Entered CNET Catalog: 04/06/2005
SKU: 0610839125579
Manufacturer: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
Manufacturer description
The A8N-E has a no nonsense, all performance attitude. This motherboard is designed to take in AMD Socket 939 CPUs, PCI Express graphics cards SATA 2.0 devices, and dual-channel memories. On top of all these, ASUS has also offered AI NOS and Precision Tweaker for the users to crank up performance even more! If words like speed and power are relevant to you, then look no further, here it is - A8N-E.
User opinions
Select a User Opinion to view: 1 2 User Rating: 3.5 stars
out of 2 user reviews
Solid board with the right driversby 21kev - February 8, 2007
Pros: Has SATA and supports 4 gigs of memory
Cons: Drivers crash the operating system
Review: For the price, this is a good board. HOWEVER, the CD that comes with the board has bad drivers on it. When the Nvidia chipset drivers are installed, windows 2000 crashes after reboot. After installing the OS, get to Nvidias website and download the latest chipset drivers. Only install the network card drivers off the CD, nothing else. It took me 4 tries to finally figure out why the operating system was crashing - blue screen of death on startup and no safe mode either. After the newest drivers were installed, the board is solid. The built in over clocking feature is nice. The board gets a rating of 7 because it was shipped with bad drivers on the CD, otherwise it would have been and 8 or 9.
User Rating: 4.5 stars
out of 2 user reviews
Best Motherboard for compatibility, Stability, Performance and money !!!by sathishmls - July 28, 2005
Pros: nForce 4 Ultra, Good Design, PCIE x16, PCIE x4, 3 x PCI, 2 x PCIE x1,10 USB Ports
Cons: No Firewire(not needed mostly)
Review: By far, guys who dont need SLI, A8N-E is the best motherboard.
As a short,its the motherboard having the Best chipset nVidia NForce 4 Ultra and been manufactured by the Best manufacturer ASUS.
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Asus A8N-E nForce4 Socket 939 ATX Motherboard specifications
- General
- Product Type Motherboard - ATX
- Chipset Type NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra
- Max Bus Speed 2000.0 MHz
- Processor Socket Socket 939
- Max Processors Qty 1.0
- Compatible Processors Athlon 64 , Athlon 64 FX
- Memory
- Max Supported Memory 4.0 GB
- Supported RAM Technology DDR SDRAM
- Supported RAM Speed 333 MHz , 266 MHz , 400 MHz
- Supported RAM (Registered or Buffered) Unbuffered
- Audio
- Type 8-channel
- Audio Codec Realtek ALC850
- LAN
- Network Interfaces Gigabit Ethernet
- Modem None
- Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion Slot(s) 4.0 x PCI Express x4 - Socket 939 , 2.0 x PCI Express x1 - DIMM 184-pin , 1.0 x PCI Express x16 , 1.0 x Memory , 1.0 x PCI , 3.0 x Processor
- Storage Interfaces Serial ATA II - connector(s): 2 x 40pin IDC , ATA-133 - connector(s): 4 x 7pin Serial ATA
- Interfaces 1.0 x Audio - IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style) , 1.0 x Hi-Speed USB - Generic - TOSLINK , 1.0 x Keyboard - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - 4 pin USB Type A , 1.0 x Audio - Generic - 34 pin IDC , 4.0 x Network - Line-in - RJ-45 , 1.0 x Mouse - Floppy interface - 25 pin D-Sub (DB-25) , 1.0 x Parallel - SPDIF output - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style) , 1.0 x Audio - SPDIF output - 4 pin MPC , 1.0 x Storage , Audio
- Additional Connectors (Optional) 6 x Hi-Speed USB
- Power Connectors 4-pin ATX12V connector , 24-pin main power connector
- Features
- BIOS Features ASUS EZ Flash , RAID support , ASUS MyLogo2
- Manual Settings FSB ratio (CPU:memory) , Processor core voltage , Memory voltage , FSB ratio (CPU:PCI)
- Hardware Features AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Technology , ASUS Ai Proactive , Chassis intrusion detection
- Miscellaneous
- Width 12.0 in
- Depth 9.6 in
