asus crosshair nforce 590

[mckennaiii]

anyone tried this board yet?

http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?m...&l2=101&l3=300


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131593

[syne_24]

woah is out finally! This was part my original AM2 plan. I might have second thought if they keeping cutting those prices again.

[vitaminc]

What's the difference between this board and M2N32-SLi, besides the cheapo RAID and better slot placement?

[arisythila]

I think im going to have to sell my current Asus board and get this.. Looks alot better designed.. I hope they fixed how the memory goes into the slots aswell, I dont like running 2 dimms that close together. From the pictures it looks like they did...

~Mike

[noktekniq]

i'm gonoing to have my hands on one of these before the day ends!

[syne_24]

What's the difference between this board and M2N32-SLi, besides the cheapo RAID and better slot placement?

I think the heat pipe design is better and also location of the 8/pin power. It also has the lcd poster which is suppose to help out OC. I think overall this board is more of a stylish alternative to the M2N32-SLI.

More pics here:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...29&postcount=7

[3oh6]

I hope they fixed how the memory goes into the slots aswell, I dont like running 2 dimms that close together. From the pictures it looks like they did...

~Mike

that is my only beef with the M2N32-SLI as well. but i don't like the 24-pin connection being paralell with the expansion slots, i like them paralell along that backside edge like they have been with upper end boards for a while now. something i am sure i could get use to though...who's gonna be the first here to post some useful info on OC-ability?

i fired you a PM Mike as well, i gots some Q's for you.

[noktekniq]

that is my only beef with the M2N32-SLI as well. but i don't like the 24-pin connection being paralell with the expansion slots, i like them paralell along that backside edge like they have been with upper end boards for a while now. something i am sure i could get use to though...who's gonna be the first here to post some useful info on OC-ability?

i fired you a PM Mike as well, i gots some Q's for you.

maybe me, with a 5000+ from ebay.

[Zenjirou]

ouch. my M2N32-SLI arrived yesterday. RMA time

Besides layout changes I see no difference. But thats a reason non-the-less

[dz_jad]

what they need to do about that LCD is make a little plug in on the back side, or on the front side of the board, so you can plug it in, and put it wherever on the case that you want...sorta like how the power switch and such goes..

[CBONE]

That's nice... real nice.

[AzraelDarkangel]

I never heard of this board before. What does the lcd display? How big is it? Anything else special about this board?

[Nedjo]

As I'm typing this post, mobo is idleing on the test table:



It gave me so many headaches until I’ve fixed Vcore in the BIOS!

I was going mad, re-gosted system couple of times… 3DM2001 runs fine with HW T&L, but with software it would crash eminently. Same thing with 3DM06 GFX test worked fine, but CPU test would fail… And when I was just to gave up, I’ve rechecked every option in the BIOS, and finally set the Vcore in the proper value.

There is the this thing with this BIOS, you first set the Vcore range, and then you set exact value. And this X2 4600 of mine really needs exact 1.4V!

And about the display… it’s nice, but really useless if your system is against the wall…

[arisythila]

I will have this board in about 2 days aswell. I will post pictures.

~Mike

[AzraelDarkangel]

As I'm typing this post, mobo is idleing on the test table:



It gave me so many headaches until I’ve fixed Vcore in the BIOS!

I was going mad, re-gosted system couple of times… 3DM2001 runs fine with HW T&L, but with software it would crash eminently. Same thing with 3DM06 GFX test worked fine, but CPU test would fail… And when I was just to gave up, I’ve rechecked every option in the BIOS, and finally set the Vcore in the proper value.

There is the this thing with this BIOS, you first set the Vcore range, and then you set exact value. And this X2 4600 of mine really needs exact 1.4V!

Anyhow, this is the most beautiful AM2 mobo so far! Not just visually but also, BIOS is simply amazing!

And about the display… it’s nice, but really useless if your system is against the wall…

Before I’ve placed this mobo on the testing table (“channel” – asI’m calling it – you know… auto service channels… never mind), I’ve finished Foxconn nF590 SLI, and I must say, this baby is much better, and real step up in comparison to the N2N32 SLI

Wow, looks pretty cool. It will be interesting to see more reviews. Some Asus boards are really good. Others are just so-so.

[Nedjo]

I will have this board in about 2 days aswell. I will post pictures.

~Mike

Please cancel the order!!!!!

I've finished mine testing and I've opened Pandora’s Box!
Now I know why they placed so many lights on the mobo, and why DFI hasn't yet launched their LP for sAM2!

Naturally I've tried overclocking. And what a surprise!
I've vent straight to the 9x300 'cos that was the freq. that was achievable with Foxconn. And guess what! CPU was set to 3.6 GHz!!!

Long story short: when you use 7x multy, after 300 MHz for HTT mobo is returning the multy to the 12!!, When using x8 multi same thing is happening after 270 MHz for HTT, and with multi 9x, after 254 MHz for HTT!
This is horrible disappointment!

I’ve edited mine previous post with the glorification prior to this reviling!

I’ve used latest beta, and the only downloadable BIOS from the ASUS site!

P.S

Foxconn also has some strange bugs, but that is the story for another thread (unless you want me to write about them in this one?)

Apparently it is not an easy task to develop top quality flawless AM2 mobo. And ‘till DFI doesn’t launch their LP, there is no real choice for the hard core users! Sadly

[noktekniq]

As I'm typing this post, mobo is idleing on the test table:



It gave me so many headaches until I’ve fixed Vcore in the BIOS!

I was going mad, re-gosted system couple of times… 3DM2001 runs fine with HW T&L, but with software it would crash eminently. Same thing with 3DM06 GFX test worked fine, but CPU test would fail… And when I was just to gave up, I’ve rechecked every option in the BIOS, and finally set the Vcore in the proper value.

There is the this thing with this BIOS, you first set the Vcore range, and then you set exact value. And this X2 4600 of mine really needs exact 1.4V!

And about the display… it’s nice, but really useless if your system is against the wall…

i hope i don't have any problems with this board. for $250 i better not.

[Nedjo]

please read mine previous post

[noktekniq]

please read mine previous post

so your saying i should cancel the mobo? to late now

[Shift]

What about the PCI-E x1 sound card the mobo comes with, is it better than a X-Fi, or will it just get the job done and take the load off the CPU?

[arisythila]

Mine was shipped out about 6 hours ago... dOH!

~Mike

[Nedjo]

What about the PCI-E x1 sound card the mobo comes with, is it better than a X-Fi, or will it just get the job done and take the load off the CPU?

it's a ALC PHY conected by PCIe... nothing much, really

[noktekniq]

Mine was shipped out about 6 hours ago... dOH!

~Mike

i dunno, mine was shipped out too. and i can't cancel order. so we'll see what happens. if it can't clock or get stable or have issues then i would just have to suck it up and wait for a better bios or return it. i think the looks of the asus board already worth the money.

[arisythila]

yeah... I will maintain a positive aspect. It should be here tomorrow.

~Mike

[cynith]

Since 5 days i want to post, but my account was not activated.

You can get the Asus Crosshair Motherboard at the Alternate Online Shop.

Here http://www.alternate.de/html/product...l?artno=GEEA06

It´s the best Board I´ve ever bought.




Greetings form Germany :thumbsup: