New AM3 Crosshair III Formula 790FX

[zer0_c00l]

Just thought you guys would like to check out the 1st Asus AMD/AM3 Crosshair motherboard. looks pretty sweet! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131392 i think asus is starting to make some decent boards for us now guys not only intel

 

[StrangleHold]

Dont know, for a Crosshair board it looks pretty plain Jane to me. Unless you add the sound card that comes with it. The ASUS M4A79T Deluxe looks like a better setup board and is 10 bucks cheaper.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131363
Or even this Gigabyte one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128377

 

[MixedLogik]

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With Stranglehold one this one. It is better to get the one he reccomended. Also, with the board you have, it has 3 PCI-E x1 slots. The one Strangehold has has 3 Normal PCI Slots. Also, Strangeholds has onboard sound, which is a plus because you wont have to shell out $70 for a decent sound card.

 

[zer0_c00l]

ya i have Owned both boards in the links he posted .. and just thought it was cool that Asus is atleast trying to give AMD people a choice for a crosshair. it is the 1st AMD Crosshair and it made me warm and fuzzy! i really dont care how it looks,its the thought that counts

 

[zer0_c00l]

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With Stranglehold one this one. It is better to get the one he reccomended. Also, with the board you have, it has 3 PCI-E x1 slots. The one Strangehold has has 3 Normal PCI Slots. Also, Strangeholds has onboard sound, which is a plus because you wont have to shell out $70 for a decent sound card.

it comes with a soundcard

 

[MixedLogik]

So, the room for expansion is 2 PCI-E x1 slots? Seems like a bad design by ASUS. I've bought from them since I started making computers seven years ago. There quality is really starting to decline. My board in my rig just failed (BIOS Chip) and I moving to Gigabyte most likely.

It comes with a soundcard

Meh, that might actually a pretty good deal, considering it is a X-Fi chipset. Didn't see that in the description. Again, the only problem is the PCI-E x1 slots.

 

[zer0_c00l]

gigabyte makes great boards..i had a p45 and 790fx both were great and i believe the soundcard it comes with is pcie x1 and most motherboard makers are starting to phase out pci anyway

 

[MixedLogik]

True. It still the "Standard" so to speak. I mean, PCI-E x1 has way better bandwidth, just not many Soundcards, LAN cards, or USB/1394 Add-on cards are made currently to support them.

 

[bomberboysk]

Meh, that might actually a pretty good deal, considering it is a X-Fi chipset. Didn't see that in the description. Again, the only problem is the PCI-E x1 slots.

Actually its more or less an X-fi extreme audio, not a true X-fi but uses software to emulate the x-fi features.

 

[StrangleHold]

Meh, that might actually a pretty good deal, considering it is a X-Fi chipset. Didn't see that in the description. Again, the only problem is the PCI-E x1 slots.

Like said, its not really a X-Fi chip.