12-07-02, 03:07 PM
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Question about A7N8X deluxe
I am looking into getting the ASUS A7N8X deluxe version and I had a question or two about it.
I keep seeing it advertised with Serial ATA. Does this mean it doesn't include regular parallel ATA connectors on the board, or does it have both? The reason I want the deluxe version is for the 2 LAN ports on-board. |
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12-07-02, 03:32 PM
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The Shadow
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Yes it does have both. I am very sure that it has the two ata-133 ports provided by the chipset
The chaintech board actually has 3 ata-133 and 2 serial ata's on it, but no dual lan a decent lan card isnt over $20 USD anyway
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12-07-02, 03:43 PM
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Cool.
I have more LAN cards than I care to count so that isn't a big deal. The fact that I can have both on board though is nice and frees up some PCI slots, not to mention making airflow in the case a little better. However 3 ATA ports begs the question: Does that mean I can theoretically have 4 HDDs and 2 CD(dvd/cd-rw/whatever) drives? |
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12-07-02, 03:46 PM
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The Shadow
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Yep. 2 of the ports are from the chipset (nforce 2) and one is from the promise controller. The promise controller also supplies the 2 onboard s-ata ports, but only one drive at a time can be attached to those The chaintech board has firewire too, but its on a riser card. I kinda like it myself
sorry about the lack of punchtuation, but im not being real picky about my writing style today
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12-07-02, 08:28 PM
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It does definately include parallel. Go for it! It rocks! (ahem)
Serial ATA should rock too  |
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12-07-02, 10:59 PM
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Ordered it at about 7:00pm
 Should be here Tuesday or Wednesday. New hardware rocks! |
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12-08-02, 12:14 AM
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I can't wait for the new standards meself
PCI Express, serial ATA, x86-64, ddr2 |
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