Asus A8N Premium help

[regchamp]

I have $2200 and tomorrow I will go to tigerdirect store and buy all the components for my new rig, I was wondering if this will be compatable, because I have heard the A8N premium is a tough motherboard for compatability. NOTE: I am not going to overclock at all, I just want to run stock high quality parts. Will this work??

CPU - AMD X2 4800+
GPU - BFG 7800 GTX OC
PSU - Ultra X-connect 500w
Ram - OCZ Titanium dual channell 2048 ddr400 pc3200
- do I have to run dual channell - can I run just 1 1024 stick right now?? or do I have to have two?
HDD - Western digital 160 gig IDE (soon to be raptor 74gig)
DVD - Plextor 716SA
Watercooled - Thermaltake big water

Any suggestions? Again, since this is a dual core 4800 I don't see the need to overclock, I want stability and very high quality parts. Thank you for the input in advance, I appreciate it!!

 

[Dragon41673]

I might be a bit rusty...but you mean the A8N-SLI Premium right? If so...yes...look at my sig it works. The ONLY thing I can see you will more then likely have problems with is your power supply. People have complained a LOT about that power supply. Do yourself a favor and buy a good one. If you're going to Tiger...I believe they sell enermax. Get something at least around 500 watts

 

[regchamp]

yes, sorry, I meant the SLI premium - thank you for the advice - I was actually thinking about the Thermaltake Purepower 680-watt PSU, heard a lot of good things about that one - I eventually want to put another 7800 GTX in it......just out of curiousity, what is wrong with the X-connect, (I figured something was wrong because there are about 200 open box X-connects (returns) at Tiger right now) I am saying this because I already have one, and just want to use it for about a month until I get some more money thank you again, I appreciate the advice

 

[Dragon41673]

Well...for a month...it will probably be ok but some have smoked out, I've heard one even caught fire. Someone once said it shorted out on them and blew a bunch of things on the MB including the MB too. I just wouldn't trust it. I don't know much about Thermaltake, but more then likely it will be way better then the X-connect! LOL

I wish I had some extra cash laying around...I'd sell you my board and go with something else like the newer DFI...I wasn't going to OC...but now I'm trying to and I'm being held back by thing board

 

[orion23]

If you are goint to spend that kind of money, you should do things right from the start.

You PSU has to go. Get a better one. I have the 680W thermaltake and I love it. (If you read some reviews, it is not very efficient, but it provides enough power. I got it mainly because of its looks)
You should consider the Seasonic S12 600W. It's supposed to be the best PSU out there.

Why use an IDE drive? Why not get the raptor already? Or at least a fast SATA drive, like the maxtor 16mb series. Get the ones with the 5 year warranty (not diamondmax)

Plextor SATA drive? I had one. Nothing special for the extra $100 you'll be paying. I would just get Dual NEC 3550's (about $40 each)
I had problems with the plextor drive, other people seem to have problems as well
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=29&threadid=1731269&enterthread=y

 

[wanderer27]

My System runs great, you may want to compare of few items I'm running for ideas as well.

I'd also think for that kind of money you should be able to put together on heck of a System.

 

[caz67]

Originally posted by: Dragon41673
I might be a bit rusty...but you mean the A8N-SLI Premium right? If so...yes...look at my sig it works. The ONLY thing I can see you will more then likely have problems with is your power supply. People have complained a LOT about that power supply. Do yourself a favor and buy a good one. If you're going to Tiger...I believe they sell enermax. Get something at least around 500 watts

HI, I agree..You can never have enough good power.IMO, lots of people ignore the power supply. Alwas go for a good brand, im using Antec TruePower 550W ATX2.0.

I have never had any issues at all with my board, or set up.

 

[Dragon41673]

regchamp - you've got a PM