Superb sli enthusiast board

Advantages: easy instal, x16 bandwidth on both slots, 2x gigabit lan, easy overclock
Disadvantages: fan loud on nb

...Bought this board to replace the Asus P5N32-e SLI Plus board that wldnt overclock my processor at all. Really impressed so far as the board has lived up to all the hype that surrounds it on the internet. Packaging: This board was packed a liuttle differently to any motherboard that i have bought in the past. Instead of an anti-static bag it came in plastic mould that seated the board very well and prevented any damage occuring during transit. The board also had a multitude of accesories with it. This included the manual, quick start guide, sli bridge connector, driveers disk, sata floppy disk, black sata cables and black ide cables. Specs:Performance Based on NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Chipset chipset Supports Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Quad, Intel Core 2 Duo, Pentium EE, and Pentium processors 1066/1333 Mhz Front Side...

smivs953 06.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of eVGA nForce 680i SLI - motherboard - ATX

Cruddy motherboard that should be scrapped

Advantages: Supposed to be the bees knees
Disadvantages: more like a knacked nag - only fit for the glue factory

...I own one of these and THEY ARE NOT WORTH THE MONEY. It is slow to start up It is finnicky It is, like all motherboards, poorly designed so that you can\'t get the full use out of the expansion slots. It does odd things - sometimes the fans don\'t run at full speed, sometimes the LED post at the back flashes when the PC is off - sometimes it freezes for no reason. It hates CPU\'s, RAM, GPU\'s and anything else you put on it. I had to clear the CMOS just to get it to accept my Core 2 Duo E6600 chip. It hates having more than 2Gb of RAM in it, so I was forced to RMA my other 2 Gb of Crucial Ballistix RAM. It hates my Graphics Cards - 2 Sparkle Calibre 7950GT cards. It takes quite a while to \"check\" the CPU, RAM, GPU/s etc. This is one very poor board. It isn\'t just Asus\'s fault - even though they have been slow to...

Dark_Storm_01 11.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of ASUS Striker Extreme Republic of Gamers Series - motherboard - ATX - nForce 680i SLI

Extreme Performance For Gamers

Advantages: Array of Features, Overclocking and many more.
Disadvantages: Price

.... INTRODUCTION: Yet again ASUS has produced a brilliant motherboard. ASUS Striker Extreme lives up to the quality standards set by ASUS. This motherboard has a host of features to talk about. The layout of the motherboard is very good. It is based on the highest end Nvidia nForce 680i SLI chipset. It is a full ATX Form Factor(24x30cm) motherboard. It features LGA 775 Socket for Intel processors to be installed. FEATURES: * It support old Intel processor like Pentium 4 and Pentium D. * It also support all Core 2 Duo family processors. * It support 1333 FSB, which mean we can use the upcoming Intel processors having 1333 FSB with a BIOS update. * It support a maximum of 8 GB of DDR2 RAM in Dual Channel. * This motherboard has three PCI Express x16 slots, two of which you can use for SLI mode. * It also has two gigabit...

safari004 23.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of ASUS Striker Extreme Republic of Gamers Series - motherboard - ATX - nForce 680i SLI

ASUS P5N-E SLI - motherboard - nForce 650i SLI

Advantages: cheap overclocking abilities gd looking build quality highly upgradable
Disadvantages: asus wbsite very slow when wanting to dl updates

...if you are looking to upgrade your pc for gaming on a tight budget this is the best place to start for £70 you deffinatley get your moneys worth with all the features included i bought mine when they was first released it was buggy but once the bios was updated all was fine this board is the heart of one of my kick ass machines and that is exactly what it will do This Motherboard is certified for SLI use my only bad point asus website very slow when wanting to download updates why pay £150 for a striker extreme when this is half that p.s my freind has the striker and i dont feel a diference at all apart from the striker boots up slower too much junk in its bios the p5n is stripped to the core for performance all unneeded removed it is easy to install and set up with good istructions to do so and will even fit...

jontiff 19.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of ASUS P5N-E SLI - motherboard - ATX - nForce 650i SLI

The extra ordinary Asus Striker Extreme

Advantages: overclocking, very easy to install etc...
Disadvantages: only garantees QVL memory

...the Asus Striker Extreme the best motherboard for gamers with the technology SLI, the best motherboard I ever had, its a bit pricy but is worth every penny that you spend on that motherboard. Excelent on overclocking, very good features, supports all intel processors from pentium 4 to core 2 quad, even my internet connection is faster now with this motherboard, the only problem that I have with it is the memory because it requires QVL memory and my one isn't. Very easy instalation mainly with the q-connector, its real good, I highly recommend people to buy this motherboard. a few number of features to help people know what this motherboard have. back panel: 2 x 10/100/1000 (LAN) 1 x 7.1 Audio I/O 2 x eSATA II 1 x Firewire (6pin) 1 x LCD Poster 1 x PS/2 Keyboard 1 x PS/2 Mouse 1 x SPDIF-Out 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 internal: 1 x...

