Just built a new system (See below). Initial plans were to use the Abit MB but I got cold feet when I read there were FSB issues limiting it to <300 performance. Now that I am using Asus I have few questions. I plan on adding a second Video sometime in the future and am wondering about what audio card I should get. From all reports the onboard sound system needs an upgrade. Where is the cost/value point with audio cards and do I need a half height card to allow for SLI bridge?
All the review suggest that with after market cooling everything becomes a tight fit.
I assume the audio card would take up the only true available PCI slot post SLI?
Case: Cooler Master RC-810-SSN1 Stacker
Power Supply: PS 520W - OCZ PowerStream ATX 2.01/EPS SL
Motherboard: A8N32-SLI Deluxe
Processor: AMD Opteron 170 w/Zalman AlCu Cooler
Memory: DDR (400) 3200 - 2 GB (2 pcs 1GB) OCZ
Video Card: eVGA GeForce 7900 GT
Hard Drive: SATA - Western Digital Caviar SE16 400 GB
CD-RW/DVD-RW: Plextor PX-740A/SW-BL Dual Layer
Floppy: 170108 - Mitsumi Floppy 7-in-1
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP SP2
All the review suggest that with after market cooling everything becomes a tight fit.
I assume the audio card would take up the only true available PCI slot post SLI?
Case: Cooler Master RC-810-SSN1 Stacker
Power Supply: PS 520W - OCZ PowerStream ATX 2.01/EPS SL
Motherboard: A8N32-SLI Deluxe
Processor: AMD Opteron 170 w/Zalman AlCu Cooler
Memory: DDR (400) 3200 - 2 GB (2 pcs 1GB) OCZ
Video Card: eVGA GeForce 7900 GT
Hard Drive: SATA - Western Digital Caviar SE16 400 GB
CD-RW/DVD-RW: Plextor PX-740A/SW-BL Dual Layer
Floppy: 170108 - Mitsumi Floppy 7-in-1
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP SP2