asus sli

[MONKEYMAN]

I am building a pc for a friend using the asus a8n sli board, according to a review you can run the board using just one 7800gtx card, do you need a blank for the other pci-e slot?, and also can sata drives be plugged into a sata2(3gb/s) connector(obviously just at 150mb/s) as this is what the board uses.

any help appreciated

[Razorfish]

1: No, just put one card into the top blue PCIe slot. The board has a small card that you change to tell the board to use both PCIe slots, when in single mode the second black PCIe slot functions as a PCIe x1 slot

2: Yes you can plug SATA 1 drives into the SATA 2 controller but they will only function at SATA 1 speeds and may slow down SATA 2 compatable drives down that maybe added later.

[MONKEYMAN]

cheers

[Razorfish]

Not a problem, if need any more help with the A8N-SLi, just give me a shout.

[Rondog]

Razorfish, have you tried overclocking?
How does the board take it?
Does it make the PCIe cards unstable?

[Pitch]

On all NF4 boards, the PCI ferquency is not dependent on the the FSB/HTT. Therefore you can raise or lower the FSB/HTT without disrupting the PCI-E speed.

[Rondog]

Originally Posted by Pitch

On all NF4 boards, the PCI ferquency is not dependent on the the FSB/HTT. Therefore you can raise or lower the FSB/HTT without disrupting the PCI-E speed.

Oh. Just goes to show. You really do learn something everyday. Thanks, Pitch.

[Razorfish]

Haha, look at that Pitch got to you first, but no not tried overclocking YET but im sure i will.