Hi
I do not have the kn8 ultra but I plan to upgrade [budget gamer] from my p4 2.8c abit ai7 and ic7g to a kn8 ultra between now and new years. I pre shop and read on everything even down load owners manuals-
The kn8 ultra manual plain says for dual channel you populate either dimms 1~2 or 3~4 same color or all 4 dimms with same type memory etc. other photos i see of other 939 boards is the same- its not like on my p4 board you populate dimms 1~3 or 2~4 for dual channel. id guess thats part of the prob.
As of now I would like the abit kn8 ultra $74.99- evga 7900gto $250- FX55 sande oem $189.00 I would be happy with [budget?] a64 3700+ sande ada3700cfbox e6 stepping $96. I think I can carry over other hardware I have sig below + i have a swiftech mcx159r chipset cooler I think will work on this board. I reed some mobos have probs with older 1.5g sata drives and I know some are very picky over memory. My xp120 will carry over- ill use stock cooler and silver5 on p4.
Im disabled and have a limited budget I have to save change and maybe not eat- later i would like some nice t1 cl2 pc3500 ram and a nice lcd monitor either viewsonic or samsung 4~8ms etc.- but for now and if this mobo will let me I will carry over my satas1.5g and my ocz pc3200 el plats rev.2. I think i may have more probs with the drives im not sure so I hope to add to my budget 2x -->
seagate sata3g.x80g $49.99 each-->
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148107
This will be a game machine only for the most part well some surfing. So the smaller drives should be faster than my 200gigers and they are sata3g. I have never messed with or set up raid.I will try raid0 on this new system. I have 1 prob ive not figured out from reeding. Both my abit p4's I can set to enhanced mode with no raid I have a opt drive 1 each on ide 1~2 - sata 1 is my os boot drive sata 2 is storage.
Again this will be just for gaming and surfing I do not need 2 opt drives and if i can get raid to working right. Id like to use either 1 of my seagate ultra 100 ide 200gig drives or my wd80 on ide 1 for back ups and or storage and a opt drive on ide 2- If I have probs with raid Id guess Id need a alike enhanced mode to use my satas like ide drives [no raid] on my p4 mobos.
I do not have both my p4's running [ai7 is back up mobo] I use my IC7g with the 2.8c Ill use it for ripping or edit of sound or video type stuff maybe keep my sound card on the p4 it can be a juke box too- later maybe a gaming server. I do not want sli- dual core or xp64- many programs or games have probs with them all and i have no plans for vista they can keep it.
maybe 3 years from now all the bugs will be worked out of vista-and programs GAMES and hardware will catch up to dx10 etc. and prices will be lower for sure. the ultra can take 8gigs of ram and has the com port i need for my belkin ups.I can live with out the fire wire- i was looking at asus a8n sli premium-deluxe and 32 but every other post i reed on them the break with in 1day to 4months- other than n/b fan- i have never had any probs with my Abit boards. the kn8 is nice to but I reed the ultra and sli over clock better- i think i will have to have sata 3g drives no sata 1.5 connections- oh well an extra $100 or so.
Ideas or answer to enhanced mode question id be greatful- I have 2x p160 cases and a raidmax mid scorpion- the swiftech- ultra xconnect 500w uvblue- wd800 80g- kingston 2x256 cl3 value ram and some other stuff. my fav games #1 ut04- tribes- CoD-h/l2 collectors-painkiller battle out of hell-
I have many others and will buy ut07 fear and maybe bf2 2142 not sure i do not care for bf2 or prey collectors or pariah i have all 3 and others- i prefer online net play fps.- not many of them are good online games- i play system match 1time beat it thats it- i like to play other people online and kill them and talk some trash at times. many games fall short not as much effort is put into the online part nothing like system match. ut04 seems to be the fastest most agile acrobatic fliud smooth player movement and weapon balance lots of modes maps etc. just more cheet than are honest- that sucks!
Thank you
IC7G bios 28- P4 2.8 c -Fios 15< >2mbps-
XP pro SP2- Dx 9c- Antec p160-OCZ 520w
modstream-ViewSonic p95f+b-OCZ el rev.2
plats pc3200 2x 512m-Thermalright xp120-
Iceberq orb mod-ATI 9800pro 256m 256b-AC
ati1 rev2-Logitech5300e 5:1- Audigy2 zs pro plat-
2 Seagate st3200822as 200g satas 1 OS no raid
on chip-IDE1 Aopen cdrw combo dvd rom- IDE2
NEC nu2500a-Fuji floppy-3 Silverstone sst fmc3xw
120mm fans-Lexmark x6170- 2 Thermaltake silver
river usb enclosers- 2 Seagate st3200822a
200g-Plextor px tv 402u-Sony vcr