ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe nForce4 Motherboard Review

Asus is well revered for their inclusion of a solid feature set on their motherboards, and the A8N-SLI Deluxe follows that mindset. The feature list of this motherboard reads like a checklist for the latest in PC technology, starting with the first retail motherboard for AMD sporting PCI Express graphics technology. Not only that, but NF4 SLI support as well!

The Asus A8N-SLI motherboards sports an impressive amount of features including SLI GPU support, which implies PCI Express as well. There is support for 8 SATA channels, 2 IDE channels and RAID on all of them. There are a pair of Gigabit network connections on-board, as well as 8-channel audio powered by a Realtek codec. Asus even includes the entire suite of cables and accessories you need to take advantage of all the components they have included on the board, such as 8 SATA power and data cables, headers for addition USB and Firewire slots and more.

…My initial feelings on this motherboard were a bit scattered at first, but with the updates, I’d say the A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard lives up to the name that Asus has grown to have in the PC community. My internal debate with some of the staff and myself has been whether or not the motherboard deserved to be awarded an Editor’s Choice from PC Perspective. In many ways, I would say yes: it has a great feature set, solid overclocking options, the latest in features include the coveted SLI technology. But in all honesty this is the first in a line of SLI motherboards and I think before we hand out any awards, we need to see what the competition is going to throw it a “best of the best” honor…

I’d like to award the PC Perspective “Gold Award” to the Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard, because of their outstanding feature set, technology, performance, and willingness to support us and hence their customers.

Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe nForce4 Motherboard
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