New Asus Cheap Board "P5N-SLI nForce 570 SLI(intel)"

[halutzparilla]

Asus P5N-SLI nForce 570 SLI Intel Edition Core 2 Duo/Core 2 Extreme 1066FSB LGA775 DDR2 ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail
Manufacturer Link...

HERE IS THE FEATURES: prize range ( $113 - $122 )

Brand ASUS
Model P5NSLI
Features Support Intel Core 2 Extreme and Core 2 Duo CPU (Conroe)
Supported CPU
CPU Socket Type Socket T (LGA 775)
CPU Type Intel Pentium EE/Pentium D/Pentium 4 HT
FSB 1066/800MHz
Supported CPU Technologies Hyper-Threading Technology
Chipsets
North Bridge NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI Intel Edition
Memory
Number of DDR2 Slots 4x 240pin DDR2
DDR2 Standard DDR2 667
Maximum Memory Supported 16GB
Dual Channel Supported Yes
Expansion Slots
PCI Express x16 2
PCI Express x1 3
PCI Slots 3
Storage Devices
PATA 2 x ATA100 up to 4 Devices
PATA RAID NV RAID 0/1/0+1 JBOD
SATA 3Gb/s 4
SATA RAID NV RAID 0/1/0+1 JBOD
Onboard Video
Onboard Video No
Onboard Audio
Audio Chipset AC97 Codec
Audio Channels 6 Channels
Onboard LAN
Max LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps
Rear Panel Ports
PS/2 2
COM 1
LPT 1
USB 4x USB 2.0
Audio Ports 3 Ports
Onboard USB
Onboard USB 4x USB 2.0
Physical Spec
Form Factor ATX
Dimensions 12.0" x 9.6"
Features
Power Pin 24 Pin

link http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131032
any good prognosis for a O/C gaming???

[jph1589]

I saw that board the other night and thought it looked really nice until I looked at the list of supported CPUs. How can anyone feel comfortable buying it knowing how things went with certain models of the pentium d on the first nforce for intel chipset.

Don't get me wrong, I like the nforce chipset, I just wonder what it will really support and what it wont.
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I like the looks of the bios if they get the list of supported CPUs straightened out. According to the nvidia Specs for that chipset, it should have no problem with any of the Pentium 4, D 8xx or 9xx, or Core2.

The two voltage options that I don't have and need, are on this board. The NB voltage and the FSB voltage are there along with the Vcore and Dimm voltage. That would push the upper end up for overclocking IMO.

It seems to be an updated version of the C19 and MCP51 which is actually a nforce 430 on my board. Wish nvidia would settle on a name for them and stick with it.

I've never owned an ASUS board, but I really like the manual. They don't leave much to the imagination and that is a very good thing.

Oh yeah....one more thing I noticed..........no fan on the NB and no heatsink at all on the southbridge. That scares me.

I know this is just a bunch of random thoughts. Not that I"m bucking to review the board of anything LOL!!
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It looks like Asus has updated the supported cpu list for this board. At first I couldn't tell the rhyme or reason to the list, but I think I finally figured it out. The only CPUs on the list are the 65nm cores.

So, some of each of the following are on the list; Celerons, Pentium 600s, Pentium 900s, and Core 2s.

Now at least it is easier to tell what CPU can be used in it. It really sucks that they left the 920 off the list though LOL!!

[gvblake22]

Looks like an interesting board. Although, I'm tired of seeing so many SLI boards and not enough "regular" single graphics card boards. :?

[Capper]

Personally, the motherboard market is a complete mess. First you have INTEL's new wonder-chip, which has about 4 motherboards that support it. Then you have SLI or Crossfire, with SLI soon to be supported by INTEL chipsets......the whole thing is maddening, especially considering the $150 price tag attached to these things.
As to SLI and Crossfire, I was hoping against hope that multi GPU cards would step up to replace multi card systems, but it ain't happening

[jph1589]

One of the posts I made in this thread that was deleted had to do with the support CPUs for this motherboard.

Asus has updated that list since I made my comments in my first posting in this thread. The list now seems to contain all of the 65nm processors from the Celeron and Pentium 4/600s and D/900 lines and of course the Core 2. So it seems this board doesn't support any CPU that is the 90nm form.

I guess that makes some sense.