Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe thread - Page 2

FB · 11-19-2005, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Blue078

One of the guys at XS has the board up and runing

Looks promising so far. Now if I could ever catch them in stock I'll be set.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=80491

when they get back in stock at neweggs i think i will order mine

Blue078 · 11-19-2005, 04:55 PM

Man Egg auto notified me twice this week, and both times by the time I get the email and went to buy they were out of stock.

FB · 11-19-2005, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Blue078

Man Egg auto notified me twice this week, and both times by the time I get the email and went to buy they were out of stock.

yeah, they are out everywhere i have looked

egg has the only price i am willing to pay, which is still more than i would like. i gotta ditch DFI i think.

FB · 11-19-2005, 09:18 PM

where are you all reading about this board? and when are more of you getting it?

polonyc2 · 11-19-2005, 10:26 PM

I ordered mine on Friday and will be receiving it on Wednesday....Newegg had them in stock on Thursday but they sold out again pretty quickly....luckily I was able to pounce on it when I saw that it was in stock again and ordered one

a few other places also received limited supplies last week but they also sold out pretty quickly

I was looking for these boards to get in stock for over 2+ weeks...

FB · 11-19-2005, 10:42 PM

i will keep looking i guess. that price is hard to take though.

polonyc2 · 11-20-2005, 12:35 AM

I'll never understand why ASUS put 2 PCI slots in between the X16 PCI-E slots...they should have kept the layout of the A8N SLI Premium board with the 3 PCI slots at the bottom

since I will not be running my board in SLI at the moment my PCI slot usage will not be an issue...the 1st blue x16 PCI-E slot will be used for my BFG GTX card...the PCI slot below that will be used for my Zalman VGA cooler...the PCI slot below that will be used for my modem...the black x16 PCI-E slot will be left blank...and finally my Soundblaster ExtremeMusic sound card will go in the slot below that

the problems will arise if I ever decide to go SLI where in that case I will have to remove my modem and put the sound card in that slot...

Question: Do I need to have a separate VGA cooler for the second video card? if I don't then I can use the last PCI slot for my modem, otherwise I will have to ditch the modem and put the cooler in that slot

polonyc2 · 11-21-2005, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by lowdog

I advise to run the fan unit that comes with the mobo on the copper radiator for the heatpipe even if you are using a regular heatsink/fan on the cpu. This helps keep the mobo temp down.

will the fan that comes with the motherboard fit properly with the huge Zalman CNPS9500 heatsink I plan on using?...I just saw a pic of the fan placement on the radiator and was wondering whether it is wise to have both the Zalman and this fan installed at the same time

RobPuba · 11-21-2005, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by polonyc2

will the fan that comes with the motherboard fit properly with the huge Zalman heatsink already being used?...I just saw a pic of the fan placement on the radiator and was wondering whether it is wise to have both the Zalman and this fan installed at the same time

I don't think it will

Donster · 11-21-2005, 07:24 AM

im going to change to this board

, my dfi nf4 fan is giving up and im not going to fix it, ill just rma and get this.

polonyc2 · 11-21-2005, 12:12 PM

what about Cool n Quiet?...is it better to disable this?

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Originally Posted by RobPuba

I don't think it will

thats what I was thinking as well...when I get the board on Wednesday I will try it out with the Zalman cooler first just to make sure

Sierra_abx · 11-21-2005, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by polonyc2

what about Cool n Quiet?...is it better to disable this?

If you plan to overclock, you definitely want to disable Cool N Quiet.

fvbounty · 11-21-2005, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by polonyc2

what about Cool n Quiet?...is it better to disable this?

thats what I was thinking as well...when I get the board on Wednesday I will try it out with the Zalman cooler first just to make sure

I have it disabled and Sierra also recommended it to be disabled...one other thing the little plastic clips to lock in your video card are a joke, I've broken both of mine off, trying to remove the cards, but your cards will stay in anyhow...:sad:

fvbounty · 11-21-2005, 12:26 PM

Here's what I mean....

polonyc2 · 11-21-2005, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Sierra

If you plan to overclock, you definitely want to disable Cool N Quiet.

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Originally Posted by fvbounty

I have it disabled and Sierra also recommended it to be disabled...

Thanks!!

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Originally Posted by fvbounty

one other thing the little plastic clips to lock in your video card are a joke, I've broken both of mine off, trying to remove the cards, but your cards will stay in anyhow...:sad:

I'll look out for that as well...maybe they've changed the design on the new A8N32 compared to your A8N-SLI board or at least made the clips more sturdy

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11-19-2005, 10:26 PM	#20
polonyc2 Banned Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 8,200	I ordered mine on Friday and will be receiving it on Wednesday....Newegg had them in stock on Thursday but they sold out again pretty quickly....luckily I was able to pounce on it when I saw that it was in stock again and ordered one a few other places also received limited supplies last week but they also sold out pretty quickly I was looking for these boards to get in stock for over 2+ weeks... __________________ ASUS Maximus Formula (X38) *** XFX GTX 260 Black Edition Core 216 896MB Intel E8400 * Noctua NH-U12P G.Skill 4 GB (2 X 2 GB) DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 * Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB WD6401AALS Lian Li PC-A70B (black) * Corsair HX850W AuzenTech Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 * Creative Inspire P5800 5.1 speakers Sony Optiarc AD-7240S-0B * Sony GDM-F520 21' CRT monitor (19.8' viewable) Vista Business 64-bit w/SP2 * standard 3.5" floppy drive Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000 *** Microsoft Wired Keyboard 500 (Black) Last edited by polonyc2; 11-19-2005 at 11:33 PM..
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11-19-2005, 10:42 PM	#21
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11-20-2005, 12:35 AM	#22
polonyc2 Banned Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 8,200	I'll never understand why ASUS put 2 PCI slots in between the X16 PCI-E slots...they should have kept the layout of the A8N SLI Premium board with the 3 PCI slots at the bottom since I will not be running my board in SLI at the moment my PCI slot usage will not be an issue...the 1st blue x16 PCI-E slot will be used for my BFG GTX card...the PCI slot below that will be used for my Zalman VGA cooler...the PCI slot below that will be used for my modem...the black x16 PCI-E slot will be left blank...and finally my Soundblaster ExtremeMusic sound card will go in the slot below that the problems will arise if I ever decide to go SLI where in that case I will have to remove my modem and put the sound card in that slot... Question: Do I need to have a separate VGA cooler for the second video card? if I don't then I can use the last PCI slot for my modem, otherwise I will have to ditch the modem and put the cooler in that slot __________________ ASUS Maximus Formula (X38) *** XFX GTX 260 Black Edition Core 216 896MB Intel E8400 * Noctua NH-U12P G.Skill 4 GB (2 X 2 GB) DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 * Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB WD6401AALS Lian Li PC-A70B (black) * Corsair HX850W AuzenTech Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 * Creative Inspire P5800 5.1 speakers Sony Optiarc AD-7240S-0B * Sony GDM-F520 21' CRT monitor (19.8' viewable) Vista Business 64-bit w/SP2 * standard 3.5" floppy drive Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000 *** Microsoft Wired Keyboard 500 (Black) Last edited by polonyc2; 11-20-2005 at 03:47 AM..
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11-21-2005, 07:24 AM	#25
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