Best motherboard for my budget?

Phoenix211 · 22 Jan 2006 at 08:24

I have about £80 to spend on a new motherboard as my epox 8RDA+ is a bit (read a lot) old!

Basically I would like an Asus as they seem to be pretty good at the moment. I've read up on the Asus A8N-SLi Premium nForce4 but really, I dont think its worth it just for the SLi which I would never use (and its quite expensive). So, what is there

VaderDSL · 22 Jan 2006 at 09:23

Phoenix211 said:
I have about £80 to spend on a new motherboard as my epox 8RDA+ is a bit (read a lot) old!

Basically I would like an Asus as they seem to be pretty good at the moment. I've read up on the Asus A8N-SLi Premium nForce4 but really, I dont think its worth it just for the SLi which I would never use (and its quite expensive). So, what is there

I am in the same boat mate - don't and will probably never use SLI personally. And like yourself looking at an ASUS board.

I think I will personally go for an A8N-E for £68, not SLI but is nForce 4 - however I don't think it has firewire.

Looks very nice though!

Phoenix211 · 22 Jan 2006 at 13:07

yeah the firewire is quite important to me

What about the A8N-E SE something or other, its about £82. I read the stuff about it on the Asus website but theres no mention of the box containting sata connecters and theres no reviews of the board!

split · 22 Jan 2006 at 13:39

Asus website but theres no mention of the box containting sata connecters

Every board I have owned that has sata (incl the early ASUS A7N8X deluxe socket A board) has come with sata cables.

The manual will tell you "what in the box" if you download it.

Phoenix211 · 22 Jan 2006 at 15:25

Accessories

SLI connector
1 x 1-port IEEE1394 module
1 x SLI retention bracket
2 x 2-port SATA power cable
1 x 2-port USB2.0 / Game module
1 x 2-port USB2.0 module
1 x COM Port module
1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
1 x IDE cable
1 x FDD cable
1 x I/O Shield
User's manual

Thats what the website says for included stuff. Couldn't find anything in the manual but every other board says it includes cables....hmm

m3csl2004 · 22 Jan 2006 at 16:00

pretty shure the board will have firewire mate

VaderDSL · 22 Jan 2006 at 16:04

if you're talking about the A8N-E it comes with SATA cavles, and IDE cables, but it has no onboard firewire, the higher model version will do though

split · 23 Jan 2006 at 12:32

Thats what the website says for included stuff.

I did say.....

The manual will tell you "whats in the box" if you download it.

Phoenix211 · 23 Jan 2006 at 13:02

split said:
I did say.....

The manual will tell you "whats in the box" if you download it.

and i did say, looked in the manual but couldn't find anything.

mp260767 · 23 Jan 2006 at 13:45

dfi infinity for £60-70