First Look at Gigabyte 680i SLI

[sxs112]

http://pic.digital-info.net/Makoto/Gigabyte/GA680/1.jpg

http://pic.digital-info.net/Makoto/Gigabyte/GA680/2.jpg

http://pic.digital-info.net/Makoto/Gigabyte/GA680/3.jpg

http://pic.digital-info.net/Makoto/Gigabyte/GA680/4.jpg

VR-ZONE (http://vr-zone.com/?i=4356)

[Nedjo]

For crying out loud they have placed heat dissipater below the CPU?!!
This is the peak of the heatpipe stupidity!

[kiwi]

Remove it and replace with other chipset cooler and mosfet heatsinks :) Or use standard socket clips

[K404]

"Hey... listen. We`ve pretty much filled the front of a mobo with heatpipes, we need ideas guys"

"How about some on the back?"

"OMFGWTFR0XoRBBQ you're Xmas bonus just got doubled"

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DITCH THE FREAKIN PIPES. The ones you guys are smoking as well as the ones on the board.

Jeez

[Ibinco]

That is about the worst design on heatpipes ive ever seen. :slapass:

[NapalmV5]

http://pic.digital-info.net/Makoto/Gigabyte/GA680/4.jpg

4x LAN??

[Sheik]

4x LAN??

Yeah what the heck is going on there ? :slobber:

Oh wait.

Quad LAN TM :D

[Lightman]

come on guys, this isn't overclockers dream but it's very well equipped mobo! 10 SATA ports, 4 LAN, 3 PCIe x16, 12 phase power circuit :eek: !!

[NapalmV5]

Yeah what the heck is going on there ? :slobber:

Oh wait.

Quad LAN TM :D

forget killernic! lol

[SafeFire]

all though that board has some pretty nifty features (not the 4x lan), that below-the-belt heatpipe is the apex of uselessness. GG gigebyte.

One other thing that worries me about this board is the placement of the cpu socket. I'm worried that alot of air coolers (namely the tuniq tower) will have clearance problems with the psu in most atx cases.

meh.

[NapalmV5]

http://pic.digital-info.net/Makoto/Gigabyte/GA680/3.jpg

12-phase ??

[LisijBOB]

12-phase ??

i think 6-phase, like GA-P965-DQ6

[sandys]

Just what I have been waiting for an Intel board with 3 PCI slots lets hope it overclocks a bit too. Its a lot cheaper than the Asus or Evga in the UK too. :cool:

[ownage]

It would be nice if it really is 12-phase power.
The DS6 supposed to have 12-phase, but had 6-phase.

The heatpipes suck, its all linked together, so you can't change the NB heatsink easily.

[Kabauterman]

the HP on the Back don't want to work so the heat all goes up and not down to the VR Cooler

hasn't the DQ6 12-Phases ??? I think it was called 6-Quad for 3x4 Phases

[Pipi]

6 in reality AFAIK. It was just marketing hype. Two mosfets per phase i think.

And yes, that underside heatpipe is THE MOST stupid thing i've ever seen. These guys are trying to make a gordian knot out of the heatpipes!!! This is gettin ridiciolus. Just look at DFI, simple coolers. But i think that the SB/NB cooler and that Stackcool are not physically connected.

http://resources.vr-zone.com/Shamino/giga680/2.jpg
If you look here, it looks like the SB/NB part can slide out.

[Think]

I'm very disappointed. I thought they would at least supply an ashtray with the pc or am I confusing the pipe to mean something else?:banana:

http://www.everythingusb.com/images/list/usbashtray.jpg

[Fatal Error]

Heatpipe overdose!!!
Nice mobo by the way but the thing with the monster size heatpipes it's annoying

[SnipingWaste]

I thinking the mobo makers are having problems with dispersing the heat the nforce 590 and 680i are kicking out. If there going to make a motherboard with the nforce 590 and 680i, there have to find ways to remove the heat the chipset produces so its more a problem from the Nvidia nforce chipsets producing stupid amounts of heat then the mobo makes trying to find ways to control the heat.

[Think]

What I don't get is why they can't just reinvent the wheel and have the chip sets, processor on the top...after all...heat rises. Cases can have heat venting at the very top to solve the problems.

I think Desktop cases would be better anyway versus and ATX...or worse, the BTX case.

[Modzilla]

ooo looky, another heatpipe that looks like it was designed by the marketing team and not the engineers. The idea of the heatpipe is to transfer heat away from the source to another location where it can be dissipated. The heatpipe is filled with a liquid that evaporates at the hot end and condenses at the cool end. The heatpipe needs a temperature difference between the two ends to function efficiently. By connecting two or more heat sources, this effect is reduced. It looks like the heat from the southbridge gets transferred to the northbridge sink. That can't be good for either, as I would think that the northbridge is putting out more heat. Not sure what’s going on between the northbridge sink and the mosfetts. The northbridge here is connected via heatpipe to the mosfets, all of which are putting out heat. Doesn’t look like a solid connection though in the close-up pic. Probably do just as well by replacing the TIM and pointing some fans at it. Reminds me of the asus striker extreme that got ripped in this forum for the heat-pipe design. Its probably anodized aluminum too. Whatever happened to a well-mounted copper sink and a fan? I guess that’s up to the enthusiasts, wasn’t flashy enough for marketing.

