDreamer]

Yes it is alot nicer. Trust me I had this board and it is the best motherboard i ever owned and i have owned a bunch. The 590 chips were really made for AMD chips . they really work well with them but not well with Intel. My 6000+ almost hit 3.6ghz with this board and my ram ran at the highest setting it has ever ran at, plus my PCIE slot ran at 150mghz with my old 8800 gts 320 stable 24/7 If you look at the benches in super PI that amd top chip is mine on this board.

Naw, I realize that, but what I am trying to say is, do you think that the ASUS MVP will perform the same way just have all the new features???

Plus I don't want SLI, I aim to go Crossfire, but in the end if it seems the board you suggest it more woth it then I guess I'll go for it.

 

[trt740]

Naw, I realize that, but what I am trying to say is, do you think that the ASUS MVP will perform the same way just have all the new features???

Plus I don't want SLI, I aim to go Crossfire, but in the end if it seems the board you suggest it more woth it then I guess I'll go for it.

No it has a 580 chip set and is not as good. read these reviews http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=766&num=2 http://www.geek.com/asus-m2n32-sli-deluxe-wireless-edition-motherboard/ http://www.legitreviews.com/article/386/11/ it was also 2007 Pc magazines best motherboard buy.

 

[AphexDreamer]

No it has a 580 chip set and is not as good.

Which one, this one??

http://www.directron.com/m3a32mvpdeluxe.html

Its seems really good, I was just hoping that it would have all the features that your board has?

 

[trt740]

Which one, this one??

http://www.directron.com/m3a32mvpdeluxe.html

Its seems really good, I was just hoping that it would have all the features that your board has?

That is a newer 790 board and very good aswell, really designed for the new quad core cpus, but I believe amd guaranteed backwards compatability with all AM2 socket motherboards. It is also a crossfire board where the board I listed is a true SLI motherboard. Hope I helped you. For the cpu you have the board I listed is tried and true.

Also the board I listed supports the new Am2+ chips aswell look here http://event.asus.com/mb/am2_plus/

 

[AphexDreamer]

That is a newer 790 board and very good aswell, really designed for the new quad core cpus, but I believe amd guaranteed backwards compatability with all AM2 socket motherboards. It is also a crossfire board where the board I listed is a true SLI motherboard. Hope I helped you. For the cpu you have the board I listed is tried and true.

Also the board I listed supports the new Am2+ chips aswell look here http://event.asus.com/mb/am2_plus/

Thanks man, but again I really look forward to going CrossFire.

I'm googleing stuff on both of them right now, I am trying to make sure that the New Asus Board is as good at OVerclocking as the old version of it. If not then I am getting the SLI one I suppose.

Thanks again man.

 

[btarunr]

Okay, I'll suggest a mobo that overclocks like mad. I'm not sure if it takes a phenom or not It will surely take your 6400+ where no 6400+ has ever gone before: Abit AN9 32x priced at ~$150 based around the NForce 590 SLI

 

[AphexDreamer]

Okay, I'll suggest a mobo that overclocks like mad. I'm not sure if it takes a phenom or not It will surely take your 6400+ where no 6400+ has ever gone before: Abit AN9 32x priced at ~$150 based around the NForce 590 SLI

Is it crossfire, what are the BIOS setting like??

 

[btarunr]

No it's full 32-lane SLI, Abit uGuru BIOS with more setting than a NASA satellite launch vehicle would have.

Images courtesy OCWorkbench

 

[DaMulta]

What TRT said or the 790x board would be the best.

What's funny is that the new 790 chips seem to work better with AM2 chips as of now.

The As board IMO is the best, but it will not do 4 cards. but are you going to do that?

The As board will do 3 tho, which might happen if you are running CF/

 

[AphexDreamer]

Thanks a lot, all of ya, but I have been waiting for DaMulta to give me my final choices and he has spoken.

It seems I will purchase the ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi AM2+(Under the assumption that AM2+ boards performe better with AM2 Boards) if my funds support it which they should, if not I shall purchase the ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2.

Thanks so much guys, you guys truly are the best....

 

[AphexDreamer]

Well I just bought the Asus M3A32-MVP for $229.99(with out shipping), I'll let yall know how it performes in case anyones has doughts about it.

 

[Demos_sav]

Well I just bought the Asus M3A32-MVP for $229.99(with out shipping), I'll let yall know how it performes in case anyones has doughts about it.

You won't regret it. Now let's see that 6400 of yours

 

[ElideN]

all i can say is asus brand

 

[AphexDreamer]

Appriciate the reasurence guys.