Well that is your own personal opinion from a bad experience. It doesnt mean that the actually company is rubbish in anyway at all. If that was the case then no one would be recommending the asus boards and they would be recommending others instead. From reading on this forum the asus p45 boards seem to be recommended a lot to anyone wanting a board nowadays for a Intel processor. I have one myself and have had quite a few asus motherboards and have never had one go wrong yet.
Asus P5N-T Worst MB ever ?
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Well that is your own personal opinion from a bad experience. It doesnt mean that the actually company is rubbish in anyway at all. If that was the case then no one would be recommending the asus boards and they would be recommending others instead. From reading on this forum the asus p45 boards seem to be recommended a lot to anyone wanting a board nowadays for a Intel processor. I have one myself and have had quite a few asus motherboards and have never had one go wrong yet.
I wasnt an early adoptor i got my P5N-T only a few weeks back but got it cheap from b-grade
With the latest BIOS its stable although it wont take my chip as far as i know it can go.
Iv ran SLI on it and it was ok, amt complain however i certainly wouldnt havepaid the full retail proce for it, id have had a p35/45 board instad
With the latest BIOS its stable although it wont take my chip as far as i know it can go.
Iv ran SLI on it and it was ok, amt complain however i certainly wouldnt havepaid the full retail proce for it, id have had a p35/45 board instad
Actually, my experience has been ok with my P5N-E. I find the build quality on my 3 ASUS boards to be inferior of other brands. My statement is of course subjective however I am very disappointed with ASUS at the moment. Their boards used to be much better than their current line IMO.
Just recent ones that have been faulty with you that have put you off then. My A8n32-Sli annoyed me when it blew up within a week 
but luckily i got it replaced free of charge. i am sure the retailer i got it off dont test their products when you send them back :/
but luckily i got it replaced free of charge. i am sure the retailer i got it off dont test their products when you send them back :/
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780i chipset here with an e8400 @ 3.7Ghz fully stable
i got 4 gig out of that board with a e8400 though it now hits 4.2 in a p5q.when i had it it took ages and i mean ages to set the thing up and almost drove me insane but i got there in the end.i will say this though ill never have another nvidia chipset again ever
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Getting that board to run a wolfdake at 4 gig would have been ultra tricky.
It would have lost it on the next restart anyway.
Had this been the only NV MB i had owned then i would definitely be very anti and would have never touched one again.
As it is i have an EVGA 680i running well with a pair of GTX's in it.
It does all i ask of it.
Got an e8500 in it running at 4.2 ghz 24/7 and up to 4.4 ghz for benching.
No complaints there.
But i was itching to upgrade the CPU to 45nm quad and looking to get 280's when the die shrink comes.
The 680 doesn't work with the 45nm quads and only has pc1 1.1 so i was looking for a board with pci-e 2 that would also take a 45nm quad.
Plan was to get the MSI diamond but i took a chance on what appeared on the face of it to be a bargain from b grade.
Actually hadn't done any homework on the p5n till after i had ordered it.
I'll take the loss and chalk it down to experience, had i been an early adopter and paid full price for it then i would not have been pleased.
Would have been stuck in RMA hell i expect.
Selling it on would have been tricky as it was a board only from b grade and didnt have any accessories with it.
No cables or io shield.
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Since you are clearly so skilled perhaps you could explain how one runs SLI on Intel chipsets.
Buying a skulltrail is not an option.
Only five more posts till i can see the MM.
Maybe i can flog it on there for spares
Getting that board to run a wolfdake at 4 gig would have been ultra tricky.
It would have lost it on the next restart anyway.
Had this been the only NV MB i had owned then i would definitely be very anti and would have never touched one again.
As it is i have an EVGA 680i running well with a pair of GTX's in it.
It does all i ask of it.
Got an e8500 in it running at 4.2 ghz 24/7 and up to 4.4 ghz for benching.
No complaints there.
But i was itching to upgrade the CPU to 45nm quad and looking to get 280's when the die shrink comes.
The 680 doesn't work with the 45nm quads and only has pc1 1.1 so i was looking for a board with pci-e 2 that would also take a 45nm quad.
Plan was to get the MSI diamond but i took a chance on what appeared on the face of it to be a bargain from b grade.
Actually hadn't done any homework on the p5n till after i had ordered it.
I'll take the loss and chalk it down to experience, had i been an early adopter and paid full price for it then i would not have been pleased.
Would have been stuck in RMA hell i expect.
Selling it on would have been tricky as it was a board only from b grade and didnt have any accessories with it.
No cables or io shield.
Big Wayne
Since you are clearly so skilled perhaps you could explain how one runs SLI on Intel chipsets.
Buying a skulltrail is not an option.
Only five more posts till i can see the MM.
