wonder if I should just go with the Asus A8N premium board. How does this board perform with a 4400 x2 and 7800gtx's? What are the known issues with this board? Pros and cons? Thanks.
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wonder if I should just go with the Asus A8N premium board. How does this board perform with a 4400 x2 and 7800gtx's? What are the known issues with this board? Pros and cons? Thanks.
good adviceQuote:
Originally Posted by SamHughe
Don't! Unless you don't want to overclock at all. I've Premium with X2 4200 and Vcore is unstable as hell. It jumps from 1.328 to 1.36 set anywere between 1.35-1.4, and goes up to ~1.42 if set higher. Completly no control... I'm waiting for A8N32 to dump this POS... Anyway my CPU is stable up to 2,5GHz with stock cooling and this voltage drops so wonder how high it wuld go with Zalman 9500 and 8-phase power at 1.4V :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Shootingblanks
But that's only my opinion. I would wait this few days. Premium seems to be great for singles, but not duals...
Pawel
Have you tried it? Because you set 1.56 and overboost and it goes 1.58. As if its 0.02volts instead of 0.2volts. Maybe if i go a lower vcore and overboost it might work but i havent tried that and my dfi expert is now on the water.Quote:
Originally Posted by situman
Agreed, i have the a8n also and its rubbish for overclocking, voltage bounces everywhere. A8n32 was rock solid at 1.58 volts and the DFI expert was moving around slighty at 1.64volts. I really want to give the a8n32 some more voltage and see how it goes against the expert.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micha
we wouldn't be very xtreme would we :D jk, good advice and nice 2c pic. i'm gonna do the same and wait until all the bugs are gone and the price is reasonable. the layout bothered me at first, but i have decided to hold on to my one 7800gt until the 512 price comes down. the 8-phase should go well with the hungry opteron 170 i just ordered to replace the X2 3800.Quote:
Originally Posted by SamHughe
not that anybody really needed it or anything but i think it's more about the brand new shinny toy that got the itch of us to upgrade and try something different :lol: I agreed $250 is quite expensive though
nice overclock ben805, 3.0ghz @ 1.48 on air! wow!
That's my reason for going for half my new parts, just cause no one really has them...
Opty 175 (not many people have dual core opty's yet), A8N32 (coulda gone DFI, but I wanted to try this new one), and an Enermax 660 (cause everyone has PC P&C or OCZ and no one has the 660...)
:toast:
Looks like they might be in at mWave now. I ordered one couple hours ago, and it has already been shipped. Got tracking # and all.
post your results when you get it mate ! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by =CARENZI=
I don't see itQuote:
Originally Posted by =CARENZI=
They sold out and discontinued it. I'm a lucky one who placed in an order at noon, and they already shipped it out. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ender17
I might throw this mobo back in tonight and see if i can somehow get more then 1.58volts. Apparantly even if you flash bios and clear cmos it still has elements of the old bios and you actually have to set defaults via the bios which i never did.
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Originally Posted by trza2k
eerr...you need to enable the vcore boost so you should be getting around 1.77v, read the anandtech review on this mobo dude!
Did anandtech even try that voltage???? I have tried it right here and like i said it DOES NOT give you 0.2V it gives you 0.02v which means 1.56+0.02=1.58volts. Please dont bother posting if you havent actually tried it. I am happy to be corrected if someone actually tries it!.Quote:
Originally Posted by ben805
So what your trying to get across is the over boost isn't working properly :(Quote:
Originally Posted by trza2k
How about the vdimm did you get a chance to check and see if the vdimm actually gives you the full 3.0v?
Makes me wonder is the 0.02 boost is just a bios issue?
It "should be" .2 according to the bios menu no?
try contact Asus tech support
That's a bit of a harsh accusation isn't it. I'd refrain form insults untill we hear more if I were you. :slapass:Quote:
Originally Posted by ben805
Before you make assumptions... you have no idea who i am so how about you refrain from childish comments. I have read the manual and it was useless as i expected. The reason i asked in this forum is because others have the board and can verify my concerns. I don't need to read an anantech review if i have the board right next to me and you dont need to tell me what it can do.Quote:
Originally Posted by ben805
And seriously what does posts have to do with anything, you dont think people have been around elsewhere? Its posts like these that make me wonder why i even venture outside of my Australian forums.
