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interesting new board from Abit.
from what I seen of the 680i so far, hitting between 450 to 500 FSB without too much trouble, this might end up being one hell of a good board, and atleast a solid contender against the 975X boards thats for sure.
http://www.pcstats.com/releaseview.cfm?ReleaseID=1535
http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/mothe...&fMTYPE=LGA775
Nice mobo.
No crappy caps around the socket.
Looking good.
looks pretty decent.
Wow where is the Fatal1ty logo?:rolleyes:
Has the same exact layout as every other board, gigantic heatsinks FTW!:D
nice digital VRM... i want to see how digital vrm performs.
Lots of metal on that board, but at least its not a mess like the asus striker is.
I like it
I wonder if hipro has one of these yet!!!
I thought D-PWM kicked out a lot of heat, but the chip is uncovered??
I like it *interested*
Looks good, but again watercooling is a pita. Now you have to watercool the SN as well, get an aircooler for it or cut the heatpipe :/
But then again the picture doesnt cleary show where the SB heatpipe leads to, so there is still hope :)
I really like the rest of the layout, with one exception. How is a hardcore gamer, the board is supposed to be designed I guess, supposed to use a SLi setup + gfx card for physics and a soundcard? Not even a PCIE 4x soundcard would fit because of the high NB cooler. :/
Digital PWM :D
NICE!
Digital VRM and a solid layout
Can't wait to see DFI's board, hopefully it isn't too far off.
Hi! To me is looks like the NB cooler has a curve cut out at either side..I think a PCI-E card will fit ok :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fr3ak
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Originally Posted by K404
You are looking at the inductor chip, only part of the DPWM, the part covered by the heatsink above it is where it gets hot. :)
Got ya ;) thanks! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Revv23
IT HAS A CLEAR CMOS BUTTON!!!! now the only problem is that if i want to water cool the northbridge now the pwm area is left totaly uncooled :(
an other motherboard at 399$ ? :rolleyes:
:slapass:
wow abit is really hanging in there w/ the molex power conector at the bottom
nice looking
seems like nvidia made this mobo for extreme cooling most have really clean layout around the socket
5 phase DVM
with a bad Molex location
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Originally Posted by nn_step
it says 6 phase on the website
I wouldn`t call Molex position bad. far from PSU - maybe, but it`s alot easier to manage cables then if it`d stick right in the midle of the motherboard
It`s 5 on the pictureQuote:
Originally Posted by Wiggy McShades
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Originally Posted by Cooper
how would abit get it wrong on thier own website? how can you tell by the picture anyway?
5-phase PWMIC has 10 electric contacts on each side.
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/4301/cplio7.png
By doing some DVM studies. unless of course they are hiding another stage under those heatpipes :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiggy McShades
yeah that molex location sucksQuote:
Originally Posted by nn_step
btw, that clean socket area is perfect for Phase or DI/LN2 Tubes
Wow, f*cking heatpipes again. Cross abit off my list.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shift