The DFI LANPARTY UT NF590 SLI-M2RG AM2 Motherboard is a mainboard for AMD AM2 CPU. In combination with an Athlon 64 3500+ MadShripms take a closer look at this board:

This DFI motherboard is on the rather expensive side at about 200 euro. But the AMD A64 3500+ I used in this review can be bought for just 85 euro. Making a total of 285 euro and for that price you get one of the most complete and performing mainboards in a working AMD AM2 platform. I paid 180 euro for the Core 2 Duo E6300 and 135 euro for the ABIT AB9 mainboard. This setup totals 325 euro. For this price you get a mid range though feature rich board with on of the cheaper Core 2 Duo CPUs.

For 45 euro more you get a core duo configuration that manages to perform equal to or sometimes outperform the heavily tweaked A64 setup. The A64 has support for NVIDIA SLI, something the Abit lacks, of course there are Core 2 mainboards that can provide you the same amount of features and the possibility to use two VGA cards. But then we're talking immediately in a 200 euro price range when it comes to the mainboard.  Using such one with the Core 2 config would easily cost 100 euro more….Keep in mind that the Core 2 was not overclocked in this article. If it would be, let's say to 2,8 or 3 Ghz (which is not really a problem for this setup) it would seriously outperform the AM2 config.

The AMD A64 platform surely isn't dead yet. But buying it nowadays for a high end setup would not be recommended. If you're using a limited budget you'll sure enjoy the overall AMD price points advantage CPU wise, while the DFI doesn't quite fit into this budget category. If you're already a happy owner of an AMD processor (AM2) and want to seek the maximum performance the Lanparty NF590-SLI is an excellent choice.