Bargain Tastic B Grade Mobo

MeatLoaf · 21 Apr 2006 at 13:05

Just picked up one of the B Grade A8N-SLI Premium boards from ocuk.

Opened the box, no accessories or anything but the board was BRAND NEW!!

Really happy. Just reinstalling everything. Cant go wrong for £35

http://img108.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10054994eg.jpg

http://img108.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10055006na.jpg

LoadsaMoney · 21 Apr 2006 at 13:09

Yep thats an absolute cracker of a bargain, a top mobo for £35. :cool:

The box looks like the one you get form M$ to return your 360.

Cuchulain · 21 Apr 2006 at 13:19

MeatLoaf said:
Just picked up one of the B Grade A8N-SLI Premium boards from ocuk.

Opened the box, no accessories or anything but the board was BRAND NEW!!

Really happy. Just reinstalling everything. Cant go wrong for £35

http://img108.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10054994eg.jpg

http://img108.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10055006na.jpg

No backplate? :confused:

m3csl2004 · 21 Apr 2006 at 14:20

a8n 32 tbh

MeatLoaf · 21 Apr 2006 at 15:06

Cuchulain said:
No backplate?

No so at the moment im not using one.

MeatLoaf · 21 Apr 2006 at 15:07

m3csl2004 said:
a8n 32 tbh

Well when gibbo announced all the baragian the a8n32 was the same price, but shortly went up to £58

KizZ · 21 Apr 2006 at 15:11

Now thats a bargain! :eek:

Tom|Nbk · 21 Apr 2006 at 15:23

if u search A8N-SLI Backplate on a well known auction site, you can get one off there for about 7 quid delivered from america

MeatLoaf · 21 Apr 2006 at 17:28

Ive emailled asus to see if they will send me one

Set it up and it runs nicely and i was due a reformat anyway

Initial stock benchies are 06 - 6318, 05 - 10704, 03 - 24201 and 01 - 25331

Lets just see how much i can clock my cpu and gfx now

KizZ · 21 Apr 2006 at 17:33

Do realise how many people hate you now :mad:

Nikolic · 21 Apr 2006 at 17:36

Omg £30 is such a bargain!!

I hope Asus send you a backplate - that would make it a real bargain

Traducer · 21 Apr 2006 at 19:14

Hmm they still have some in stock it seems, I may order one.
So did it come with nothing at all just the board itself, and do you know if thats how they normally come? Or does anyone know?

MeatLoaf · 21 Apr 2006 at 19:16

All i got was a brand new sealed board in a brown box with asus stickers on it.

Old Wino · 21 Apr 2006 at 20:32

still using my MSI B-Grade board I got from OC about a year ago, still going strong and yep no backplate + it was just a board in bubblewrap but who cares, you can get all the drivers online anyway

B-Grade or B square

Fulcrum · 21 Apr 2006 at 20:33

I know zero about any of the sockets above A, so is deluxe or premium the best one ?

KizZ · 21 Apr 2006 at 20:36

B-Grade or B square™. Nice one

Traducer · 21 Apr 2006 at 20:37

Haha it does have an nice ring to it.

hp7909 · 21 Apr 2006 at 20:42

Tom|Nbk said:
if u search A8N-SLI Backplate on a well known auction site, you can get one off there for about 7 quid delivered from america

Nah, can get one for 2 quid if you contact ASUS UK. Did that when my A7N8X-E came without one.

Fulcrum · 21 Apr 2006 at 20:48

Is this chip ok for this board or should I go with the 148

AMD Opteron 144 1.8GHz 1MB Cache - Retail

AMD Opteron 148 2.2GHz 1MB Cache - Retail (BG-051-AM)

trojan698 · 22 Apr 2006 at 13:15

Is this chip ok for this board or should I go with the 148

AMD Opteron 144 1.8GHz 1MB Cache - Retail

AMD Opteron 148 2.2GHz 1MB Cache - Retail (BG-051-AM)

iirc they're skt 940 chips m8, the 939's have 'UP' in the description