I have been having a tough time choosing a motherboard. I'm not building an SLI rig right away, but definately would like to have that option open to me for future upgrades. I've never tried overclocking, but I would like to learn more in the future and have options open to me. I am building my first dedictaed gaming rig with the best components I can afford.
First question: Is there any disadvantage to buying an SLI board compared to a single card board? If so, I might not go SLI at all inc which case I would choose the DFI Lan Party NF4 Ultra-D.
IF an SLI board wouldn't limit future upgradeability and performance, my choices would be between the A8N-SLI Premium and the DFI Lanparty NF-4 SLI-DR.
I have heard the DFI board is best for tweakers and overclockers and definately not for beginners. In my case, I would set it up at stock settings at first and learn more as I went along.
The Asus board I have heard is good and stable but not as good an overclocker. I know the DFI has got very good reviews.
Here are the rest of my specs:
AMD 4000 San Diego
Cooler MAster Stacker
EVGA 7800 GTX
1G Crucial PC 3200 RAM (to be upgraded at a later date
Enermax Whisper II 535 watt power supply.
Thanks for everyone's help on this forum.
First question: Is there any disadvantage to buying an SLI board compared to a single card board? If so, I might not go SLI at all inc which case I would choose the DFI Lan Party NF4 Ultra-D.
IF an SLI board wouldn't limit future upgradeability and performance, my choices would be between the A8N-SLI Premium and the DFI Lanparty NF-4 SLI-DR.
I have heard the DFI board is best for tweakers and overclockers and definately not for beginners. In my case, I would set it up at stock settings at first and learn more as I went along.
The Asus board I have heard is good and stable but not as good an overclocker. I know the DFI has got very good reviews.
Here are the rest of my specs:
AMD 4000 San Diego
Cooler MAster Stacker
EVGA 7800 GTX
1G Crucial PC 3200 RAM (to be upgraded at a later date
Enermax Whisper II 535 watt power supply.
Thanks for everyone's help on this forum.