M2N-SLI Deluxe - why not?
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From: John on 3 Jun 2007 21:36 After 15 or so years of using computers, this newb is about to embark on my first system build. I've been looking around at the reviews on Newegg, reading everything in this group that seems relevant, and Googling for whatever else I can find, and I'm thinking pretty seriously about the M2N-SLI Deluxe. It's overkill for me. I'm not a gamer and I'll never use SLI. But the board seems to get a lot of good reviews and very few bad ones. It's not the cheapest board out there, but it's not overpriced. I'm looking for reliability and I don't mind paying a few $ more to get it. It's fussy about memory, but that seems to be the case with almost every mobo I've looked at. I'm figuring on using two 1GB sticks of the Kingston mem from the QVL. Does anybody think I'm making a bad choice here? I'm about ready to pull the trigger on my Newegg order. Any reason I should not? To e-mail me, use jcarlson631 at optonline dot net
From: RobV on 4 Jun 2007 22:57 John wrote: > After 15 or so years of using computers, this newb is about to embark > on my first system build. > > I've been looking around at the reviews on Newegg, reading everything > in this group that seems relevant, and Googling for whatever else I > can find, and I'm thinking pretty seriously about the M2N-SLI Deluxe. > > It's overkill for me. I'm not a gamer and I'll never use SLI. But > the board seems to get a lot of good reviews and very few bad ones. > It's not the cheapest board out there, but it's not overpriced. I'm > looking for reliability and I don't mind paying a few $ more to get > it. It's fussy about memory, but that seems to be the case with > almost every mobo I've looked at. I'm figuring on using two 1GB sticks > of the Kingston mem from the QVL. > > Does anybody think I'm making a bad choice here? I'm about ready to > pull the trigger on my Newegg order. Any reason I should not? > > To e-mail me, use jcarlson631 at optonline dot net You're really spending a lot for SLI support, when you will never use it. I'm in about the same position as you and I have ordered the P5B-Plus. Reasons...All capacitors on the MB are conductive polymer, rather than standard electrolytic, meaning extremely stable operation. It's upgradeable to the Core 2 Quad core CPU (I'm installing a Core 2 Duo E6600 when it gets here), more USB ports and SATA 3.0 ports than you'll probably ever need. If you remember the P2B, this is the updated version. It's very overclockable, even from Windows. Built in everything (well audio, anyway). Here's a link to it so you can take a look: http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=307&l4=0&model=1595&modelmenu=1 My $2 (inflation!) ;-)
From: RobV on 4 Jun 2007 23:07 RobV wrote: > John wrote: >> After 15 or so years of using computers, this newb is about to embark >> on my first system build. >> >> I've been looking around at the reviews on Newegg, reading everything >> in this group that seems relevant, and Googling for whatever else I >> can find, and I'm thinking pretty seriously about the M2N-SLI Deluxe. >> >> It's overkill for me. I'm not a gamer and I'll never use SLI. But >> the board seems to get a lot of good reviews and very few bad ones. >> It's not the cheapest board out there, but it's not overpriced. I'm >> looking for reliability and I don't mind paying a few $ more to get >> it. It's fussy about memory, but that seems to be the case with >> almost every mobo I've looked at. I'm figuring on using two 1GB >> sticks of the Kingston mem from the QVL. >> >> Does anybody think I'm making a bad choice here? I'm about ready to >> pull the trigger on my Newegg order. Any reason I should not? >> >> To e-mail me, use jcarlson631 at optonline dot net > > You're really spending a lot for SLI support, when you will never use > it. I'm in about the same position as you and I have ordered the > P5B-Plus. > > Reasons...All capacitors on the MB are conductive polymer, rather than > standard electrolytic, meaning extremely stable operation. > > It's upgradeable to the Core 2 Quad core CPU (I'm installing a Core 2 > Duo E6600 when it gets here), more USB ports and SATA 3.0 ports than > you'll probably ever need. > > If you remember the P2B, this is the updated version. It's very > overclockable, even from Windows. Built in everything (well audio, > anyway). Here's a link to it so you can take a look: > http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=307&l4=0&model=1595&modelmenu=1 > > My $2 (inflation!) ;-) Should have given you the Spec page: http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1595&l1=3&l2=11&l3=307&l4=0
From: Sonja Garrett on 5 Jun 2007 09:51 I have this board on my other computer, and if you install Vista the DVD/CD-Rom will not work. There is no driver anywhere, and I have looked everywhere. Lots of people are having the same problem. Works great with XP, though. Rock stable. "John" <RealAddressIs(a)MySig.com> wrote in message news:t4q6639rfr5sta4uoh5pj8hbqi44rra723(a)4ax.com... > After 15 or so years of using computers, this newb is about to embark > on my first system build. > > I've been looking around at the reviews on Newegg, reading everything > in this group that seems relevant, and Googling for whatever else I > can find, and I'm thinking pretty seriously about the M2N-SLI Deluxe. > > It's overkill for me. I'm not a gamer and I'll never use SLI. But > the board seems to get a lot of good reviews and very few bad ones. > It's not the cheapest board out there, but it's not overpriced. I'm > looking for reliability and I don't mind paying a few $ more to get > it. It's fussy about memory, but that seems to be the case with > almost every mobo I've looked at. I'm figuring on using two 1GB sticks > of the Kingston mem from the QVL. > > Does anybody think I'm making a bad choice here? I'm about ready to > pull the trigger on my Newegg order. Any reason I should not? > > To e-mail me, use jcarlson631 at optonline dot net
From: Sonja Garrett on 5 Jun 2007 11:05 I meant to mention that I have 2 GB of Muskin 240-Pin DDR2 800 Memory. AMD Athlon 6000 "John" <RealAddressIs(a)MySig.com> wrote in message news:t4q6639rfr5sta4uoh5pj8hbqi44rra723(a)4ax.com... > After 15 or so years of using computers, this newb is about to embark > on my first system build. > > I've been looking around at the reviews on Newegg, reading everything > in this group that seems relevant, and Googling for whatever else I > can find, and I'm thinking pretty seriously about the M2N-SLI Deluxe. > > It's overkill for me. I'm not a gamer and I'll never use SLI. But > the board seems to get a lot of good reviews and very few bad ones. > It's not the cheapest board out there, but it's not overpriced. I'm > looking for reliability and I don't mind paying a few $ more to get > it. It's fussy about memory, but that seems to be the case with > almost every mobo I've looked at. I'm figuring on using two 1GB sticks > of the Kingston mem from the QVL. > > Does anybody think I'm making a bad choice here? I'm about ready to > pull the trigger on my Newegg order. Any reason I should not? > > To e-mail me, use jcarlson631 at optonline dot net
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