Anybody seen/heard any reviews/comments/etc.. on this board? If/when building new machine, might this be something for it, at 89eur? Rest would be: AMD Athlon64 3000 (Venice) box 152eur TwinMOS 2*512MB dual kit DDR3200 109eur Asustek 6200GE 90eyr LG GSA-4167RB 55eur Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB SATA 124eur Total 530eur and of course (maybe use existing) stuff like keyboard, mouse, casing and OS for about 200eur... -- Tumppi Reply to group ================================================= Most learned on nntp://news.mircosoft.com Helsinki, Finland (remove _NOSPAM) (translations from FI/SE not always accurate) =================================================
According to Asusworld magazine, it is similar to A8N-E. It uses "Nforce4" chipset, instead of "Nforce4 Ultra" on A8N-E. Nforce4 on A8N5X: http://www.nvidia.com/page/pg_20041014863476.html Nforce4 Ultra on A8N-E: http://www.nvidia.com/page/pg_20041015990644.html It means your A8N5X would have 1.5Gb/sec SATA interfaces and would be missing "NVIDIA ActiveArmor" dedicated hardware engine (if that ever worked properly anyway). The A8N-E can operate at 3.0Gb/sec on SATA. Paul
With a 4eur price difference, I'll take A8N-E , then..... (even though I don't think I need the 3GiB SATAII and ActiveArmor (I'm using KerioPF behind NAT/NAPT box) -- Tumppi Reply to group ================================================= Most learned on nntp://news.mircosoft.com Helsinki, Finland (remove _NOSPAM) (translations from FI/SE not always accurate) =================================================
