ASUS M2N32SLI Deluxe nForce 590 Mobo

[sladesurfer]

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=3636

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

wow, bad layout, way too much stuff crowding the top pcie slot and looks like it it woud be a pita to get the first dimm out if using the IDE.

[n00b 0f l337]

Ew, hell even the fan buses are in useless spots. And a heatpipe cooler on 3-4 spots doesnt bode well for a overclocker. Now you'll need to find even thinner waterblocks and heatsinks.

[Bar81]

layout is .

Why would you put the x4 slot where it would be blocked by a vid card; would make sense to switch the x1 and x4 slots.

Second, wth kind of idiot puts a huge hs right next to a vid card; I'm sure that won't shoot up the temps of the gpu.

Third, what crack ho put the four pin connector flush up against a x16 slot?

Fourth, the two fan headers shouldn't be in front of a x16 slot.

I guess it does have snowflakes, WTF?!?

[[XC] leviathan18]

what is the thing under the firewire in red?

[Ubermann]

No nice ramcooling on videocards using that board.

[Starscream]

No nice ramcooling on videocards using that board.

small heatsinks like the ones from zalmann should stilf it.
as that big copper heatsink on the board gets narrower just above the PCI-E slot wich should give space for it.

the ones form swiftech could get close.

[OmegaMerc]

what is the thing under the firewire in red?

looks like hdmi

[Bar81]

looks like hdmi

nope, esata

[OmegaMerc]

nope, esata

Yeah I was gonna say its not hdmi, maybe external SATA of sorts...

[Pinnacle]

No thank you no Asus for me anymore a8n32 was the last one.

[[XC] leviathan18]

whats the difference from esata to sata? appart the connector difference

[jakedeez]

layout could be alot better, i dont think I have seen very many boards with layouts as good as teh good ole expert.

[Bar81]

whats the difference from esata to sata? appart the connector difference

e = external

[[XC] leviathan18]

yeah i guessed that but there is another difference?

[Bar81]

It's SATA for an external drive. The difference is that you can now have a HD running at full speed outside of your case in an enclosure whereas USB2.0 and 1394a neuter driver performance and 1394b never caught on.

[[XC] leviathan18]

mmm i see nice...

[asmodean]

yeah i guessed that but there is another difference?

AFAIK, it has to be attached to a fully AHCI compliant controller, meaning it has to support hotplugging. Pity they didn't make a powered port :/

[Qkjhfhaiguihfma]

i have a feeling it's hard for motherboard companies to "care" about am2 when they can see for themselves what intel is doing this summer. if anything, they are going to release a few products for amd to give the people who refuse to run intel something, and focus all their energy into high performance conroe boards.

[3NZ0]

AFAIK, it has to be attached to a fully AHCI compliant controller, meaning it has to support hotplugging. Pity they didn't make a powered port :/

always wondered why they dont bother with external power, but meh.

Board looks like its loaded with features, overloaded, its cramped on that thing!
but its either dfi or nothing for amd, a8n32 was a pitfa when i made a rig for someone with it.

Dare i say the C word as well...

[physics_geek]

Nice board! Too bad, the layout sucks.

[VulgarHandle]

i have a feeling it's hard for motherboard companies to "care" about am2 when they can see for themselves what intel is doing this summer. if anything, they are going to release a few products for amd to give the people who refuse to run intel something, and focus all their energy into high performance conroe boards.

kinda like making intel boards for last 4 years, oooh, did that hurt? flaming hurts don't it

[nn_step]

They crammed too much into it...