[generics_user]

you can disassemble the backside-heatpipe without problems (see the white clips holding back and fron pipes together?)

without the pipe on the back the design makes sense.

also fin design of pwm module is good, all towers should blow air directly over the PWM (as the sinks are pretty high)

just take a closer look, it´s not that bad, also the sb block has some fins, unlike the asus ones which just send the heat up and can´t dissipate some of it by itself

[mr_knowitall15]

No after market heatsinks unless you take off the dumbarse backplate thing... :stick: WTF are they thinking?????

[J0d3r]

"Hey... listen. We`ve pretty much filled the front of a mobo with heatpipes, we need ideas guys"

"How about some on the back?"

"OMFGWTFR0XoRBBQ you're Xmas bonus just got doubled"

F

F

S

DITCH THE FREAKIN PIPES. The ones you guys are smoking as well as the ones on the board.

Jeez

Haha! nice point :P

[nn_step]

12-phase ??
6 phase analog (it appears)
however it seems strange to have 5 caps for 6 phases.
perhaps it might just be a 5 stage. Can't tell for sure

[generics_user]

No after market heatsinks unless you take off the dumbarse backplate thing... :stick: WTF are they thinking?????
just look at the pictures, gigabyte prepare it for that, it´s a marketing gag for noobs, but people who know more can remove it by removing 4 screws and 2 clips, yes it is useless but who cares if you can remove it in seconds:rolleyes:

[wedfighter]

the design is so gigabyte ;)

[damnnit]

I wonder how phase would run on this, it would be making the hp on the back extra cold which may cool down the other areas the hp is connected to?

[Richard Dower]

It would be nice if it really is 12-phase power.
The DS6 supposed to have 12-phase, but had 6-phase.

The heatpipes suck, its all linked together, so you can't change the NB heatsink easily.

WRONG! :mad: 12 phase, 24 MOSFETs.

[Richard Dower]

extreme that got ripped in this

Wrong, it's copper throughout...as is the DQ6.

[Richard Dower]

The heatpipe "rise" on the mobo i very small, any after market heatsinks should fit. I have a DQ6 and have installed an Ultra-90 + Ultra-120, Scythe Ninja, others have had Scythe Infinity and Tuniq Towers installed.

[Modzilla]

you think those heatpipe tubes are solid copper? I doubt it, I bet they are anodized aluminum

[ahmad]

you think those heatpipe tubes are solid copper? I doubt it, I bet they are anodized aluminum

Heatpipes are rarely "solid". They are usually hollow and carry some kind of gas.

[MaSell]

OMG heatpipes rox :D . Somebody have an lively imagination :D

[[XC] gomeler]

As mentioned above, I wonder what this thing will do with phase cooling. If the rear mounted heatpipe is actually functional and somehow WARMS up then it would help reduce the worry about frosting your backside, then again it'll then make it possible to have even more condensation if there is a leak in your insulation.. Wish I had a demo of this board so I could test it out.

[Modzilla]

Heatpipes are rarely "solid". They are usually hollow and carry some kind of gas.


I meant, do you think they are 100% copper? They are hollow and carry a liquid, probably water or ammonia in this application.

[sxs112]

4x LAN??

yes, 4 Gigabit Ethernet

[NapalmV5]

yes, 4 Gigabit Ethernet

yeh, same on the 4x4 asus mobo..

why not dual 10Gb ? :D

[Eldonko]

Would be nice if gigabyte read some forums and realized that everyone hates their stupid heatpipes..

Sould be a good board though, looking forward to results.

[nn_step]

yes, 4 Gigabit Ethernet
ummm I'm all for Ethernet connections and everything but umm WTF does a gamers board have 4 Ethernet ports? It isn't like routers are that darn expensive or anything....:confused:

[Richard Dower]

I happen to LOVE my heatpipe design...what is the alternative?...crappy 40mm fans running at 8,000 RPM?

The heatpipe design works.

[Richard Dower]

you think those heatpipe tubes are solid copper? I doubt it, I bet they are anodized aluminum

I've had enough copper heatsinks in my time to know what is painted aluminium and what is copper.

[JamesAvery22]

I meant, do you think they are 100% copper? They are hollow and carry a liquid, probably water or ammonia in this application.

Has anyone cut up the heatpipes that were in these weird ass solutions and found out they were real heatpipes? I've never actually searched for an answer but all the threads/posts/pics I've seen where people cut the pipes so they can keep the heatsink on the VRM's and change the cooling on the NB the heatpipes were fake, as in hollow with no wick and no liquid...

I have nothing to back this up but AFAIK the pipe part of all heatpipes are always copper. Just sometimes plated differently.

http://www.enertron-inc.com/store.asp

Looks aluminum but Im pretty sure its nickel plated copper. Can even see a hint of copper color where the ends are pinched :D

Regardless, actually having a wick and fluid is much more important than the pipe material. Which I think is actually in question with all these mobo cooling solutions.

[Senater_Cache]

the eVGA nf680 board uses a wicked heatpipe (real)
All ASUS pipes I had seen cut open were simply hollow with no spongie wick nor any liquid.
Im betting these are hollow and thus faux

[JoeBar]

With so many colours it's like the rainbow... :p:

[[LCN]Knowledge]

Yeah what the heck is going on there ? :slobber:

Oh wait.

Quad LAN TM :D

Oh My.. God!, my nightmare is becoming true, You see.. Quad Core, Quad Sli, Quad, Quad LAN... DX10 Ready Fans, PSU, Also Cases... :eek: