ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe

Board Layout:

The motherboard we have our hands on today is essentially the same motherboard as the original ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe WiFi, except for the official Microsoft Windows Vista compatibility. With that said, to see more on the motherboard's layout of its components check out our original article. The ASUS M2N32-Deluxe WiFi is laid out very well, we had no real complaints about its design last July, and we still have no issues with it today.

Performance & Compatibility:

When checking out the ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe WiFi a year ago, Fedora Core 5 was the latest and greatest with the Linux 2.6.17 kernel. Back then the open-source drivers had worked great and the only issue we had run into was with LM_Sensors not detecting all of the hardware sensors. Today with Fedora 7 and the Linux 2.6.21 kernel we had no problems to speak of with this motherboard other than the WiFi drivers for the integrated 802.11g. When using the latest version of LM_Sensors you also shouldn't have any problems with the hardware monitoring. Along with Fedora 7, Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn has been tested with this motherboard to confirm that it does work and is a first-rate experience. Solaris Express Community Edition and Solaris Express Developer Edition should also work fine with this motherboard. You can see Linux benchmarks for the ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe WiFi in our original article as well.

Conclusion:

Last year when reviewing the ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe WiFi motherboard we had awarded it our Phoronix Editor's Choice Award for its excellent design, features, and Linux compatibility. When testing this motherboard again we remain incredibly pleased by this ASUS creation and with the latest Linux and Solaris distributions it remains a excellent choice for Socket AM2 customers looking for NVIDIA's nForce 590 SLI MCP. The overclocking capabilities for this motherboard are also top-notch even with the latest AMD Athlon 64 X2 processors. We couldn't be happier with this motherboard and would recommend it as an option if you are in the market for a workstation or gaming AMD Socket AM2 motherboard.

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