any known issuses?

[pbmaster]

Unless something better/cheaper comes out, I'll be getting this mobo

ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI

and this memory

OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

Links:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131013
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227089

Any known issues with these two?

[pt]

the mobo is a asus mid-budget so you will have a sh^tload of probs and a crappy support

take a look at this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813154012

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186098

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127003

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136015

even the last dfi one is by far better than the asus
asus may look pretty but it doesn't perform so pretty

[pbmaster]

eww that DFI I don't like....whats wrong with ASUS?? My friend has the same one and he has no problems...

[pt]

eww that DFI I don't like....whats wrong with ASUS?? My friend has the same one and he has no problems...

GO READ ASUS FORUM
then you will notice the probs
btw, i forgot to ask, are you going to overclock?

[pbmaster]

I might, don't think i will need to though; I'm planning on getting the X2 6000+

[GLD]

I would say that ASUS board would be a good one. I have 3 low/mid budget ASUS A8N5X's here. Never had a problem with either of them. I would buy that ASUS.

Out of the 4 pt listed, the only 2 I would even consider is the Abit and the Sapphire. That Sapphire is pretty freaking good looking with the white pcb. That DFI board looks gross imo. It looks like a old Intel board IMO.

ASUS is a tier 1 mfg. I know Sapphire is the noob at making motherboards, but I trust them and would buy it if I was going the ATi route.

[pt]

I might, don't think i will need to though; I'm planning on getting the X2 6000+

waste of money if you ask me, if you're going to spend that much just go c2d, if not get a x2 3600+ 65nm and overclock


Out of the 4 pt listed, the only 2 I would even consider is the Abit and the Sapphire. That Sapphire is pretty freaking good looking with the white pcb. That DFI board looks gross imo. It looks like a old Intel board IMO.



why not the foxconn?
the dfi looks ugly but still kicks ass
look for reviews

[Exeodus]

I would go ASUS as well, next choice would be the ABIT.

DFI boards suck something awful, you shouldn't have to replace your bios chip just to get it to work.

Sapphire makes good video cards (they also manufacture ATI brand video cards as well), but they don't make the best motherboards.

[GLD]

That Foxcon and that DFI have active nb coolers. My A8N5X had the same. First thing I did was pulled off those pos fans and put on some nice passive Coolermaster chunks of alumnium. They are silent and work great...............until you try and put a long video card in your pci-e16x slot and find out that it wont fit as the nb cooler is to tall and in the way. So then what do you do? I was lucky and fit the ASUS heatpipe on my board. I would not want to buy a board with active nb cooling that will need to be replaced. Stock passive cooling is a big plus in my book.

[pbmaster]

Well, first off, let me say that I am NOT getting a Core 2, no matter what the benches or whatever say. Second, the DFI I have now works great, but it does get a little hot with the tiny fan on it. I'm considering the ASUS or the ABIT.

That Foxconn looks great, but is out of my budget :(

[pt]

That Foxcon and that DFI have active nb coolers. My A8N5X had the same. First thing I did was pulled off those pos fans and put on some nice passive Coolermaster chunks of alumnium. They are silent and work great...............until you try and put a long video card in your pci-e16x slot and find out that it wont fit as the nb cooler is to tall and in the way. So then what do you do? I was lucky and fit the ASUS heatpipe on my board. I would not want to buy a board with active nb cooling that will need to be replaced. Stock passive cooling is a big plus in my book.

there are coolers on the market that can run fanless, and this one you can even put it in the way you would be able to use sli or cf

http://img.techpowerup.org/070410/19.jpg

Well, first off, let me say that I am NOT getting a Core 2, no matter what the benches or whatever say. Second, the DFI I have now works great, but it does get a little hot with the tiny fan on it. I'm considering the ASUS or the ABIT.

That Foxconn looks great, but is out of my budget :(

you might consier the cooler above, the pic even shows the dfi one :)
you should look at some msi ones aswell, but i don't know much of them

[Jarman]

nothing wrong with DFI boards

[pbmaster]

I know there is nothing wrong with them...I currently own one. That cooler looks pretty spiffy too!!11!!

[Jarman]

its a thermalright hr-05, coupled with an 80mm fan takes my NF4 northbridge down from 50 to 30 degrees