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[Brian MP5T]

Brian: you're saying that your MB is a p5n32 then why does your MB have striker extreme printed on the PCB??

Silly Sticker

[ChaosMinionX]

Silly Sticker

There is no sticker for Striker Extreme? Thats a striker not a P5N32-SLI 680i, the P5N32 would say just that on the board.....

This is the P5N32-SLI-E




What you have is a Striker Extreme



Not to mention its not a sticker, because all the Caps on your board are mainly red, and not black like the other? what gives lol

No stickers involved XD

[Brian MP5T]

I don't know. I do not have the LCD post in the rear and my Lettering is next to the Green LED...

Must be an "in between" board..

[deepsilver]

[Origin_Unknown]

deepsilver you love taking pic's of your pc, hehe (not that, that's a bad thing)


On a side Note, Have you tried to Overclock your e6600 higher than 2.88?

[Sparky]

deepsilver, if you stick an 80mm fan in those empty expansion slots you can really drop your GPU temps. like this:



Dropped mine by about 10 degrees C I ditched the funky green fan, too loud. Now I have a NMB fan there that is totally silent (they only made these for a short while, extremely quiet, only pulls 0.06 amps).

Just an idea

[Origin_Unknown]

SparkyJJO,

is that pulling air into the case or extracting? also, wouldnt the bars make it kind of loud?

[Sparky]

SparkyJJO,

is that pulling air into the case or extracting? also, wouldnt the bars make it kind of loud?

Set up as exhaust. That fan was loud but just because the thing spun at almost 3000RPM. The one I put in there now is much much quieter, the bars aren't a problem really.

[deepsilver]

deepsilver you love taking pic's of your pc, hehe (not that, that's a bad thing)

take pics with my eos is an other hobby.

On a side Note, Have you tried to Overclock your e6600 higher than 2.88?

i don't need more (this time), but my conroe is tested on 3.6 ghz. my old p5w dh deluxe (66 sn) will not go more than an 400 fsb.

... Just an idea

but a nice and i will try it out.

on more pic:

[Brian MP5T]

Dust on the CPU Cooler Fins... DANGER!!!

[hot_fifty]

relakks. Not that much at all!

[Brian MP5T]

It was a joke Yo..



Bam Headshot!

[perfection]

I don't know. I do not have the LCD post in the rear and my Lettering is next to the Green LED...

Must be an "in between" board..

what does PC wizard say for your motherboard, that's really strange.

[WITHTEETH]

what does PC wizard say for your motherboard, that's really strange.

My guess is that its the ASUS P5N-32-SLI PLUS. Meaning its not a 680i, its the frankenstein board that uses the 570 southbridge with the 650i northbridge. Its suppose to be a good board still. costs roughly 220, and uses the striker extreme PCB. If you remove the sticker that tells the model name on the motherboard it shows STRIKER EXTREME, just like Brians motherboard shows.

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...hlbnRodXNpYXN0

Ill post my machine soon.
Heres a teaser...

[Brian MP5T]

what does PC wizard say for your motherboard, that's really strange.

P5N 32

[WITHTEETH]

P5N 32

http://www.3dnews.ru/motherboard/asus_p5n32_e_sli_plus/

[hot_fifty]

It was a joke Yo..



Bam Headshot!

haha sure

[Brian MP5T]

My guess is that its the ASUS P5N-32-SLI PLUS. Meaning its not a 680i, its the frankenstein board that uses the 570 southbridge with the 650i northbridge. Its suppose to be a good board still. costs roughly 220, and uses the striker extreme PCB. If you remove the sticker that tells the model name on the motherboard it shows STRIKER EXTREME, just like Brians motherboard shows.

It does register as a 680i..

[perfection]

strange asus ay? They just take some of the features out of the striker and called it a P5N32-SLI? and put a sticker over it to cover it up??

[BNDMOD]

So I installed two chip set coolers from thermaltake. WOW.

Dropped from 80 deg to 54.

The fans are controlled by the BIOS and are quiet.

The P5n-32 SLI 680i Runs very hot on the NB and SB. Wanted to fix the problem. This is an overkill solution!













Awesome!

Ohhh man... great job..
I'm triyng to understund.. do yo cut the heatpipe? or what?

[Brian MP5T]

Yes, I left the heatsinks attached to the MOSFET banks, but cut the pipe and then closed it flush again so it looks normal.

[BNDMOD]

Yes, I left the heatsinks attached to the MOSFET banks, but cut the pipe and then closed it flush again so it looks normal.

Could you post some photos of the progress? or you don't have?

[Spawne32]

BEFORE








AFTER






Cooling parts i used were the

Thermalright VR-1 VGA cooler
Thermalright HR-05 chipset cooler
Enzotech ULTRA-X CPU cooler

that enzotech is NICE, ive never seen such a high quality product before, and im seeing an over 10-15c drop in temps from all the stock cooling!

[_G_]

nice setup . is the front of that case aluminum or plastic?
(im about to order that cace once newegg drops the price 5 bux)

[apexracing]

That's a Lian-Li case so, it'll be made out of aluminium.