Asus A8N32-SLI initial impression....WOW!

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11-20-2005, 12:07 PM
ben805

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Originally Posted by SamHughe

The widest point of the video card with 2-slot cooler (NV Silencer in my case) is 2.1". There is about .5" space between two SLI cards and another .5" between the second vid card and the sound card. Could you measure how much room between the second PCI-e slot and the last PCI slot?

If I put my 7800GT in 2nd PCI-E slot, there's very little breathing room between the GPU heatsink and the last PCI slot at the bottom, if you have a double slots GTX with jumbo heatsink on 2nd PCI-E slot there's no way you can squeeze anything onto the last PCI.
11-20-2005, 12:24 PM
RyderOCZ

@Ben805,

Super Job here.....I really applaud your attention to detail and answering all the questions :)

Bravo !!! :toast: :banana: :woot:
11-20-2005, 02:26 PM
situman

when will the ocz boys get to testing one of these? Doesn't seem fair they only test DFI products.
11-20-2005, 03:51 PM
chunkylover77

Situman I think they are testing it out. I remember one of the OCZ guys hinting there was something real nice about this board. He did not elaborate on it though.
11-20-2005, 04:08 PM
situman

i know thats why i am asking. hope they would give us results soon.
11-20-2005, 04:13 PM
ben805

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyderOCZ

@Ben805,

Super Job here.....I really applaud your attention to detail and answering all the questions :)

Bravo !!! :toast: :banana: :woot:

thanks for the kind words....I'll try my best to post my finding ;) this board is fun to play with and I would love to see how it performs with some OCZ sticks as well. :toast:
11-20-2005, 05:18 PM
jw0rd

Yes, please keep us updated!
11-20-2005, 05:44 PM
CyberOps

Quote:

Originally Posted by ben805

power cycling the PC with the insert or delete key pressed WILL NOT force the bios back to default setting, I had to removed the battery and disconnected the power for about 5min for the cmos to reset, took me a good 30min just to get the sucker to boot again, stay away from this version at all cost as I do not see any cmos reset jumper on this mobo! :eek: version 703 and up allow me to force the default setting with insert key.

doesnt your board have de jumper placed on top right of the batery?? i'm seeing it on the manual that i download from asus website, page46 section 2.6.
11-20-2005, 05:52 PM
RyderOCZ

Quote:

Originally Posted by chunkylover77

Situman I think they are testing it out. I remember one of the OCZ guys hinting there was something real nice about this board. He did not elaborate on it though.

I hinted at that based on "early info" that I heard through the grapevine about its performance.

I do believe they have one at HQ for testing puposes and so far I have heard good results. I do not know what ram they have used in it yet, etc. But I guess things are very positive.

To my knowledge, non of the forum staff have this board......Yet ;)

@Situman.....If Asus would send out boards like DFI does....you can bet we would have results for you :D
11-20-2005, 06:13 PM
Tony

I got one on the way, should have it in a few days im told ;)

If you think this is good Wesley as AT has the new RD480 Asus mobo at 325fsb 1:1 fully stable for a new record with his OCZ TCCD 3-4-3- timings...Im hoping to get one of these boards also ;)
11-20-2005, 06:19 PM
ben805

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyberOps

doesnt your board have de jumper placed on top right of the batery?? i'm seeing it on the manual that i download from asus website, page46 section 2.6.

thanks for the info....I was looking for jumper labeling like 'CMOS' but I guess I should of read the dang user manual :lol: they refer it as RTC RAM...wouldn't of suspect that was the one to reset when I took out the battery :p: at the bottom of section 2.6 on the manual it said:
"• You do not need to clear the RTC when the system hangs due to overclocking. For system failure due to overclocking, use the C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) feature. Shut down and reboot the system so the BIOS can automatically reset parameter settings to default values."

9 out of 10 times this C.P.R feature doesn't work for me when i was using 703 version and was trying to boot up at 3.45Ghz+ :lol:
11-20-2005, 06:34 PM
ben805

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyderOCZ

I hinted at that based on "early info" that I heard through the grapevine about its performance.

I do believe they have one at HQ for testing puposes and so far I have heard good results. I do not know what ram they have used in it yet, etc. But I guess things are very positive.

