NF8 or K8N

[art3112]

Which board would you recommend for the money. I'm build a new PC for home use. Video editing, picture editing, playing games, surfing web etc...

 

[froggy350]

For what you ar doing the K8N would be your best bet. The K8N supports 3 gig of memory where as the NF8 only supports 2. The K8N has 8 channel audio as opposed to 6. The Asus board is a better board in my opion. Easy to work with and if you want to overclock you can do so pretty easily if you wish.

 

[art3112]

Thanks for your opinion. I've always heard that the ASUS boards were better than ABIT. Does that still hold true?

Also can anyone tell me what is the slowest processors I can put on these boards and which is the fastest processor they both will support?

Thanks

 

[Forrest]

STAND BACK, I WILL HELP THIS MAN! (deep super hero voice)

Here is a link to the info you need.

http://www.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=K8N&langs=01

says your board is a Socket 754 for AMD Athlon 64, Sempron. So I did a query on newegg.com for 754 socketed CPU's. This doesn't nessacaraly mean that this is all you can get but it does have quite a list for you to choose from.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&DEPA=1

MY JOB IS DONE HERE! i think

 

[art3112]

What's the difference between the K8N and the K8N DELUXE?

What would the additional $50 get me if I get the Deluxe?

 

[endyen]

The "slowest" chip the boards support ( will) is the sempron s754 2600+. The fastest chip the board will support is the A64 3700+
The main diferences between the two Asus boards is the extra sata on the E, and that the non-deluxe supports the nvidia firewall.