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A7N8X-deluxe or non
Hi all
Im going to be building a new system this fall and im defenetly gettin an asus A7N8X board. Im having a hard time deciding which version to get, deluxe or non. The dlx has all the extra features and all and its great for the value, but when i look at it realisticlly, i wont be usuing any of the otehr features. But the soundstorm audio does seem like a good value plus the other features. But i have read reviews that the soundstorm has alittle bit of noise and hiss and distortion when playing audio. So since the audio is the only thing i would want out of the dlx version, then i thought i could pickup an oem audigy 2 card, or some other and get the A7N8X(non dlx), and all would be good. Plus when i do build a new computer again in a few years than i would already have a great sound card. The more i think about it the non deluxe seems more appealing. I have 2 questions; is there a version 2.0 for the non deluxe for some reson i havent seen a review with the 2.0 version on the non deluxe board, and what do you think about the soundstorms audio. Any suggestions and answers would be appreciated. |
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"Simon-Pierre" wrote in message ... Hi all Im going to be building a new system this fall and im defenetly gettin an asus A7N8X board. Im having a hard time deciding which version to get, deluxe or non. The dlx has all the extra features and all and its great for the value, but when i look at it realisticlly, i wont be usuing any of the otehr features. But the soundstorm audio does seem like a good value plus the other features. But i have read reviews that the soundstorm has alittle bit of noise and hiss and distortion when playing audio. So since the audio is the only thing i would want out of the dlx version, then i thought i could pickup an oem audigy 2 card, or some other and get the A7N8X(non dlx), and all would be good. Plus when i do build a new computer again in a few years than i would already have a great sound card. The more i think about it the non deluxe seems more appealing. I have 2 questions; is there a version 2.0 for the non deluxe for some reson i havent seen a review with the 2.0 version on the non deluxe board, and what do you think about the soundstorms audio. Any suggestions and answers would be appreciated. I got the dx for the extras I wanted - SATA and Soundstorm. The latter is better than my Turtle beach Sonic Fury sound card. I also have a non dx board which I have not bothered to use yet. -- Doug Ramage |
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Is the SoundStorm better than a Creative Audigy 1 card?
"Doug Ramage" wrote in message ... "Simon-Pierre" wrote in message ... Hi all Im going to be building a new system this fall and im defenetly gettin an asus A7N8X board. Im having a hard time deciding which version to get, deluxe or non. The dlx has all the extra features and all and its great for the value, but when i look at it realisticlly, i wont be usuing any of the otehr features. But the soundstorm audio does seem like a good value plus the other features. But i have read reviews that the soundstorm has alittle bit of noise and hiss and distortion when playing audio. So since the audio is the only thing i would want out of the dlx version, then i thought i could pickup an oem audigy 2 card, or some other and get the A7N8X(non dlx), and all would be good. Plus when i do build a new computer again in a few years than i would already have a great sound card. The more i think about it the non deluxe seems more appealing. I have 2 questions; is there a version 2.0 for the non deluxe for some reson i havent seen a review with the 2.0 version on the non deluxe board, and what do you think about the soundstorms audio. Any suggestions and answers would be appreciated. I got the dx for the extras I wanted - SATA and Soundstorm. The latter is better than my Turtle beach Sonic Fury sound card. I also have a non dx board which I have not bothered to use yet. -- Doug Ramage |
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and Audigy 2 card?
"Doug Ramage" wrote in message ... "Simon-Pierre" wrote in message ... Hi all Im going to be building a new system this fall and im defenetly gettin an asus A7N8X board. Im having a hard time deciding which version to get, deluxe or non. The dlx has all the extra features and all and its great for the value, but when i look at it realisticlly, i wont be usuing any of the otehr features. But the soundstorm audio does seem like a good value plus the other features. But i have read reviews that the soundstorm has alittle bit of noise and hiss and distortion when playing audio. So since the audio is the only thing i would want out of the dlx version, then i thought i could pickup an oem audigy 2 card, or some other and get the A7N8X(non dlx), and all would be good. Plus when i do build a new computer again in a few years than i would already have a great sound card. The more i think about it the non deluxe seems more appealing. I have 2 questions; is there a version 2.0 for the non deluxe for some reson i havent seen a review with the 2.0 version on the non deluxe board, and what do you think about the soundstorms audio. Any suggestions and answers would be appreciated. I got the dx for the extras I wanted - SATA and Soundstorm. The latter is better than my Turtle beach Sonic Fury sound card. I also have a non dx board which I have not bothered to use yet. -- Doug Ramage |
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"acanofcant" wrote in message
... Is the SoundStorm better than a Creative Audigy 1 card? It depends. Mine board has own noise level somewhere between -45 and -50 dB, while Audigy 1 about -90dB. Just checked with SoundForge. Using PC for sound works it's unacceptable, bet just to watch video or play games it's OK. Actually, I'm surprised as the same soft showed on another PC with a7n266-c noise level at about -65 dB. I thought nForce 2 was an improvement in all aspects. Or probably mine is defective? |
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ya ok great, im getting the a7n8x non-dlx, but im wondering should i wait
until the amd 64 cpu comes out and all the other motherboards, will the prices go down fore nforce2 motherboards, and athlon xp cpus, when that happens "Ed" wrote in message ... On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 23:43:48 -0400, "Simon-Pierre" wrote: Hi all Im going to be building a new system this fall and im defenetly gettin an asus A7N8X board. Im having a hard time deciding which version to get, deluxe or non. The dlx has all the extra features and all and its great for the value, but when i look at it realisticlly, i wont be usuing any of the otehr features. But the soundstorm audio does seem like a good value plus the other features. But i have read reviews that the soundstorm has alittle bit of noise and hiss and distortion when playing audio. So since the audio is the only thing i would want out of the dlx version, then i thought i could pickup an oem audigy 2 card, or some other and get the A7N8X(non dlx), and all would be good. Plus when i do build a new computer again in a few years than i would already have a great sound card. The more i think about it the non deluxe seems more appealing. I have 2 questions; is there a version 2.0 for the non deluxe for some reson i havent seen a review with the 2.0 version on the non deluxe board, and what do you think about the soundstorms audio. Any suggestions and answers would be appreciated. I didn't need any of the extra features either and got the V2.00 non-dlx and I love it. I'll toss a nice sound card in it later on, but for now I can live with the onboard 6CH ALC650. ;p Got mine from newegg.com, Asus Motherboard for AMD Athlon/XP/Duron Processors, Model# A7N8X (New Version, now support AMD Barton 400Mhz) Retail $99.99 free sh. Ed |
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Deluxe or bust.
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