darkness120 11.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of ASUS Striker Extreme Republic of Gamers Series - motherboard - ATX - nForce 680i SLI

The best - bugs can be worked around

Advantages: features and accessories rich; great overclocking potential; fastest mobo out there
Disadvantages: some bugs, but nothing that can't be dealt with if you're prepared

...what I expected it to. I was looking for the best motherboard, and I got it; I run Crysis with an E6850 and an 8800GTX compltely smoothly at the highest settings. I had to sacrifice half an hour to sort out startup issues, yes, but I was prepared and so it was really no problem. Added to this, this is also one of the best motherboards for overclocking in existance - the bios is incredibly settings-rich, and I intend to explore all its possibilities when the time comes that there's a game I can't play with standard clocks; and it has full 16x SLI, so I can buy a second 8800GTX any time and upgrade my performance in games by as much as 70%. If you want the best, the Striker Extreme is it....

ClockworkUniverse42 04.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of ASUS Striker Extreme Republic of Gamers Series - motherboard - ATX - nForce 680i SLI

One fatal motherboard - A8N SLi

Advantages: Many over normal boards
Disadvantages: price above average

...The first thing you may notice about this board is it's name, Fatal1ty. This don't make the board any more special just that the world class gamer Fatal1ty has teamed up with some companies to put his name on it. Due to the fact I don't like spending much on motherboards I bought this 2nd hand and very impressed by it so far. What?s in the box ? You should obviously get the motherboard itself and all the usual cables/manuals/cd's and a guru control panel. The guru control panel is a basically a panel that fits in one of your CDROM bays and has functions on it to allow you to .. Monitor system Monitor overclock features Reset CMOS Connect earphones and mic Connect 2 USB 2.0 devices Connect 1 IEEE 1394 device It has an LCD display which you can monitor CPU speed, current time, temperature, fan speed, notification...

lostsworld 26.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 SLi - motherboard - ATX - nForce4 SLI

ABIT Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI - motherboard SLI

Advantages: cant fit them all here theres a big list in the review
Disadvantages: nope none

...this is the newest motherboard to my collection and the 1 i use the most when i got this one i noticed that all the specs and the layout of the board are identical to the asus board i reviewed earlier but more care has been put into this board a soon as you poen the box i noticed better packaging no cheap coragated cardboard wraped around this one it looked as it was a trophy in its own cabinet once you remove the board from the box there is a hidden door behind the board holding all the extra accesories inc 4x sata cables (asus only had 2) 1 ide cable for your cd drive and 1 floppy cable and 1 sli bridge for joining 2gfx cards together on the picture of the product there a 3 black heatsinks the 1 on the bottom left the asus board does not have also this board has a spdif output (optical output for sound) which asus doesnt have also...

jontiff 22.10.2007 (26.10.2007) · Read review
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Review of ABIT Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI - motherboard - ATX - nForce 650i SLI

P5N32 SLi - Deluxe Motherboard

Advantages: Good quality, good build, high end specifications.
Disadvantages: Funny little heatsinks.

...Asus P5N32 SLi Deluxe nForce 4 Motherboard It would be possible to go on forever about this device, but I intend to keep the techno babble to a minimum. Or at least that's the plan. As such I'm going to go through the main features in detail and then talk a little bit about the other bits. The motherboard is very well designed and if anyone is interested comes with a slick black finish to the PCB (printed circuit board) and some interesting heatsinks draped across the board. The first thing I thought when I saw these heatsinks was 'bugger'. They look pretty and they mean that you have no whiney little 40mm fans on the board (the smaller the fan the more high pitched the noise it produces, generally you can get fans between 12mm and 180mm). This cleaver design of heatsink also allows for the mounting of optional fans that come...

Jon_Farrimond 05.06.2006 · Read review
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Review of ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe - motherboard - ATX - nForce4 SLI Intel

Asus Beta

Advantages: Advnced.
Disadvantages: Not Finshed.

...Asus as a company make some of the best motherboards. They provide quality products at reasonable prices. There boards are some of the most reliable and are manufactured to perfection. So does this board live up to there name? To start with I would like to list the board's specs. P5N32-E SLI CPU Socket Type LGA 775 CPU Supports Intel processors up to Quad Core FSB (Front Side Bus) 1333/1066/800MHz Chipsets North Bridge NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Memory Number of Memory Slots 4×240pin Memory Standard DDR2 800 Maximum Memory Supported 8GB Dual Channel Supported Yes Expansion Slots PCI Express x16 2 x PCI Express x16 slot, support NVIDIA SLI technology, at full x16, x16 speed 1 x PCI Express x16, at x8 speed (Yes That's 3 PCI-E Slots) PCI Slots 2 Storage Devices PATA 1 x ATA100 up to 2 Devices...

me.net 06.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of ASUS P5N32-E SLI AiLifestyle Series - motherboard - ATX - nForce 680i SLI