ASUS A8N-SLI Premium or DFI Lanparty Ultra-D?

scotty32 · 18 Jun 2006 at 15:24

Which should I get to replace my dead MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum?

Also, will both of these boards work with my GeIL Value RAM? I've heard of these boards being fussy about RAM...

Murzo · 18 Jun 2006 at 17:35

DFI Lanparty Ultra-D for overclocking its the best board out of the two, and your ram will work fine on it.

easyrider · 18 Jun 2006 at 18:43

DFI Lanparty Ultra-D without doubt

titaniumx3 · 18 Jun 2006 at 21:24

Is the DFI Ultra-D, SLI compatible? It seems to have 2xPCI-E X16 slots but is not using NF4 SLI chipset.

easyrider · 18 Jun 2006 at 21:34

titaniumx3 said:
Is the DFI Ultra-D, SLI compatible? It seems to have 2xPCI-E X16 slots but is not using NF4 SLI chipset.

There is a simople mod that you can do to make it sli!

scotty32 · 19 Jun 2006 at 11:49

Thanks, looks like I'll go for the DFI then. Anyone have any tips when building? Should I build it on cardboard first, with only the CPU, vid card, and 1 stick of RAM, run memtest to check its ok, and then put it inside the case and install windows?

Oh, and where's the cheapest place to get it? It's at £88 on OcUK atm - is that the best I'll find?

scotty32 · 19 Jun 2006 at 12:42

I have another question (sorry) - what can I replace the chipset fan with that is quiet and effective? Thanks

dark4orz · 21 Jun 2006 at 08:00

Yes definitely DFI, I be selling Mine soon

dark4orz · 21 Jun 2006 at 08:04

scotty32 said:
I have another question (sorry) - what can I replace the chipset fan with that is quiet and effective? Thanks

something like this:

Vantec Iceberq CCB-A1C VGA & Chipset cooling kit (SY-000-VT)

or

Zalman ZM-NBF47 Fanless Northbridge Cooler (HS-023-ZA)

or

Evercool

&

Zalman ZM-NB47J Northbridge Cooler (SY-007-ZA)

scotty32 · 21 Jun 2006 at 22:22

dark4orz said:
Yes definitely DFI, I be selling Mine soon

Why you selling? And how much

Maybe I should take that RAM off your hands also...

Thanks for the reccommendation dark - I ordered the Vantec.