What would be a good Asus mobo for use with a dual-core AMD CPU to run
WinXP? -- the app with which it will mainly be used doesn't work with
Vista, and the author seems to be in no hurry to make it do so (which is
fine by me: look how many years it took M$ to get the bugs and security
holes in XP fixed; maybe Vista will be usable in a few years). It
doesn't need to be a screamer -- no games -- but it needs to be stable.
1GB RAM probably will be sufficient (I've never needed more so far), but
it needs to have enough PCI slots for a multi-serial card, a FireWire
card, and a SCSI card. I already have a spare X300-based PCI-Express
video card I could use with it.
I already have an ATX case and power supply (with the additional power
connectors), so an ATX board will be fine, but a smaller one would be OK
as long as it fits the case and has sufficient PCI slots.
My current machine, which is used for a Real Operating System and will
stay that way, has an A8N-E and an Athlon 64 X2 3800+. I had thought of
getting another of these boards, moving the current CPU to that, and
replacing the current CPU by a faster one. But those boards are now
getting difficult to find, and if I stick with my current CPU in the
present machine I could just get an AM2 board and processor for the new
one; DDR2 RAM might be cheaper than more DDR RAM too.
Perce
(Who has bought nothing but Asus motherboards for the last 15 years and
has never had any mobo troubles)
M2N-SLI Deluxe, great board, and has everything you are looking for.
Dan
"Percival P. Cassidy" <nobody@notmyISP.net> wrote in message
news:AsNli.1519$aJ6.1344@newsfe12.lga...
> What would be a good Asus mobo for use with a dual-core AMD CPU to run
> WinXP? -- the app with which it will mainly be used doesn't work with
> Vista, and the author seems to be in no hurry to make it do so (which is
> fine by me: look how many years it took M$ to get the bugs and security
> holes in XP fixed; maybe Vista will be usable in a few years). It doesn't
> need to be a screamer -- no games -- but it needs to be stable.
>
> 1GB RAM probably will be sufficient (I've never needed more so far), but
> it needs to have enough PCI slots for a multi-serial card, a FireWire
> card, and a SCSI card. I already have a spare X300-based PCI-Express video
> card I could use with it.
>
> I already have an ATX case and power supply (with the additional power
> connectors), so an ATX board will be fine, but a smaller one would be OK
> as long as it fits the case and has sufficient PCI slots.
>
> My current machine, which is used for a Real Operating System and will
> stay that way, has an A8N-E and an Athlon 64 X2 3800+. I had thought of
> getting another of these boards, moving the current CPU to that, and
> replacing the current CPU by a faster one. But those boards are now
> getting difficult to find, and if I stick with my current CPU in the
> present machine I could just get an AM2 board and processor for the new
> one; DDR2 RAM might be cheaper than more DDR RAM too.
>
> Perce
> (Who has bought nothing but Asus motherboards for the last 15 years and
> has never had any mobo troubles)
> M2N-SLI Deluxe, great board, and has everything you are looking for.
>> What would be a good Asus mobo for use with a dual-core AMD CPU to run
>> WinXP? -- the app with which it will mainly be used doesn't work with
>> Vista, and the author seems to be in no hurry to make it do so (which is
>> fine by me: look how many years it took M$ to get the bugs and security
>> holes in XP fixed; maybe Vista will be usable in a few years). It doesn't
>> need to be a screamer -- no games -- but it needs to be stable.
>>
>> 1GB RAM probably will be sufficient (I've never needed more so far), but
>> it needs to have enough PCI slots for a multi-serial card, a FireWire
>> card, and a SCSI card. I already have a spare X300-based PCI-Express video
>> card I could use with it.
>>
>> I already have an ATX case and power supply (with the additional power
>> connectors), so an ATX board will be fine, but a smaller one would be OK
>> as long as it fits the case and has sufficient PCI slots.
>>
>> My current machine, which is used for a Real Operating System and will
>> stay that way, has an A8N-E and an Athlon 64 X2 3800+. I had thought of
>> getting another of these boards, moving the current CPU to that, and
>> replacing the current CPU by a faster one. But those boards are now
>> getting difficult to find, and if I stick with my current CPU in the
>> present machine I could just get an AM2 board and processor for the new
>> one; DDR2 RAM might be cheaper than more DDR RAM too.
Because it has more SATA, etc. connectors.
But you can go to Asus site to read the specs for each of them,
or download the manuals.
"Percival P. Cassidy" <nobody@notmyISP.net> a écrit dans le message de
news:1gQli.1533$aJ6.1046@newsfe12.lga...
> Why that one rather than the M2N-E or any other?
>
> Perce
>
>
> On 07/13/07 03:10 pm Angry_American wrote:
>
>> M2N-SLI Deluxe, great board, and has everything you are looking for.
