A7N8X Deluxe board rev 2.0 changes?

[GWHSU]

I plan to buy a new M/B. I finally settled on the A7N8X-E Deluxe
when I found there is a REV-2. Can anyone tell me if there are important
changes from the REV-1?

Since I'm here in an AMD motherboard NG I'd like to go off-topic just
a little and ask about the difference between the Athlon 2600+ 2.08 gHz and
the faster CPU's that have slower FSBs (the 2800+ is also 2.08 gHz)
And just to put icing on the off-topic subject what's the difference between
a "Retail full package processor" and a [TRAY]?

It would all be on-topic if I were to ask if any of these CPUs would work
with the A7N8X Deluxe board rev 2.0.

As soon as I can figure this out and get the best deal I'm going to give up
on
ABIT and get one of these ASUS A7N8X-E (Deluxe) boards with a 2600+ Athlon,
so I can begin to ask how to take this little mother to the max.

GWHSU

 

[KB]

AMD motherboard group????
since when??

 

[KB]

Athlon XP2800+(Barton) 333 has 512 L2 cache

 

[KB]

The difference between
a "Retail full package processor" and a [TRAY] is retail comes in package
and the other is on it's own.

 

[KB]

Why not go to the Asus site????

 

[Ed]

I plan to buy a new M/B. I finally settled on the A7N8X-E Deluxe
when I found there is a REV-2. Can anyone tell me if there are important
changes from the REV-1?

Haven't kept up with it myself.

Since I'm here in an AMD motherboard NG I'd like to go off-topic just
a little and ask about the difference between the Athlon 2600+ 2.08 gHz and
the faster CPU's that have slower FSBs (the 2800+ is also 2.08 gHz)
And just to put icing on the off-topic subject what's the difference between
a "Retail full package processor" and a [TRAY]?

The Athlon XP 2600+ 2083MHz version you are referring to would be a
T-BRED core, it has 256K L2 cache where as the 2800+ 2083MHz is a Barton
core and has a 512K L2 cache, more cache makes the CPU faster, so they
give it a higher rating.

Retail is an AMD factory sealed boxed CPU that comes with a 3 year warr.
from AMD and includes a heat sink and fan. TRAY or OEM usually comes
without a HS/fan and the warranty can be anywhere from the second you
walk out the door to eternity, check with the vendor!

AMD CPU & Heatsink Installation Guide
http://tinyurl.com/3ue5

It would all be on-topic if I were to ask if any of these CPUs would work
with the A7N8X Deluxe board rev 2.0.

The A7N8X series supports just about every AMD Athlon CPU there was ever
made, you can look that up here...,
http://www.asus.com/support/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx

As soon as I can figure this out and get the best deal I'm going to give up
on

I buy from newegg.com 90% of the time.

ABIT and get one of these ASUS A7N8X-E (Deluxe) boards with a 2600+ Athlon,
so I can begin to ask how to take this little mother to the max.

I had an ABIT, it blew up in 9 months, i've had 5 Asus boards and no
problems at all, I love my plain jane A7N8X, 8+ months and not a single
error or crash.

GWHSU

Cheers,
Ed

 

[GWHSU]

I had an ABIT, it blew up in 9 months, i've had 5 Asus boards and no
problems at all, I love my plain jane A7N8X, 8+ months and not a single
error or crash.


Cheers,
Ed

Sorry Ed, I got warpped up in my search and it was late. Of course Asus is
not only AMD.
I guess to be safe I should get the REV 2. I wanted to make sure that it
wasn't the dog
it was presented to be at
http://www6.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20020905/index.html
(a comparison of KT400 boards to the KT333 chipset.).
I had a (ABIT) BF6 die on me recently and replaced it with an old used BH6
grabbed off of a pile,
and I've been using it with a slotket/celeron for a year. I also have a
ASROCK/Duron 1.3 that
I want to replace with the ASUS.

GWHSU

 

[KB]

KT333??
It's not even a a motherboard with that chipset.

 

[Themroc]

I`ll buy the A7n8x-e,too.
As it´s brand new there are no multiple revisions yet,this goes for the older
A7n8x(no -e).