Asus A7N8X vs Deluxe: whats the difference?

[jmoore2001]

So what are the differences between the ASUS A7N8X and the ASUS A7N8X deluxe?

nothing much really

the Deluexe has
serial ATA
sountstorm
2 intergrated Lan cards

[Omardeth]

yup groundzero beat me to it

[Jeordiewhite]

http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/sock...d/overview.htm
http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/sock...x/overview.htm
The deluxe isn't too much in price comparison either, you may as well go for the deluxe for the extra features which are pretty good. You may eventually need sata and the 2 lan cards are a very nice touch as it saves on pci slots.

[JohnE.]

SoundStorm™ - integrated APU (Audio Processing Unit)
Serial ATA - 2 ports
IEEE 1394 - Firewire
Dual LAN - integrated 3Com® and NVIDIA® LAN controllers
6 USB 2.0 Ports (I think the non-deluxe has only 4)

Well worth the few extra dollars to get the Deluxe, imo.

[jmoore2001]

ok i don't understand the need for 2 Lan controllers....what would that be used for?

[Telexen]

Connecting another system directly to it (with crossover cable)

or use it as a server of some sort ...

[jmebonner]

I connected a system to it w/out the crossover cable. I used it to share internet access between the two, worked like a charm.