bought my new motherboard today

[rangerone766]

http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=572&l4=0&model=1850&modelmenu=1

i decided to go x38 for a bit of future proofing. and the ability to go 45nm in the future. also has pciexpress 2.0

i hope i havent made a mistake being an early adopter but it seemed like a good idea.

[DOM]

have you seen this Intel X48 Chipset May Hurt X38 Sales (http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=42119)

and how much did you get it for ? your from the us ??

[cdawall]

X38 still use 20 pci-e lanes or is that fixed with pci-e 2.0? cause thats the reason i dont touch intel chipsets

[DOM]

X38 still use 20 pci-e lanes or is that fixed with pci-e 2.0? cause thats the reason i dont touch intel chipsetsthats what they have on there web site
PCIe 2.0
Double Speed; Double Bandwidth This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 devices for double speed and bandwidth which enhances system performance.

[cdawall]

so 40 lanes? or 32 lanes split to 16x and 16x in xfire or what i read the page its not very clear it could be 40 and split 32x and 8x which would be similar to the crippling effect on the current 16x and 4x splits.....

[rangerone766]

good point i didnt know x48 was so soon. but really with pc's there is always something newer and faster just over the horizon.

i bought it from newegg i'm in the us. chatted with customer support to get free shipping on it. paid $280.

i would have bought the p5e for $250 but the maximus formula came with the waterblock nb, free copy of stalker and full version of 3dmark06

now to buy ram, vid card and a copy of vista. but i may just use my copy of xp home for a few weeks

[DOM]

I posted this but dont know much about the site

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=42102

[rangerone766]

X38 still use 20 pci-e lanes or is that fixed with pci-e 2.0? cause thats the reason i dont touch intel chipsets


not sure, but i think i rember reading its 16 and 16

nut i'm new to all this socket 775 and pciexpress. i'm still in the stone age on a socket 478

[rangerone766]

Expansion Slots 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot, support at full x16, x16 speed
3 x PCIe x1 ( the PCIEx1_1 (black) is compatible with audio slot)
2 x PCI 2.2


off asus web site

[rangerone766]

whee step 5. too bad i still need some componets to get it up and running