Christmas is good!

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-12-26 07:07pm

New motherboard arriving in 3-4 business days. Asus A7N8X 2.0 Deluxe

Processor socket - Socket-A AMD Athlon XP, Duron for 200/266/333/400MHz FSB support

Chipset - nForce2 SSP North Bridge, nForce2 MCP-T South Bridge

Memory support - 3 x 184-pin DDR-SDRAM for dual-channel and up to 3GB's, PC2100/2700/3200 (DDR266/333/400)

Expansion slots/USB/IDE - 5 PCI slots, 1 AGP 4x/8x, 6 USB 2.0 ports, ATA-66/100/133 IDE

Integrated support - Realtek 8201BL Ethernet controller, Broadcom AC101L Ethernet controller, Silicon Image 3112 Serial-ATA IDE RAID controller, Realtek 8801B FireWire controller, Realtek ALC650 6-channel controller

Multiplier options - 6.5x to 17x in 0.5x steps

Bus Speed options - 100 to 233MHz in 1MHz steps

Voltage core support - Vcore 1.65 to 1.85, DDR 2.6 to 2.8v, AGP to 1.7v

Form factor & size - ATX 305 x 245mm

Ports back panel - 2 PS/2, 4 USB 2.0, 2 LAN, 1 serial, 1 parallel, Audio

Will replace my old Dell Dimension.. whatever the hell it is. Pentium III 550 Mhz, and a screwed up power supply that only works with the motherboard that came with it. (A power supply that happens to be failing right now, but I can't do anything about it without ordering a new one from Dell)

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2003-12-26 07:31pm

Hey, i recognise that!

Best mobo i ever bought.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2003-12-26 09:55pm

Good board. You going to use the DD 5.1 ICE?

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-12-26 10:11pm

The Kernel wrote:Good board. You going to use the DD 5.1 ICE?

*blank stare* I'm horrible with abbreviations... could someone enlighten me?

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2003-12-26 10:53pm

Mitth`raw`nuruodo wrote:
The Kernel wrote:Good board. You going to use the DD 5.1 ICE?
*blank stare* I'm horrible with abbreviations... could someone enlighten me?

The Dolby Digital ICE converts your audio into a Dolby Digital 5.1 signal if you have the proper equipment to decode it. It's one of the best features of that board.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-12-26 11:09pm

Hrm... I'll see, I guess. I'm sure it will happen somewhere down the line, I plan to keep this thing for a long time. For $120, I'm gonna try and run it 'till it melts/becomes horribly obsolete

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-12-27 01:44pm

I have version one of that. Voted best overall mobo by THG (Tom's Hardware Guide) two years in a row. I'm very pleased with it's performance.

Hethrir · Post by **Hethrir** » 2004-01-01 03:10am

I cannot rave enough about how much this board kicks ass. I'm not good to my machines - leaving them always on in crappy, dusty, hot conditions - and this one has faithfully run without glitch for about a year now with an Athlon 2000+ in it.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2004-01-01 03:16am

Hethrir wrote:I cannot rave enough about how much this board kicks ass. I'm not good to my machines - leaving them always on in crappy, dusty, hot conditions - and this one has faithfully run without glitch for about a year now with an Athlon 2000+ in it.

Good, because mine got here yesterday, I've stared at it for an hour or two, just waiting to buy the processor.