Asus Vs MSI ??

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I’m in need of a little help, I’m kind of stuck between my choice of mobos for my system, namely MSI neo4 Platinum and Asus A8N-E.
Both boards look pretty similar except the Asus one doesn’t have the firewire port on it but is cheaper than the NEO4.
I’m getting the NEO4 for 10500 and the Asus for 8500. The price of the NEO4 looks kinda bloated, hell all prices here are bloated as I ain’t exactly livin in a city.
What say?

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neo4 platinum…ofcourse
but if u aint gonna use fire-wire nd stuff…u may aswell go wit the a8n-e

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Hey look out for the cheaper version of msi >> Msi neo 4 f
Its basically a neo 4 platinum with the additional sata & lan removed.Heard its good.
U may also look out for the basic a8n-sli which shud be in same price range.Dunno whether its avlble here or wats the price tho :blush:

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i would go for asus even if it would cost more than msi.

msi always given me n a couple of friends problems in all products, gfx card, mobo & also writer.

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Msi neo4 F costs around 9500rs,
but international price is less than 100$ (why prices so high in india).
neo4 platinum costs 10000rs,
and it has extra gigabit lan and it supports SATA II
which neo4 F doesn’t. So why someone will go for neo4 F …

Basic Asus A8N-Sli costs around 12000rs +
Also Asus A8N-E don’t has intregrated gfx (for those who want to buy gfx card later).

I prefer Msi neo4 Platinum

U can go for MSI RS480M2, it cost just 6000rs
check out: TechEnclave

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Neo4 F is as vanilla as the AN8-E but is a tad bit more expensive.

Although solid reasoning points me toward the Asus, the thing is I had my heart set on the Neo4 Platinum and my frikkin dealer has put me on hold for about 3 weeks for it, his reasoning being the lack of availabilty of the board.

So now If I go with the Asus, indeed minus some bells and whistles, I’d be getting good local support at a slightly cheaper price.
i think Darklord over here had some nice words to say about the A8N-E, would anyone here vouch for the MSI with reference to actual usage?

And SLI is a big special no-no, unless…

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well..the last i heard Darky has his 3-month old Asus A8N SLI Deluxe On Sale for 10.5k! If u r comfy with it, I wud recommend u get that. That A8N-E that Darky had tested is with me now. installed it a couple of hours back.. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Hey masky , heard darky that he will be keeping the A8N Sli with himself as
a backup.

Me too wanted to ask this question
I was also confused between A8N Sli Delux & MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Sli

  • The MSI overclocks like hell just is as close as DFI
  • It has overclocked 1:1 to 300 Mhz or more [Read AnandTeach SLi Mobo Roundup]
  • Also did not understood the difference between K8N Diamond & K8N Neo4 Platinum Sli [Think that diamond has some wifi thing extra]
  • Lacks PCI-E x1 Slot [what if i need it in future]
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Hey FakePunk,
I would definately vote for Asus A8N-E
It is a brilliant board at the price.
It overclocks better than the A8N SLI. :clap:

It looks bland though,features are scrapped but hey,all necessary features are there. :wink:

I know MSI is good but i feel it is too overpriced,not worth it. :hap5:

Hmm i have heard that.I will take that with a pinch of salt as i feel Anandtech is a bit biased towards MSI,you can make that out from their earlier reviews and articles.
Just my opinion. :wink:

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Not only Anandtech but many other sites have said about MSI’s SLi board
OC Potential

This is what HardOCP said in there review

I dont have the exact links to these 2 articles so posted it directly.

I am against this MSI SLi board just because it lacks PCI-E x1 slot[What a silly reason you might think]

Have also seen very few people abroad going for the MSI
Many purchase either ASUS or DFI but not MSI.

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MSI boards are good, but their selling point IE the price is not applicapable here in India, hence Asus would be the best bet. I have never had any probs with either Asus or MSI products, I would say Asus has an edge in India due to their wider network and better service.

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Umm I dunno if my input is really relevant here but I picked the A8N-E over the Neo4 because, well, it is Asus. And the price. And it’s as good. Don’t need firewire either. So what advantage exactly does MSI offer? Better overclocking for 2000 bucks more?

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Well now i’m leaning towards the A8N-E, would order it tomorrow.
And as for the overclocking I think the A8N-E is no sissy either and as Darklord said its better and more stable at it than the SLI one. I heard that the SLI had some issues with mem not OCing at 1t over 250.

The only hitch with my decision is the frikkin Firewire port, although i don’t have a digicam with me , I’m very interested in video editing and that’s the one thing missing with the A8N-E(I don’t care about the extra SATA controller or the LAN thing on MSI).

Its sad though that the A8N-E Premium was only a myth, that would have been hella good.
PS: Does anyone have any idea on how much one of those Firewire cards cost?

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No idea about the availability of Firewire cards here, but in the States they cost hardly 6 ~ 10 $ .

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I had enquired last night for a friend and a PCI based 2-port Firewire card costs 650 bucks here in Mysore. Expect the prices to be around 500-550 in Mumbai/Chennai..

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well I could have expected for my dealer to throw a spanner in the works, but he threw in a monkey wrench as well, with a monkey to go along with it.

He’s talking about a new deal, Asus sli Deluxe + Asus Star ice HSF all for 11500.
So now I’m mucho confused. Now I will be streched a little over budget but the fan, although humongous and a tad bit noisy, is surely tempting.
As I said I don’t really care about SLI but I’m confused nontheless.
Any precious thoughts any one of you could spare here?

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Take that deal!!! not for the fan, coz its noisy n a poor performer, but 11.5k for tht combo is a gr8 deal! u can always sell the HSF for say 1000 bucks.. even then A8N SLi Dlx is a GR8 Deal at 10.5k!!

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Agreed its a really a very good deal.

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All you have to do is find someone who would be willing to buy the Asus Starice HSF :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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the starice isnt loud. u can adjust the fan speed. on 3000rpm u wont even know that its on. & on 5200 it is really loud. & i used this with the case open. so closed case will be less noise even on 5200rpm. noise shouldnt be a prob as it comes with a fan speed controller.

the starice otherwise costs 2800 or 3000rs. i am not sure whats the price of a8nsli. so u can deduct the 3000rs & know if the deal is good or no.