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Asus A8N-SLi. Pick the best one you can afford.

 

i have an RD480..
and it works fantastic..
it was 110.00 and it has duel PCIe slots for crossfire..
and can hold 4 gig of ram..
it also has an overclocking feature and a very good bios.
it has everything..
a lott better than my 65.00 MSI RX480 motherboard taht i had..
my mom has an emachine that is close to yours and she has agp.. but just soo you know.. agp is half the speed that PCIe is capible of ..
anotherwards go with the pciE to be futureproof.. and normally.. the better boards are PCIe capible..

 

Hello,

I noticed on one side of my new monitor that it looks a little pink on the right side when there is a white background. Is this a pixel problem? Should I return the monitor, or is this normal and unavoidable?

Thanks!

 

What's the monitor? It sounds more to do with contrast than pixels. A dead pixel will mean one dot on the screen that's always one colour. A whole area means the monitor isn't giving you the right signal generally.

 

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...p?keywords=Asus+A8N-SLi&image1.x=0&image1.y=0

What are the differences here? lol Also, do you think it would fit it my hp 523 case??? I'm a n00b.. lol

 

Sammorris...

This is the monitor...

http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=592226&Ntt=viewsonic&uniqueSearchFlag=true&An=text

Interesting you mention that it could be the signal. I am using an analog signal right now because I have an old, badly outdated PC. I'll switch to digital when I upgrade in August. Maybe that will help.

It's not HORRIBLY pink, but I HAVE noticed it on white backgrounds/light colors. Darker colors look deeper and nice, even with the analog connection.

 

Chances are they will, as long as it's an ATX size case. There are generally two sizes of computer case, ATX (the proper one) or microATX (the small one). If you can look inside your current case, you'll easily be able to tell which type you have.
With Traditional ATX motherboards, You have a high-speed connector (i.e. one AGP 8x slot, or one/two PCI express 16x slot) with about five other slots (whether PCI, PCI express 1x/4x is irrelevant) , making 6/7 in total. These will go down to thr bottom of a full size ATX case.
microATX boards tend to have fewer slots, typically one high speed slot and two normal PCI slots making three. If you've a microATX case, this will almost fill it, if not, there will be a considerable gap between the bottom of the mobo and the bottom of your case, and some of the blanking plates at the bottom will never be used.
If you have an ATX case (i.e. the board is small and doesn't reach the bottom or the board is large) then those boards will fit.

 

Dougisjc, try modifying the contrast setting on the monitor's menu and see if it makes it MORE better or worse than just fiddling with the contrast would on any picture. If you find, for example by reducing contrast to 80% gets rid of it entirely, it's something to do with the monitor. With a viewsonic, that's unlikely, but not impossible.

 

gosh stop sticking up for viewsonic..
if that doesent work..
just return the thing and get a new one.
nice monitor might i add..

 

Might i add that it is 80.00 cheaper at newegg???

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824116381

 

Yes I saw the newegg price. I commented on this in an earlier post. I got Office Depot to match the newegg price. Then I also got 30 dollars off due to a promotion office depot was running. Plus the 50 dollar manufacturer rebate, and I got the monitor for about 280 bucks. Not bad.

I'll try the contrast thing tonight. Thanks guys.

 

fihsnerd: and what if it isn't the monitor? Hey, at least you have newegg to do returns for you. the exception I will make is that VS are a pain in the @ss to get something replaced. My E92 broke on December the 29th ish, that sort of time, the replacement G90 came on January 18th, after a good dozen phone calls.

 

dang...

 

NO you would need a sata ide cable and probably a sata power cable

 

right now i am actually building a pc that will blow an alienware comp away lmao, i have a dracula case w/five fans, mobo asus m2n32-sli deluxe wireless edition, am2 socket 4200+ x2 dual core, corsair ddr2-800 mem, zalman fan for cpu, 40 gig hd and 250 gig hd, floppy (lol), two dvd burners, 700w ocz power supply, and 512 ati video card; what do you guys think of this build?!?

 

mehhhh.. Definitly a rich kid!!!
i would just use a X2 3800 and OVERCLOCK it..
and that power supply is a tad overboard.. dont you think??
and how about a monitor with that ATI??

 

Rob: FIHSNERD is right that PSU is insane. Get like a 530W Seasonic S12 or something.
The build is fantastic, but since you're after performance, get a 37GB Raptor for your system disk (and then you're build will be similar to mine but AM2) then it'll really fly. For some, OCing isn't all that easy, I'm not going to be doing it on my new build any time soon. I'm assuming he already has a monitor. I do, so I didn't order one with my new PC. £1250 of PURE Tower unit, nothing else.

 

can someone help me ? Im usin A Sata Seagate 400 gig harddrive and i just got it and the ide adapter today its all hooked up but it wont detect.

 

@fihsnerd; im not a rich kid! i am 27 years old and i work hard and get paid good im only an electrician


@sammmoris; guess ill just go 600 watt then! still have to save to get that; cant wait to have it up and running wow

 

For anything that has 1 CPU (even if dual core) and 1 GPU, 600W is plenty, in fact 500W probably is, but let's just keep on the safe side!