14 or 14000, rudeness is never acceptable. the man was simply stating his personal observations. oh and btw have you tried it? :stick:Quote:
Originally Posted by ben805
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Originally Posted by trza2k
ok my bad.....it just doesn't make sense that only yours doesn't work, my colleague got one couple days ago and along with several reviews that I've seen do not have the vcore cripple like yours does, maybe you got a defective board then.
trza2k didn't say the board had voltage ripple. Mine shows rock stable vcore without fluctuation when underload.
I can also confirm the vcore settings. When the overvolt cpu is enabled and max vcore is set it does seem that this combo only gives a max vcore of 1.586 vcore. So much for the overvolt .20 and 1.77vcore eh. :rolleyes:
Thanks for being mature about this :).Quote:
Originally Posted by ben805
Lowdog: I think he means "cripple" as in doesnt work. What bios version are you using? I should have time tonight to try again with all bios versions.
Bios 703.
Haven't tried the beta 804 or 805.
Can't post on OCAU atm, got a 1 week ban for my post in the e-peen stroking thread. :slapass: :fact:
trza2k, have you tried the newer BIOSes?
I have tried 805 and the default i had. However the upgrade process may of been incorrect and the bios may of needed to be reset to default in the bios. I will try again tonight and document what i do so i clearly remember.
EDIT: I think i was supposed to do that last night but i had to watch Australia make it to the soccer worldcup after 31years!!!.
Keep us posted.Quote:
Originally Posted by trza2k
I think it's at most a bios glitch because if it's able to raise the vcore by 0.02v, then there's no reason why it can't raise it by 0.2v. Especially when that's what it's SUPPOSED to do.
as much as i hate to have to run onboard sound with sli'd 512gtxs .. the dfi expert is just being a :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: with overclocking .. i would go back to my sli-dr if the pci-e slots arent so close
I can confirm that none of the bios available from the website will give more then 1.58volts. VERY VERY disappointing.
I tried different combinations and tried lowering the voltage and adding the 200mv but it seems to be capped off at 1.58volts.
Maybe this is the problem (if there is any?) with (some of?) the 1.01 boards and that's why they recalled them, if they really dif... or maybe not.
So the 200mv option works, when total vcore is less than 1.58v? IE if you select 1.3v + 200mv, it gives 1.5v?Quote:
Originally Posted by trza2k
Someone should confirm this with Anand. I know in their review they said you can do 1.7+... don't know if they just said you "can" of if they really tried it (though I doubt they did)...
Well i didnt get quite that low but tried 1.40,1.4125,1.45,1.50,1.55,1.56 and all would be capped @ 1.58volts.Quote:
Originally Posted by HKPolice
So the 200mv option works, when total vcore is less than 1.58v. That's not good.
that sucks, being someone that went through the "a bios revision will fix it" of the first a8n-sli, i am a little scared of the a8n32 now. I have been living with the dfi sli-dr for 8 months now and I feel it is completly unstable and am looking for a new motherboard. I thought the a8n32 was the answer i was looking for, and I hope it still is. Time will tellQuote:
Originally Posted by trza2k
Well i emailed asus about the vcore problem and was asked to fill out a form and they will send me a new fan that is quiet lol. I'm hoping this was a mistake ;)
Well, you know, if asus can't provide us with a bios, 3-4 SOMEONE's here I'm damn sure can create a modded bios for us. I ran a modded bios for the nforce2 asus board, don't see why we can't do the same for this one. You know what they say, if you don't like it, MOD IT.
thanks for the pics! i guess my 120mm tt heatsink will fit (same one you have) is there any way to get that fan that comes with the board to clip on that heatsink?Quote:
Originally Posted by Otaking71
you guys are startin to scare me tho, i had a DFI lanparty SLI-DR and it was the most unstable POS ever. now im without a mobo and wanted to get the
a8n32 but is it worth waiting for some rev. 2 that might come soon?