I found the Asus A8N SLI premium oem version on newegg for nearly half the price of the retail version. Looks like a great deal. I don't plan to run SLI right away. My question is about what do I NEED that doesn't come with the OEM version of the motherboard? I've checked out the ASUS website and if I were to buy all the items that normally come with the motherboard, it would cost as much as purchasing the retail version of the board. Useless. I know that I do'nt need the gameport bracket or any of the other brackets. Maybe I'll need the SLI switch card or the SLI retention bracket? I dunno. Maybe I need to buy jumpers separate or the heatpipe? Just curious really. I've never bought an OEM motherboard before. I already have the drivers and the backplate so I'm good to go there. I'm only interested in getting this board to function. I'm not interested in doing anything fancy. Thanks...