To my knowledge, non of the forum staff have this board......Yet ;)

@Situman.....If Asus would send out boards like DFI does....you can bet we would have results for you :D

Tweaking the memory timing on this board is much easier IMO, and it is very forgiving as well, micron chips are practically plug-n-play now...which is not possible before. :D

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony

I got one on the way, should have it in a few days im told ;)

If you think this is good Wesley as AT has the new RD480 Asus mobo at 325fsb 1:1 fully stable for a new record with his OCZ TCCD 3-4-3- timings...Im hoping to get one of these boards also ;)

That's great news....I'm looking forward to some great results as you guys have more experiences on all these timing deal, and I hope before long someone is willing to come up with a mod bios to further enhance this very fine piece of hardware ;) Speaking of running 1:1....I'll have to try my ballistix tonight when i got home from work :yepp:
11-20-2005, 06:58 PM
situman

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony

I got one on the way, should have it in a few days im told ;)

If you think this is good Wesley as AT has the new RD480 Asus mobo at 325fsb 1:1 fully stable for a new record with his OCZ TCCD 3-4-3- timings...Im hoping to get one of these boards also ;)

thats good to hear, we need experts like you guys to test various mobos and not just one brand.
11-20-2005, 07:25 PM
Supertim0r

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony

I got one on the way, should have it in a few days im told ;)

If you think this is good Wesley as AT has the new RD480 Asus mobo at 325fsb 1:1 fully stable for a new record with his OCZ TCCD 3-4-3- timings...Im hoping to get one of these boards also ;)

maybe an A8N32 modded bios ? :D
11-20-2005, 07:41 PM
amrgb

Quote:

Originally Posted by ben805

Tweaking the memory timing on this board is much easier IMO, and it is very forgiving as well, micron chips are practically plug-n-play now...which is not possible before. :D

Well, in my DFI NF4 Ultra-D it was plug n play. I even pulled out 290 at the first attempt :p:

It seems that this is a nice board. It's a shame the vcore issue (and the price). But I'm sure that it's nothing a modded bios can't solve.

Congrats for your awesome review.

PS: I have a 3500 winnie on air @1.75v for 9 months (no IHS). Still working as in day 1 ;)
11-20-2005, 08:55 PM
trza2k

Quote:

Originally Posted by situman

when will the ocz boys get to testing one of these? Doesn't seem fair they only test DFI products.

i've got some OCZ EB 2GB that i might test out tonight if i can get over the voltage limit on the cpus :mad:
11-20-2005, 09:27 PM
ben805

I've been hammering the ballistix for the last hour and still trying to stabilize them at 300 1:1, while trying different combinations of unfamiliar settings I'm getting BSOD and corrupted startup files left and right.....good thing I made an image of the hard drive to restore from :D :D Only if I knew what the heck is DDR clock Skew and DDR Input Strobe Skew.....ai yai yai!
11-20-2005, 10:52 PM
SamHughe

Quote:

Originally Posted by ben805

If I put my 7800GT in 2nd PCI-E slot, there's very little breathing room between the GPU heatsink and the last PCI slot at the bottom, if you have a double slots GTX with jumbo heatsink on 2nd PCI-E slot there's no way you can squeeze anything onto the last PCI.

Thanks! It's good to know.
11-21-2005, 12:08 AM
Psyche911

P.S. New review up:
http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q4...i/index.x?pg=1
11-21-2005, 12:14 AM
madpete

Quote:

Originally Posted by ben805

I've been hammering the ballistix for the last hour and still trying to stabilize them at 300 1:1, while trying different combinations of unfamiliar settings I'm getting BSOD and corrupted startup files left and right.....good thing I made an image of the hard drive to restore from :D :D Only if I knew what the heck is DDR clock Skew and DDR Input Strobe Skew.....ai yai yai!

Ben, whats the best stable speed you've got out of the Ballistix so far on this board? :toast:
11-21-2005, 12:15 AM
OgreX

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Originally Posted by ben805

here's some screenie of the seal string in place, I also took out the metal backplate and have to grease and seal the back to prevent condensation as well, will fire up the phase change soon...

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...chmentid=40149

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...chmentid=40148

Thank you for posting those pics.
you just brought my butchered opteron 146 back from the dead with that
electrical tape idea..
link
11-21-2005, 12:48 AM
Lazar

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony

I got one on the way, should have it in a few days im told ;)

If you think this is good Wesley as AT has the new RD480 Asus mobo at 325fsb 1:1 fully stable for a new record with his OCZ TCCD 3-4-3- timings...Im hoping to get one of these boards also ;)

Nice to hear that as I already (pre-)ordered the Asus A8R-MVP... did you get the info directly from him or is it somwhere on AT's forums bcs the review isn't out yet?
11-21-2005, 06:36 AM
Blue078

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psyche911

P.S. New review up:
http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q4...i/index.x?pg=1

The reviewer botched the overclocking results...he used a "8.5 multi"
11-21-2005, 07:52 AM
jw0rd

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blue078

The reviewer botched the overclocking results...he used a "8.5 multi"

He botched it somehow, doesn't seem right at all.
11-21-2005, 09:45 AM
ben805

Quote:

Originally Posted by OgreX

Thank you for posting those pics.
you just brought my butchered opteron 146 back from the dead with that
electrical tape idea..
link

glad your opty is alive again, I think with the tape prevent those exposed copper traces from getting short circuit with heatsink, you probably can apply a thin layer of nail polish on the damaged surface then put the tape back on to further protect them.

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