>
>>> What would be a good Asus mobo for use with a dual-core AMD CPU to run
>>> WinXP? -- the app with which it will mainly be used doesn't work with
>>> Vista, and the author seems to be in no hurry to make it do so (which is
>>> fine by me: look how many years it took M$ to get the bugs and security
>>> holes in XP fixed; maybe Vista will be usable in a few years). It
>>> doesn't need to be a screamer -- no games -- but it needs to be stable.
>>>
>>> 1GB RAM probably will be sufficient (I've never needed more so far), but
>>> it needs to have enough PCI slots for a multi-serial card, a FireWire
>>> card, and a SCSI card. I already have a spare X300-based PCI-Express
>>> video card I could use with it.
>>>
>>> I already have an ATX case and power supply (with the additional power
>>> connectors), so an ATX board will be fine, but a smaller one would be OK
>>> as long as it fits the case and has sufficient PCI slots.
>>>
>>> My current machine, which is used for a Real Operating System and will
>>> stay that way, has an A8N-E and an Athlon 64 X2 3800+. I had thought of
>>> getting another of these boards, moving the current CPU to that, and
>>> replacing the current CPU by a faster one. But those boards are now
>>> getting difficult to find, and if I stick with my current CPU in the
>>> present machine I could just get an AM2 board and processor for the new
>>> one; DDR2 RAM might be cheaper than more DDR RAM too.
The M2N-E is to bare bones, no firewire, and as the other poster said, more
SATA ports on the SLI Deluxe. You are definatly getting your moneys worth
with the few dollars more the SLI Deluxe board costs. I have worked with a
few of the M2N-E boards, they are nice, just too bare.
Dan
"Percival P. Cassidy" <nobody@notmyISP.net> wrote in message
news:1gQli.1533$aJ6.1046@newsfe12.lga...
> Why that one rather than the M2N-E or any other?
>
> Perce
>
>
> On 07/13/07 03:10 pm Angry_American wrote:
>
>> M2N-SLI Deluxe, great board, and has everything you are looking for.
>
>>> What would be a good Asus mobo for use with a dual-core AMD CPU to run
>>> WinXP? -- the app with which it will mainly be used doesn't work with
>>> Vista, and the author seems to be in no hurry to make it do so (which is
>>> fine by me: look how many years it took M$ to get the bugs and security
>>> holes in XP fixed; maybe Vista will be usable in a few years). It
>>> doesn't need to be a screamer -- no games -- but it needs to be stable.
>>>
>>> 1GB RAM probably will be sufficient (I've never needed more so far), but
>>> it needs to have enough PCI slots for a multi-serial card, a FireWire
>>> card, and a SCSI card. I already have a spare X300-based PCI-Express
>>> video card I could use with it.
>>>
>>> I already have an ATX case and power supply (with the additional power
>>> connectors), so an ATX board will be fine, but a smaller one would be OK
>>> as long as it fits the case and has sufficient PCI slots.
>>>
>>> My current machine, which is used for a Real Operating System and will
>>> stay that way, has an A8N-E and an Athlon 64 X2 3800+. I had thought of
>>> getting another of these boards, moving the current CPU to that, and
>>> replacing the current CPU by a faster one. But those boards are now
>>> getting difficult to find, and if I stick with my current CPU in the
>>> present machine I could just get an AM2 board and processor for the new
>>> one; DDR2 RAM might be cheaper than more DDR RAM too.
OK, I've looked at the specs for the two and have found that each has
pluses and minuses:
The M2N-SLI Deluxe has FireWire on board, but since I have the FireWire
card already, that's not a significant advantage for me. It also has
provision for lots of SATA devices, but since I have no SATA devices...
The M2N-E has provision for 4 IDE/ATAPI devices, and since I have two
HDs and a DVD burner already...
Either way I have to add a card (either PCI or FireWire), but I have the
FireWire card already.
Anything I'm missing?
Any other suggestions?
Perce
On 07/13/07 06:48 pm Angry_American wrote:
> The M2N-E is to bare bones, no firewire, and as the other poster said, more
> SATA ports on the SLI Deluxe. You are definatly getting your moneys worth
> with the few dollars more the SLI Deluxe board costs. I have worked with a
> few of the M2N-E boards, they are nice, just too bare.
>> Why that one rather than the M2N-E or any other?
>>> M2N-SLI Deluxe, great board, and has everything you are looking for.
>>>> What would be a good Asus mobo for use with a dual-core AMD CPU to run
>>>> WinXP? -- the app with which it will mainly be used doesn't work with
>>>> Vista, and the author seems to be in no hurry to make it do so (which is
>>>> fine by me: look how many years it took M$ to get the bugs and security
>>>> holes in XP fixed; maybe Vista will be usable in a few years). It
>>>> doesn't need to be a screamer -- no games -- but it needs to be stable.
