Asus A8N32 SLI Vs DFI Lan Party DR Expert

TonyM16

TonyM16

TonyM16

Associate
Joined
22 Jan 2006
Posts
81
I may be in the market for a new mobo as my last one is having problems, and is going back so am wondering which one of these boards would you say the best is?

I would like to know which one of these boards is better in terms of layout, general performance, gaming performance ,cooling, noise and default settings performance ( If I don't want to overclock ) . I have tried looking at several reviews but none seems to directly compare these mobo's yet.

It would have to house a X2 4800+ , 2gig corsair 3500ll pro ( made for Asus A8N32 especially) ,XFX 490mhz Nvidia 7800gtx in sli and a Audigy 4 sound card, so please bear this in mind when posting. Already you can see that this config will make the Asus A8N32 board a real tight fit, and the DFI board looks a lot better in this case. Although the DFI Expert's chipset fan has this metal protuding out which will interfer with my two graphic cards, as they are long. Is there any way round this?

Thanks.
 
I went through this process about two weeks ago, although I was looking at the DFI Ultra-B vs the ASUS A8N-SLI Premium. I did look at the Asus A8N32-SLI but for one its too expensive and two it doesn't appear to offer any *tangible* advantages over the A8N-Premium. . . in fact in a recent Asus A8N32-SLI review I was reading it appears that this board is actually *SLOWER* than the A8n-Premium.

Dressed to Kill: ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Mainboard Review

I went with the ASUS A8N-SLi Premium @£114-00 because ASUS make quality mobos, it has a wicked *passive* cooling system (Silent mobo nice!) the Layout is almost perfect, and it has a the SLI option should I decide to lose the plot at some point (You can enable SLI in BIOS instead of messing around with the motherboard).

Add the ASUS A8N-SLI Premium to your shortlist (scrap the A8N32-SLI).
 
If you're not overclocking then it's pointless buying the Expert, it's built to be a tweakers board, if you're running stock you want something stable and easy to setup, if you do a search around the forums you'll see the Expert isn't the easiest. I agree with Wayne, save yourself some cash, the other ASUS boards are fine for what you want, you could put the saved cash into something else. Hope this helps. :)
 
I remember seeing a thread or an article somewhere that said the A8N32 was a bit of a rip, considering that the 2 16x lanes weren't actually used? Could be wrong here, but it sounds about right. Someone might confirm.
Personally, I'd stay away from the Expert, as it's known to be quite buggy and a bit tempermental.

I've an A8N Premium, and it's great. I'd vote for it any day.
 
The Expert has been known to blow cpus,i was looking at getting a DFI board for a mach 2 and was told to stay well away for it as one member on another forum lost his cpu to the DFI Expert.
 
The blown CPU thing was down to some comedy voltage being pushed through it iirc, I think it's a great board, much nicer than the SLI-D it replaced, just requires some fiddling to get the best out of it.
 
There are tons of Expert Boards out and about now and they are all doing what they do best. Overclocking.

That incident was as the other members said way too much Vcore. I love the Expert board and by far the best MB ive ever used.
 
Im looking @ the Expert Board to put under phase cooling,need a change from ASUS to see what these DFI boards are really like.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom