I'm looking at purchasing this motherboard http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/cpu_mobo/asus /amd/s939/a8nslipr/ I was just wondering what the experts here thought of it. Thanks I need a knew signature

looks like the same mobo as this except for the cooling system on the chipset. It is a little cheaper on new egg and alot cheaper if you get the refurbished board. 166$ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131540 refurbished: 113$ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131540R Other than that I was going to buy this board except I got a free mobo when I bought my evga 7800gt video card. I still might buy the a8n-sli. my eVga mobo does not have firewire and a few other things - but over all a decent board. The asus is top of the line in my opinion.

Thank you for your opinion. I live in N.Z and am looking at buying this board from tradme ( a really good nz auction site). There is a deluxe and a premium is there much difference or are they the same board http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/Components/Motherboards/auction-47899199.htm http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/Components/Motherboards/auction-48108177.htm Thanks I need a knew signature

The Delux and the premium are nearly identical. The main difference is the cooling for the chipset. The Deluxe version used a fan. There were apparently some problems with the fan being too loud and some failures. So, the company produced the Premium version which uses a heatpipe to cool the chipset. This means that it is silent and has no moving parts to break. I have the premium and am very happy with it. Michael J

Look at the DFI LANPARTY series

Ok i was reading about the fan problems. An by Michael J's reply i will be leaning towards the premuim. I will look at the DFI LANPARTY series now. This is where you put your signature

What do you think of this one compared to the premium http://www.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product_spec_details_r_us.jsp?PRODUCT_ID=1524&CATEGORY_TYPE=MB&SITE=US This is where you put your signature