Well that depends, if you want to run the computer stock, no. But if you're doing heavy duty overclocking + SLi etc yes. Most powersupplies should have enough molex connectors to feed it. This what keeps the board stable on very high overclocks. You can do 4V through the DRAM on this board without Vmodding, the board is made for overclocking, and for stability at the high OC's requires a ton of power.
FYI when I did one of the X2's, I didn't use the 4 pin floppy power connector, only the molex, 24 pin and 4 pin. And it was perfectly stable @2.8GHZ, mind you I was only running 2.8V through the OCZ EL Platinum Ram (Which is stock Voltage)
Well that depends, if you want to run the computer stock, no. But if you're doing heavy duty overclocking + SLi etc yes. Most powersupplies should have enough molex connectors to feed it. This what keeps the board stable on very high overclocks. You can do 4V through the DRAM on this board without Vmodding, the board is made for overclocking, and for stability at the high OC's requires a ton of power.
FYI when I did one of the X2's, I didn't use the 4 pin floppy power connector, only the molex, 24 pin and 4 pin. And it was perfectly stable @2.8GHZ, mind you I was only running 2.8V through the OCZ EL Platinum Ram (Which is stock Voltage)
Only thing i seen when overclocking (with assistance of my cousin whos really into it) was that on some games, artifacts would arise from the video.... Of course we'd back it off, but i really didnt see that much of a performance increase.
With videocard overclocking, on stock air cooling, you usually get an extra 10 FPS.
But with CPU overclocking, you really see the benefits. even a 200MHZ overclock is nice and noticeable. Let alone a 1.2GHZ increase like what's common on the skt 939 opterons.
With videocard overclocking, on stock air cooling, you usually get an extra 10 FPS.
But with CPU overclocking, you really see the benefits. even a 200MHZ overclock is nice and noticeable. Let alone a 1.2GHZ increase like what's common on the skt 939 opterons.
^Actually, Skt 939 Memory controllers are the best there is. Intel has to use DDR2 and still doesn't really keep up. So, you can use generic DDR400 if you want. And run a divider (makes the ram run at only a percent of the total FSB, which you set yourself)
For instance, A64's FSB=HTT, same thing, different name. You can have a computer running @300HTT while the ram is only running @210HTT allowing cheaper ram to not require 1 million volts to run along side the CPU.
Basically, cheap ram no longer hinders CPU Overclock. It helps, because lower timings + high HTT = faster memory transfer rate obviously, but by no means is it necessary. And my OCing is free!
I'm only seeing 6 on your board.. maybe they have the wrong image up... but the Lanparty looks more juicey
MSI has a great rep too & the usb headers which is nice... Ihope its not a mistake to stray away from ASUS
Theres 8 sata ports on my board dude...like i said...MSI Neo 4 Platinum...
P.S. Asus has goen down the shitter when it comes to enthusiats motherboards...there only good for entry level low end boards these days...no special features if u ask me that u can get on another board for less money packed with a better bundle...like DFI and MSI...those r my 2 favourites if u ask me...
yeah the K8N Neo4 Platinum has 8 Sata ports, the first 4 support standalone and SiS RAID and the other 4 support NV RAID and Standalone.
Yep yep...i should know i DO own it
I woulda much rather had the DFI Lanparty Ultra 4 but moneys money...i got the neo 4 brand new retail box off ebay for $70 shipped...so im not gonna complain...
Infact i paid more for my Neo 2 platinum than i did for my neo 4 platinum...as $85 shipped....still a deal though...
You got $500 for a mb and chip...what do you buy
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