Asus m2n-e

[Tamagotchi]

Hi guys , I need help with deciding which Motherboard to get.
Price max- R1200

Thinking of the asus m2n-e.
Is this board any good compared to others in it's class???

Any help will be appreciated

 

[supersunbird]

I'll get back to you when I reach home office in a couple of hours...

 

[S1ght]

Hi, I just bought that board,Installing it tomorrow, will let you know how it is, payed R1114 for it from sybaritic

only read a few problems with it running with some RAM and that almost everyone had to update the bios right out the box.

 

[Tamagotchi]

Thanks so far guys, looking forward to your suggestions/comments.

 

[daysleeper]

rather get a core 2 system!

 

[S1ght]

for twice the price

 

[Tamagotchi]

core 2 duo ,definately not- too pricy at the moment.

 

[ShockG]

rather get a core 2 system!

And WTF does this have to do with Asus m2n-e motherboard?

 

[supersunbird]

Hi guys , I need help with deciding which Motherboard to get.
Price max- R1200

Thinking of the asus m2n-e.
Is this board any good compared to others in it's class???

Any help will be appreciated

Seems nice except for only the one ATA connector:

Asus M2N-E , fanless heatpipe design ; socket AM2 , nvidia nForce570 Ultra chipset ( support FirstPacket ) , 4x dual channel DDR2-800 , 6 x s-ata2 with raid 0/1/0+1/5 , 1 x parallel ata133 , on-board 7.1 digital audio with coaxial s/pdif out + gigabit lan + NV firewall ; 3x pci , 2 x pci-e(1x) , 1 x pci-e(4x) , 1 x pci-e(16x) , atx
R1100

I got one for Xenophon and so she would know better how it performs, but she is away on holiday now. I checked around and it seems to be the best board for that pricepoint. Since you are also in PTA I can get it for you and deliver to your door.

 

[Ekhaatvensters]

Well I guess the board is AMD or something...

Haven't bothered looking at it yet.. not my price range. Anyway, Core2Duo is expensive, really. Compared to the cheaper AMD stuff which kills cheaper Intel chips, so if you are going budget AMD is still better.

 

[S1ght]

Hmm...got the board today, unfortunately I'm writing exams so my dad said I'm not allowed to put it in until I finish writing so won't be able to tell you how it runs, I can tell you it looks nice though

 

[Tamagotchi]

Damn those exams. :-(
Will wait for you to give feedback.
saw it for R1020 at computersonly.
Read the same stuff about the ram issue.

Got some time to kill till x-mas bonus.

 

[supersunbird]

Their downloadable pricelist lists it at R1150... Strange.

 

[S1ght]

Annoyed

My dad allowed me to put motherboard and everything so naturally im excited cause I'm going from a ati 9700pro to a 7800gtx here so i put everything in nicely, make sure not to mess anything up, then i go to plug the psu into the motherboard & what do I find to my annoyance, my psu is a 20 pin and the motherboard needs a 24 pin connector

 

[S1ght]

OK, turns outs my psu was one of those split at the bottom ones & so far put 2x512 mb & its fine, put anymore in and it just beeps at me gonna update bios now

 

[supersunbird]

S1ght, you can plug a 20pin PSU into a 24pin mobo and it would work fine anyway...

 

[S1ght]

Ya, but from what ive read its less stable since the extra power(4 pin) goes to the cpu...

 

[Dean MF]

So, i am planning on buying this exact same mobo - whats the story with the RAM now?

I want to fit 2 x 1gig DDR2 667 sticks - do you think i will also have problems?

 

[S1ght]

wat make?

 

[Dean MF]

I decided to go with the Asus M2N-E SLI nForce 500 SLI Motherboard instead. Also, rather going to add 4 x 512mb DDR2 667mhz instead of the 2x1gigs. Its Super Talent RAM.