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mt_100 said:I just saw the board at NewEgg and was tempted considering I am upgrading.
I was looking to reuse my socket 754 sempron to save money but going to a 939 board and getting a new processor will only run another $60 over the upgrade I was already looking at of an ECS nForce board off NewEgg and ATI X1900GT graphics card.
Two questions.
Will 939 be around awhile? Will 754?
I use an Antec Aria with only a 300w PSU that can't be changed without chopping up the case, will it be enough?
Dark Prodigy said:
t4orce said:Hey there, regarding your question, I actually just bought one last week, but I'm in Australia, I got it from this site, www.pccasegear.com for $185 AU, which comes to about US $146 although I think it's just a bit more now..just curious what prices are like in the US ..anyways
Dark Prodigy said:I purchased a couple of these boards just a few weeks ago for $55.00 USD from newegg.com. And after viewing a few other stateside e-tailers during that time, I'd say the average price is about $70-80 USD.
There is obviously still a huge demand for this board, or a board like it. eVga needs to start manufacturing more of these soon.
t4orce said:On another note, I really would like to find out if anyone is running 8800's in SLI on this board, or is it really not possible with the half duplex 8x PCI-e slots as I've been reading?
Would love to run like an FX60 with 2 x 8800GTS's SLI..
I just got the board, but it's waiting for its new home, a Silverstone Sugo 01 Evo(probably after New Year's)..
I haven't heard of this, but if anyone could confirm it would be great as I have to make up my mind if to get 7900GTX's or 8800's(provided they work)
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Nothing personal but few people on this forum short of reviewers has touched more hardware than me both notebooks and regular desktops. I am telling you this board while it may be just a single lemon is most likely crap. I know overclocking inside and out and have been extremely successful at it. I know this particular bios inside and out because it is very similar to the EVGA SLI big brother but lacks key features like a NB voltage and LDT adjustment as well.
As for any of my hardware being an issue: The Seasonic S-12 600 watt is simply one of the best PSU's in the world. There is no way a an SFF will pull more voltage either unevenly or otherwise than a DFI expert board. My memory is topnotch and has been used in a DFI NF4-D, ULTRA-D,SLI-DR, and an SLI-Expert. Plus an MSI K8N NeoPlatinum4, an EVGA SLI, a T-Force 6100, an ECS R482 rev 1 board, and an ASRock DualPCI-e/AGP board (actually 2 of them). I am pretty sure my stuff is good and stable.
The fact that this board refuses to address 2 gigs of either Mushkin PC4000 or Corsair PC4000 (yes I got 2 Gigs of each) outside of a 2T command is a big problem. The fact that this board does not boot if you set it to 1.550 volts is another issue. I also wish I had a voltameter to properly measure volts on the cpu, because according to the bios and to CPU-Z it is pulling 1.41v when I got it set to 1.525 (the highest the bios will allow me to set it and boot)
Temps appear to be within spec. And these errors have occured with two Opty 165's. I suppose I could try my third one but geez, at what point do you say it's the motherboard? Saddest part? The T-Force 6100 was a 43 barebone motherboard from Newegss refurb site I got for kicks. It took my chip to 2.5 ghz without trying at a 1t command. This board was one I put some cash into and it doesn't even work at stock 1.8ghz unless you use a 2T command for the memory. As far as I am concerned it is a flawed motherboard. Perhaps a bios fix? I really do not have the time and energy to find out.
Don't worry. It is the same bios. The 8/23/06 bios is timestamped 2/16/06 once flashed. 8/23/06 is just the date EVGA finally put their bios on the web.cannot update the bios.
i already change the protection setting in bios..
and the bios update process is fine....
but the bios date still at E02 02-16-2006....not E02 8/23/2006
pls help..
I tried to install my SLI setup on this board and it's not working. I have two BFG 7900 GTX OC cards and when I install the second one the system just sits without posting. When I pull the bottom card the system posts but the bios is reset. I'm running the latest bios, anyone else experience anything like this?