>>>>
>>>> 1GB RAM probably will be sufficient (I've never needed more so far), but
>>>> it needs to have enough PCI slots for a multi-serial card, a FireWire
>>>> card, and a SCSI card. I already have a spare X300-based PCI-Express
>>>> video card I could use with it.
>>>>
>>>> I already have an ATX case and power supply (with the additional power
>>>> connectors), so an ATX board will be fine, but a smaller one would be OK
>>>> as long as it fits the case and has sufficient PCI slots.
It is now easier to find SATA drives than Ide drives. It is the way of the
future (for some time yet).
And since the board has very few PCI slots, you may run short of them
whenever you need to
install new cards.
"Percival P. Cassidy" <nobody@notmyISP.net> a écrit dans le message de
news:nYUli.1025$AV7.410@newsfe06.lga...
> OK, I've looked at the specs for the two and have found that each has
> pluses and minuses:
>
> The M2N-SLI Deluxe has FireWire on board, but since I have the FireWire
> card already, that's not a significant advantage for me. It also has
> provision for lots of SATA devices, but since I have no SATA devices...
>
> The M2N-E has provision for 4 IDE/ATAPI devices, and since I have two HDs
> and a DVD burner already...
>
> Either way I have to add a card (either PCI or FireWire), but I have the
> FireWire card already.
>
> Anything I'm missing?
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Perce
>
>
> On 07/13/07 06:48 pm Angry_American wrote:
>
>> The M2N-E is to bare bones, no firewire, and as the other poster said,
>> more SATA ports on the SLI Deluxe. You are definatly getting your moneys
>> worth with the few dollars more the SLI Deluxe board costs. I have worked
>> with a few of the M2N-E boards, they are nice, just too bare.
>
>>> Why that one rather than the M2N-E or any other?
>
>>>> M2N-SLI Deluxe, great board, and has everything you are looking for.
>>>>> What would be a good Asus mobo for use with a dual-core AMD CPU to run
>>>>> WinXP? -- the app with which it will mainly be used doesn't work with
>>>>> Vista, and the author seems to be in no hurry to make it do so (which
>>>>> is fine by me: look how many years it took M$ to get the bugs and
>>>>> security holes in XP fixed; maybe Vista will be usable in a few
>>>>> years). It doesn't need to be a screamer -- no games -- but it needs
>>>>> to be stable.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1GB RAM probably will be sufficient (I've never needed more so far),
>>>>> but it needs to have enough PCI slots for a multi-serial card, a
>>>>> FireWire card, and a SCSI card. I already have a spare X300-based
>>>>> PCI-Express video card I could use with it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I already have an ATX case and power supply (with the additional power
>>>>> connectors), so an ATX board will be fine, but a smaller one would be
>>>>> OK as long as it fits the case and has sufficient PCI slots.
>
> <snip>
> It is now easier to find SATA drives than Ide drives. It is the way of
> the future (for some time yet).
But I already have all the drive space I need for this machine in the
form of IDE drives. I can't imagine needing 7 SATA devices. My main
machine -- the one running the Real Operating System -- has SCSI (with
the capability of having 15 devices *on a single cable*), but I have
only 4 HDs (including a Seagate U2W that's been running pretty much
24/7/365 for almost 10 years) and a tape drive.
> And since the board has very few PCI slots, you may run short of them
> whenever you need to install new cards.
Without checking again, ISTR that both versions of the M2N have the same
number of PCI slots: 3.
Perce
>> OK, I've looked at the specs for the two and have found that each has
>> pluses and minuses:
>>
>> The M2N-SLI Deluxe has FireWire on board, but since I have the
>> FireWire card already, that's not a significant advantage for me. It
>> also has provision for lots of SATA devices, but since I have no SATA
>> devices...
>>
>> The M2N-E has provision for 4 IDE/ATAPI devices, and since I have two
>> HDs and a DVD burner already...
>>
>> Either way I have to add a card (either PCI or FireWire), but I have
>> the FireWire card already.
>>
>> Anything I'm missing?
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>> The M2N-E is to bare bones, no firewire, and as the other poster
>>> said, more SATA ports on the SLI Deluxe. You are definatly getting
>>> your moneys worth with the few dollars more the SLI Deluxe board
>>> costs. I have worked with a few of the M2N-E boards, they are nice,
>>> just too bare.
Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
> On 07/13/07 09:51 pm Incognitox wrote:
>
>> It is now easier to find SATA drives than Ide drives. It is the way
>> of the future (for some time yet).
>
> But I already have all the drive space I need for this machine in the
> form of IDE drives. I can't imagine needing 7 SATA devices. My main
> machine -- the one running the Real Operating System -- has SCSI (with
> the capability of having 15 devices *on a single cable*), but I have
> only 4 HDs (including a Seagate U2W that's been running pretty much
> 24/7/365 for almost 10 years) and a tape drive.
