ASUS A8N-SLI 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
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I used this board for my first build. I'm a complete newbie, but I researched a lot of boards and liked this one for its expandability, price, and dual GPU support (SLI). I see it as a board that can accomodate a lot of growth over the years.
Experienced folks can probably ignore this review, but newbies take heart: I was able to install all the board components, mount in case, plug in all wires, and have it boot up fine on first try. So if an idiot like me can build a computer with this board in a few hours, it must be pretty user-friendly! I found everthing fairly easy to identify, and manual and included parts, cables, etc. were great. Sata II (3gb/s) support is nice and my computer boots faster than any other I've owned. Included utilities are sweet, and the PC Probe and AI Booster are very cool and give a useful Windows interface for monitoring your processor and board, and look like they will allow for easy overclocking when that time comes. :)
I'm very happy with my choice
No bad experiences to speak of.
My computer specs:
*this board
*Athlon X2 3800
*2x A-DATA V-Series 1GB DDR 400
*Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB (3gb/s)
* GIGABYTE Geforce 6600GT 128MB
*ASYS 8654BW Case 450W Power Supply
An inexpensive board for an SLI solution. The usual bells and whistles that one would expect with the board of this caliber.
The board died in less than a month see my other review under Asus A8N SLI premium. Which had the same problem and is indicative of a design flaw in the Northbridge cooling solutions for this board.
Asus has to come up with a better solution for cooling the Northbridge chips on these boards. This one uses a mini fan which has a history of failures. The premium board uses a first-generation heat pipe which also fails. The 32 SLI uses second-generation heat pipe which I hope is the solution since I bought one of those boards and have yet to install it in my PC. I am seriously considering water cooling the new board. To their credit new egg handles the problem with courteous efficiency and professionalism.
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Features & Details
- NVIDIA nForce4 SLI
- Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64
- DDR 400
Specifications
| Brand | ASUS |
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| Model | A8N-SLI |
| CPU Socket Type | 939 |
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| CPU Type | Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 |
| Chipset | NVIDIA nForce4 SLI |
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| Number of Memory Slots | 4x184pin |
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| Memory Standard | DDR 400 |
| Maximum Memory Supported | 4GB |
| Channel Supported | Dual Channel |
| PCI Express x16 | 2 x PCI Express x16 |
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| PCI Express x1 | 2 x PCI Express x1 |
| PCI Slots | 3 x PCI Slots |
| SATA RAID | NV RAID 0/1/0+1 JBOD |
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| Onboard Video Chipset | None |
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| Audio Chipset | Realtek ALC850 |
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| Audio Channels | 8 Channels |
| Max LAN Speed | 1Gbps |
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| Back I/O Ports | 1 x LPT (Parallel Port) / 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out / 1 x S/PDIF Coaxial Out / 2 x PS/2 / 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 / 6 x Audio Jacks |
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| PS/2 | 2 |
| LPT | 1 |
| USB 1.1/2.0 | 4 x USB 2.0 |
| IEEE 1394 | 1 x IEEE 1394a |
| S/PDIF Out | 1 x Optical, 1 x Coaxial |
| Audio Ports | 6 Ports |
| Onboard USB | 3 x USB 2.0 connectors support 6 ports |
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| Onboard 1394 | 1 x 1394a connector support 1 port |
| Form Factor | ATX |
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| Dimensions (W x L) | 12.0" x 9.6" |
| Power Pin | 24 Pin |
| Package Contents | A8N-SLI Driver Disk User Manual Rear I/O Panel Shield 2 x IDE/PATA Cable FDD Cable 4 x SATA Cable 2 x 4-pin to SATA Power Cable SLI Bridge SLI Retention Bracket USB Bracket IEEE 1394 Bracket Serial/COM Bracket USB and Game/MIDI Bracket |
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| First Listed on Newegg | February 04, 2005 |
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