Which ones better

JamesAnderson · 7 Jul 2011 at 23:23

Asrock N68C-S UCC
Asus M4N68T-M LE V2

Specification wise?

Thanks!

Reaper 392 · 7 Jul 2011 at 23:35

they are both very similar. but the main advantages of each board are:

Asrock N68C-S UCC:
- PCIe x1 slot will not be blocked by double slot graphics card (most decent graphics cards are double slot these days)
- cheaper on overclockers (may not be so elsewhere)

Asus M4N68T-M LE V2:
- its the only one of the two that supports 125W processors, like the Phenom II X4 955 BE

depends on what you think will be most useful to you.

JamesAnderson · 7 Jul 2011 at 23:40

Reaper 392 said:
they are both very similar. but the main advantages of each board are:

Asrock N68C-S UCC:
- PCIe x1 slot will not be blocked by double slot graphics card (most decent graphics cards are double slot these days)
- cheaper on overclockers (may not be so elsewhere)

Asus M4N68T-M LE V2:
- its the only one of the two that supports 125W processors, like the Phenom II X4 955 BE

depends on what you think will be most useful to you.

Yes I will be using the 955 be
Are there any similar mobos that support double graphics cards also with a similar budget
Thanks.

Surveyor · 7 Jul 2011 at 23:46

JamesAnderson said:
Yes I will be using the 955 be
Are there any similar mobos that support double graphics cards also with a similar budget
Thanks.

Still building your £200 PC?

Do you mean double slot graphics cards or dual graphics cards?

Both of the motherboards you listed support a double slot graphics card.

JamesAnderson · 7 Jul 2011 at 23:51

yep, ordered all the components and the processor, just need the mobo, all under £200
oh right, so the asus wont take a big one, right?

Reaper 392 · 7 Jul 2011 at 23:52

JamesAnderson said:
Yes I will be using the 955 be
Are there any similar mobos that support double graphics cards also with a similar budget
Thanks.

if your going for the 955BE then the asus is the one your going to have to go for.
it will support dual slot graphics cards, but the dual slot graphics card will cover the only PCIe X1 slot, whereas on the other board it covers a PCI slot.

this shouldnt be too much of a problem, because a large number of expansion cards are made in both PCI and PCIe x1 versions

Surveyor · 8 Jul 2011 at 00:00

The Asrock doesn't support 125W processors so that's out of the window.

The Asus will fit a dual slot graphics card. It will keave you with 2 PCI slots for anything further you wish to add.

What graphics card have you fitted into your budget?

JamesAnderson · 8 Jul 2011 at 00:05

Sapphire RADEON HD 5770 FleX Graphics adapter - 1 GB - GDDR5 SDRAM

JamesAnderson · 8 Jul 2011 at 00:06

so it wont take the really big ones, but how can you have two slotted ones with only 1 pcie slot?

Surveyor · 8 Jul 2011 at 00:08

JamesAnderson said:
Sapphire RADEON HD 5770 FleX Graphics adapter - 1 GB - GDDR5 SDRAM

Second hand I assume then?

Surveyor · 8 Jul 2011 at 00:09

JamesAnderson said:
so it wont take the really big ones, but how can you have two slotted ones with only 1 pcie slot?

Because a dual slot (width) card only uses 1 PCI-E slot.

The cooler just overhangs the second slot.

Two slots wide but only one PCI-E connection:

JamesAnderson · 8 Jul 2011 at 00:11

JamesAnderson · 8 Jul 2011 at 00:13

so a dual slot would work on this mobo definitely.

Reaper 392 · 8 Jul 2011 at 00:15

JamesAnderson said:
so a dual slot would work on this mobo definitely.

yep

Surveyor · 8 Jul 2011 at 00:18

JamesAnderson said:
so a dual slot would work on this mobo definitely.

The Asus? Yes, as long as you don't have need for any more PCI-E slots as there will only be 2 PCI slots left.

You did you note that the Asrock doesn't support your processor so it would have to be the Asus?

This Gigabyte board would leave a PCI slot and a PCI-E x1 slot free if that's any use:

Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 (AM3) Motherboard - Retail

JamesAnderson · 8 Jul 2011 at 00:22

Just ordered the asus and the Graphics on the pci ex x16, the sound card and the TV card on the pci's and still need to work out what I'll put on the pci ex x1

Thank you!
My £190 Gaming rig is complete ^_^ lol

Surveyor · 8 Jul 2011 at 00:26

JamesAnderson said:
Just ordered the asus and the Graphics on the pci ex x16, the sound card and the TV card on the pci's and still need to work out what I'll put on the pci ex x1

Thank you!
My £190 Gaming rig is complete ^_^ lol

You won't be putting anything in the PCI-E x1 slot.

As explained earlier in this thread the graphics card will overhang and block that slot.

You must have bought the 5770 cheap if you've not spent more than £190.

Jony27 · 8 Jul 2011 at 01:24

pics of build please, maybe he got a single slot 5770, but afaik only XFX do those versions.

Surveyor · 8 Jul 2011 at 02:04

Jony27 said:
pics of build please, maybe he got a single slot 5770, but afaik only XFX do those versions.

The OP got this one:

JamesAnderson · 8 Jul 2011 at 07:56

Still bidding on it. If I don't will then oh well