ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe

Pros: -reasonably priced -cutting edge features -a very well constructed.excellent user manual included. -hugely expandable.

Cons: none noticed.

The Bottom Line: As long as you can handle all the new features, and are prepared to purchase a sufficient power supply, I highly recommend this motherboard.

Review: This was my first PC build, and it went off without a hitch thanks,in large part,to this motherboard. Asus did a fine job in engineering an extremely user friendly system that eliminates many of the snags associated with building a system. The manual ...

Pros: Rich in features.

Cons: chip fan Ceases after some time

Review: It has all the features with excellent performance. The mother board chip fan ceased after some time making annoying sounds. ...

Pros: Easy Overclocking features Supports SLI Incorporates duel channle RAM

Cons: after about 10 months the chipset fan failed.

Review: i've been using this motherboard for over a year now and have not been happier. The reason i bourght this motherboard is that it simply fitted into my price range. It's AI overclocking features are very usefull for first time overclockers and for those ...

Pros: Feature-rich, nForce4 chipset, layout, high performance, PCI-Express, SLI capable, dual RAID

Cons: Expensive, no AGP slot, marginal documentation, terrible technical support

The Bottom Line: Looking for a great platform for 2005/2006 with limited technical support? This motherboard will fit the bill!

Review: With Microsoft getting ready to release Windows XP Prof. 64 sometime this year (2005), the 64 bit craze is about to get even hotter and AMD's Athlon 64 processor is a great alternative to Intel's aging P4 line. Even without the 64 bit operating system, ...

Pros: Great software, Plenty of Ram space, PLenty of ports for HDD, USB, and Firewire

Cons: Not as nice as the practically same a8n32-sli deluxe, i feel cheated

Review: I liked everything about this motherboard except for one thing, to get TRUE 16x SLI u have to pay 90 dollars more for the A8N32-SLi ...

Pros: Nice board, smooth speed, good hardware extras

Cons: Drivers incomplete, AI NOS buggy, some odd locations for plugins

Review: A top rated board by more than 4 PCgamer style magazine, I bought this board thinking it would be the perfect setup board for my new fangled SLI AMD computer. Installation was easy, but the Fan1 connector is on the farthest bottom right end of the board, ...

Pros: ASUS Honors 2yr WARRANTY (fan failure) RUNS WELL WITH UBUNTU 7.04

Cons: Fans may fail

The Bottom Line: Put more case fans in; put in an external LCD temperature gauge and monitor your fans often.

Review: This board has real good capabilities and on-board sound like you wouldn't believe. DVD playback is good. Music sounds great and is surround sound capable. The sound auto senses in WIN XP which is nice. I am running 1gb memory; AMD 64 bit 3000 ...

Pros: Corporate attitude so disrespectful to grave technical issue, any strengths are completely outweighed by problem.

Cons: Only MoBo incompatible w/WindowsXP's SP3=endless-bootup crashes, messy/complex restoration process in recovery console.

The Bottom Line: Avoid ASUS products. If they have problems, you risk being left out in the cold.

Review: I am shocked and disturbed by ASUS products' high ratings, given my experience, not only with this motherboard, but (more importantly) with ASUS utter disinterest in providing support for a very serious design flaw with this product: This board is ...