Gaming mobo

The Astroman

The Astroman

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What's best for a gaming rig:

DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D

or

ASUS A8N-SLI PREMIUM

or

????

I am not doing a SLI setup...
 
Both very good candidates for a games rig but i believe that the DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D has alot more Bios utilities for overclocking and other bits and pieces.

I it were up to me i would go for the lanparty m8y :)
 
If you are not doing a Sli set-up then I wouldn't spend the money on a Sli board. Also, are you going to do overclocking, because if you are then the DFI is a serious overclocker's dream board, but it certainly can be tempramental at times. If you are not into overclocking then let us know and we can direct you to other very good mobos out there for a gaming rig.
 
I have an MSI P4N Diamond. This has many overclocking features which are pretty good. Its Sli but its a really good board
 
Also I'm pretty sure (even though I know you don't want to) when you run the Asus in SLi mode it turns both slots into 8x's while the LAN Party still keeps it at x16.
 
not even gonna give the ASUS a chance eh? the A8N has alot more nifty features then the DFI, the DFI is about preformance.... thats the bottom line, but for tweaking and adjusting just about everything else id go with the ASUS... also, the DFI does clock 'em down to 8x as well
 
Ku-sama said:
not even gonna give the ASUS a chance eh? the A8N has alot more nifty features then the DFI, the DFI is about preformance.... thats the bottom line, but for tweaking and adjusting just about everything else id go with the ASUS... also, the DFI does clock 'em down to 8x as well
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What do you mean the ASUS is better for tweaking????
 
such as adjusting what starts up, how it starts up, its got a crash free bios, voice error codes, 8 sata drive ports, AI NOS, PEG link...
 
I am not doing a SLI setup...
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Didnt you just answer your question?

I have an MSI P4N Diamond. This has many overclocking features which are pretty good. Its Sli but its a really good board
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Unfortunately the contenders are neither MSI boards nor Pentium boards

Also I'm pretty sure (even though I know you don't want to) when you run the Asus in SLi mode it turns both slots into 8x's while the LAN Party still keeps it at x16.
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Got that backwards. ASUS A8N32SLI (not a contender either) runs in true SLIx16 mode but since SLI isnt an issue here....

such as adjusting what starts up, how it starts up, its got a crash free bios, voice error codes, 8 sata drive ports, AI NOS, PEG link...
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Was that a straight parse of the ASUS website??
- Voice error codes is crap
- DFI has a crashfree bios thingy too, they just dont call it crash free bios (and isnt it CrashFreeBios2 now?)
- 8 sata drive ports has nothing to do with overclockability
- PEG link is a whoopy do that comes with SLI boards which here, isnt an issue if u looked at post1


For overclocking id get the ASUS board. As an overall thing, id get the DFI board.
 
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