Price Guide, November 2005: Motherboards
by Haider Farhan on November 5, 2005 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
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As Kristopher Kubicki reports, it appears that the 975X will not support NVIDIA's SLI technology. Currently, in order to be able to run a SLI setup on an Intel based system, you'll need the nForce4 chipset. Another advantage to the nForce4 chipset is that it also supports dual core processors.
Two boards that we recommend are the Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Pro [RTPE: GA-8N-SLI Pro] and the MSI P4N SLI-FI [RTPE: MS-7160-020], both of which are on sale for $131.50 shipped. We noticed that the MSI P4N Diamond [RTPE: MS-7160-010] had a decent reduction of about $11, bringing its price down to $188.20 shipped.
For those still interested, you can also pick up an old, cheap 915G motherboard with basic integrated graphics.
As Kristopher Kubicki reports, it appears that the 975X will not support NVIDIA's SLI technology. Currently, in order to be able to run a SLI setup on an Intel based system, you'll need the nForce4 chipset. Another advantage to the nForce4 chipset is that it also supports dual core processors.
Two boards that we recommend are the Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Pro [RTPE: GA-8N-SLI Pro] and the MSI P4N SLI-FI [RTPE: MS-7160-020], both of which are on sale for $131.50 shipped. We noticed that the MSI P4N Diamond [RTPE: MS-7160-010] had a decent reduction of about $11, bringing its price down to $188.20 shipped.
For those still interested, you can also pick up an old, cheap 915G motherboard with basic integrated graphics.
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SniperWulf - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
no mention of the EPOX s754 SLI board? its a nice package for just over $100CWK - Sunday, November 6, 2005 - link
How about a section for micro-ATX boards (and some reviews maybe?)microAmp - Saturday, November 5, 2005 - link
Any plans on doing a review on this motherboard? Asrock M1695 939Dual-SATA2Hopefully not a cherry picked one from the manufacture either.
Anton74 - Saturday, November 5, 2005 - link
They've already done this nearly 2 months ago: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2524">ASRock 939Dual-SATA2: First Retail ULi PCIe/AGPmicroAmp - Sunday, November 6, 2005 - link
Can't believe I missed that :) Thanks!IRQ Conflict - Saturday, November 5, 2005 - link
What is more supprising is the :(http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=16281&a..."> DFI LANParty UT RDX200 CF-DR doesn't seem to be in the list eitherKristopherKubicki - Saturday, November 5, 2005 - link
Well, we could recommend a $120 SLI motherboard, or a $250 Xpress 200 motherboard. SLI for me - that's for sure :)Kristopher
Anton74 - Saturday, November 5, 2005 - link
Are the new Socket 939 boards based on the GeForce 6150/6100 (and 410/430 southbridges) not yet included in this guide?I think they are very good alternatives to nForce4, especially if you want both integrated graphics and gigabit LAN.
highlandsun - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
I was just looking at the Asus A8N-VM CSM, looks like it'd do well for an HTPC but I wish it had digital audio inputs. It has a coax S/PDIF out but I'd like a board with optical I/O. Do any of those others have optical in and out?rrcn - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
It looks like the only board that has In and Out is the Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9. Although it has coaxial in and out, you can always purchase a coaxial to optical converter/adapter.