>
>> And since the board has very few PCI slots, you may run short of them
>> whenever you need to install new cards.
>
> Without checking again, ISTR that both versions of the M2N have the same
> number of PCI slots: 3.
>
> Perce
>
>>> OK, I've looked at the specs for the two and have found that each has
>>> pluses and minuses:
>>>
>>> The M2N-SLI Deluxe has FireWire on board, but since I have the
>>> FireWire card already, that's not a significant advantage for me. It
>>> also has provision for lots of SATA devices, but since I have no SATA
>>> devices...
>>>
>>> The M2N-E has provision for 4 IDE/ATAPI devices, and since I have two
>>> HDs and a DVD burner already...
>>>
>>> Either way I have to add a card (either PCI or FireWire), but I have
>>> the FireWire card already.
>>>
>>> Anything I'm missing?
>>>
>>> Any other suggestions?
>
>>>> The M2N-E is to bare bones, no firewire, and as the other poster
>>>> said, more SATA ports on the SLI Deluxe. You are definatly getting
>>>> your moneys worth with the few dollars more the SLI Deluxe board
>>>> costs. I have worked with a few of the M2N-E boards, they are nice,
>>>> just too bare.
Well, as the earlier poster said, you could run out of card space on the
board.
Also, depending on the size of your video card, you may lose one of the
cards on the board because of overlap issues. I used to be anti-onboard
anything. Now, it saves time and effort in putting cards in the MB.
For a few extra dollars, I would get the M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless. It
will be well worth it. You can afford to do this, especially if you are
going to stick with your hard drives and optical drives from your old
system.
--
My Rig:
MB: Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless board
CPU: AMD X2 4200
RAM: 2 gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 RAM
VIDEO: MSI NX7600GT VT2D 256 Geforce 7600GT,
STORAGE DRIVE: Western Digital WD3200KS 320 gb sata drive
BOOT DRIVE: Western Digital 150 gb Raptor
External Drive: Western Digital 320 GB Dual-Option Backup
OPTICALS: 2 lite on optical drives; dvd and (DVD RW-DVD/R-DL DVD
Multi-Recorder)
CASE: Cooler Master Mystique 631 case
POWER SUPPLY: Cooler Master SLI 550w Power Supply
Wireless: Realtek RTL8187 802.11g 54mps USB 2.0 Network Adapter
Printer: HP Laserjet 1020
MONITOR: Viewsonic 19" WS VA1912wb
Primary O.S.: Windows XP SP2 (32Bit Edition)
Secondary O.S.: openSUSE 10.2 64 Bit Edition
In article <fM2mi.3$g73.0@newsfe04.lga>, "Percival P. Cassidy" <nobody@notmyISP.net> wrote:
>On 07/13/07 09:51 pm Incognitox wrote:
>
>> It is now easier to find SATA drives than Ide drives. It is the way of
>> the future (for some time yet).
>
>But I already have all the drive space I need for this machine in the
>form of IDE drives. I can't imagine needing 7 SATA devices. My main
>machine -- the one running the Real Operating System -- has SCSI (with
>the capability of having 15 devices *on a single cable*), but I have
>only 4 HDs (including a Seagate U2W that's been running pretty much
>24/7/365 for almost 10 years) and a tape drive.
Hey , I was as much a SCSI prophet as you back years ago clear back since the
Atari ST days. But even the lowliest of SATA skunks all but the fastest fibre
channel scsi enterprise drives. Time to upgrade.
>
>> And since the board has very few PCI slots, you may run short of them
>> whenever you need to install new cards.
>
>Without checking again, ISTR that both versions of the M2N have the same
>number of PCI slots: 3.
>
>Perce
>
>>> OK, I've looked at the specs for the two and have found that each has
>>> pluses and minuses:
>>>
>>> The M2N-SLI Deluxe has FireWire on board, but since I have the
>>> FireWire card already, that's not a significant advantage for me. It
>>> also has provision for lots of SATA devices, but since I have no SATA
>>> devices...
>>>
>>> The M2N-E has provision for 4 IDE/ATAPI devices, and since I have two
>>> HDs and a DVD burner already...
>>>
>>> Either way I have to add a card (either PCI or FireWire), but I have
>>> the FireWire card already.
>>>
>>> Anything I'm missing?
>>>
>>> Any other suggestions?
>
>>>> The M2N-E is to bare bones, no firewire, and as the other poster
>>>> said, more SATA ports on the SLI Deluxe. You are definatly getting
>>>> your moneys worth with the few dollars more the SLI Deluxe board
>>>> costs. I have worked with a few of the M2N-E boards, they are nice,
>>>> just too bare.
Which motherboard? 
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