Hey, all. In anticipation of the CPU-crushing Star Trek: Legacy, I've decided to upgrade the old abacus. Knowing the devil is in the details, and knowing that CPU's aren't always compatible with certain motherboards, I've decided to ask the opinions of those who may be more adept at understanding the ins-and-outs of CPU frequency harmonics and all that happy stuff. Here's what I plan on getting:
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ Venice 2.2GHz Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3400DAA4BY
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory Model VS1GB400C3
ASUS EAX1600PRO/TD/256M Radeon X1600PRO 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card
I've looked at benchmark charts for these things and they all seem to be upper-mid-range when it comes to the latest and greatest. I'm not looking for an AlienWare, but I am looking at improving over my 5-year-old Intel Celeron 1.3 GHz machine. I already have a case, power supply, sound card and drives. I'm only replacing the main computing components. I know these specs meet or exceed what is required for Legacy and other games nowadays, but my primary concern is: will the CPU and memory DIMMs work with this motherboard? It is an "AMD Compatible" motherboard, but is it compatible with this particular CPU? Any CONSTRUCTIVE input appreciated.

Thank you in advance!

The mobo is a socket 939, the cpu is a socket 939 so yes its compatible... that motherboard does take 3200 ram.
Board is a sli, so you could run two sli vid cards. Which the radeon is not..., nvidia is.


I'm about to do the same thing in the next few months...., Socket 775 (intel processor socket) SLI mobo, and run two 7600gt's in sli..., 600watt psu, gig of pc2 5300 ram, case, lots and lots of fans... when I get around to it... be alot better then this 2.93ghz socket 478 for sure...

If in doubt about RAM compatability, you can check any reputable memory retailer like www.crucial.com .
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=A8N%2DSLI+Premium

this i found to be the best combo for the ultimate sli rig

asus p5n32 SLI SE (intel 775 socket) (uses full bandwith instead of dropping both video cards to 8x)
intel Pentium D 945 OC"ed
DDR2 667 memory (1 gig or more)
2 X nvidia 7950gt OC'ed