Maybe i can flog it on there for spares
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Mate before you start wanting to snap me in half also let me remind you I am not the problem.
The problem is your lust for fairly esoteric hardware combined with an incredible lack of patience.
Just so you know I am not that skilled compared to many posters here, I'm not the best overclocker, I know squat about watercooling, extreme modding, I can't use a Multi-Meter etc etc . . .however for all my weaknesses I do have a few things working for me and that is I'm reasonably good at doing my homework prior to a purchase, looking for warning signs or news that the road ahead is rocky etc, I also have pretty good patience and a methodical approach to trouble-shooting.
My post was not made to aggrevate you further I just wanted to point out that snapping a motherboard in two (karate chop!) is a pretty severe approach to trouble-shooting, in some respects I understand the funny side of it and I'm sure now you will start a trend in hardware destruction and I expect to see pictures of various hardware run over by a tractor, thrown from great heights, melted in acid etc etc
Regarding running two nVidia cards in SLI on an INTEL chipset I can't help you, I am not a fan of multi-card set-ups full stop but if I had to build a killer HD gaming machine I would either go for the best single card that fell within the budget or if the client absolutely insisted on two cards I would mix two new Radeon HD4800's on an INTEL chipset.
Hopefully your next build goes a bit better and I will watch for your posts in case I can help avert disaster
Rroff why don't you read my post before you make statements!
I did... your defending boards that have a high rate of failure however high/low skilled the person building the PC is - have a long record of not overclocking beyond 1333FSB reliably and are prone to instability problems and BSOD from IRQ NOT EQUAL/HARDWARE STOP type errors... this is NOT down to the skill of the person putting the system together but pure luck as to the quality of the board.
Rroff what's your beef exactly? I'm not defending the nVidia/INTEL board?
I've stated that it was abundantly clear there were problems with said chipset and if ignoring all the warning signs and still purchasing said board you better be ready for the trouble-shooting session of your life!
If a buyer can't be bothered to do their research and they don't have patience/ are prone to fits of smashing their kit up then what do you think is gonna happen?
The solution is very simple, either pay someone else to build the system or take a more tried and tested route and choose an INTEL chipset for an INTEL processor, it's that easy!
My beef isn't with you... its these boards they should never have been released - especially the asus 680i boards as well as their other nFail boards... its not a case of troubleshooting... its hold your breath and pray... I have a nice stack of dead striker extreme boards here I might post a pic of one snapped in 2 as well
Looking at the pics of the smashed Mobo, i think maybe you need to grow up. I had endless problems with my first build Mobo, PSU, GPU, RAM - it took me months to get it running stable, endless RMA's, waiting on deliveries, the Post Office losing my PSU...
One thing after another, i never broke a single part, i just sucked up it up, went through every setback, every disapointment, every scream into the night...
But in the end - I WON. My system bent to my will.
Smashing components achieves absolutely nothing.
One thing after another, i never broke a single part, i just sucked up it up, went through every setback, every disapointment, every scream into the night...
But in the end - I WON. My system bent to my will.
Smashing components achieves absolutely nothing.
From what I gather the EVGA boards are a reasonably "safe" buy and bring the chipsets to the highest level (of stability/reliability/overclocking) as they can be. Wayne has a point though, there is so much info out there about the dubious nature of nvidia Intel chipsets that anyone buying one blind is walking into a (potentially) nasty situation. Thankfully X58 boards are going to offer SLI (with the nFail SLI chip) so there will be an alternative.
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I almost did that to my EVGA piece o *rap lol
My EVGA 680i failed, as did a Abit IN9 X32 680i (currently waiting for RMA) im now on a Striker Extreme, which touch wood has been faultless, yep im a glutton for punishment
Dont think my next upgrade will be NVidia though, Comon Intel hurry up with the SLi mobo's!
My EVGA 680i failed, as did a Abit IN9 X32 680i (currently waiting for RMA) im now on a Striker Extreme, which touch wood has been faultless, yep im a glutton for punishment
Dont think my next upgrade will be NVidia though, Comon Intel hurry up with the SLi mobo's!
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Do people have the same problems with the new ASUS AMD nVidia chipsets? My old socket AM2 570SLI was a great board - i wonder if they nvidia's stuff is more stable with AMD chips...
I had the evga 680ia1 rev for just under a year and up until the memory controller failed (a common 680i problem) i really enjoyed using it. Im certainly no expert when it comes to overclocking, but i was able to reach 3.6ghz with relative ease and 3.7 for a few benchmarks with my previous e6600. The nvidia chipsets do have there issues, but i found it an easy board to work with for someone like me who was quite new to overclocking.
Duuuude what a waste! I've been looking for a new motherboard for ages and I'm really hard up on cash - I also don't overclock any of my components and I would have graciously taken that off you're hands even for a price