Finally Getting My Motherboard.

racing87stang · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 4:26 pm Post subject: Finally Getting My Motherboard.

Back in November I purchased a Presale board for the ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Motherboard. I Have been waiting patiently (the seller allowed me to hold onto my money at least), I have finally recieve confirmation that I will be getting it sometime next week. Which means my 4400+ X2 and 2gb's of Ram with my 7800GT's will finally have a mother to nurcher their every gripe and complaint with ease.

Anyone else getting their hands on it or HAVE this board?

~87stang
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I don't have it, but wish I did :)
That sounds like a killer setup man.
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racing87stang · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:25 am Post subject:

just got confirmation and a tracking number. Will be here on the 4th. WHOO!!!!
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:58 am Post subject:

It was a while ago I went to Fry's Electronics to get one but they didn't have it when I got there. I have been playing with the idea of getting one of those boards and building a Optie 170 system using that mobo.

I have heard very good things from the people that have them. Very easy to overclock and great performance.
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racing87stang · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 4:16 pm Post subject:

hehe... not to mention the dual 16X pci -e bandwidth
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racing87stang · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:16 am Post subject:

Heres some photos... I got it in today, well I missed the 11am delivery, but I work for UPS anyway so I just picked it up at work.

Now all I have to do is order me a CPU and I can finally put my xp120 and 7800GT to good use.
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Xal · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:18 am Post subject:

Nice, post some benchies when you get her up and running

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*drool*

*gets jolt from drooling on keyboard*
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racing87stang · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject:

jeez... must be a high power keyboard...

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Josh · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:26 pm Post subject:

Have fun with that :) Similar set up to mine...and to note, it rocks.
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racing87stang · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:51 am Post subject:

OK AFTER MUCH CONSIDERATION AND ACTUALLY TEST FITTING MY 7800GT (w/ NV Cooler Rev 3 installed.) I reallised I will lose pretty much all my pci slots so I am going water cooled.
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racing87stang · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:39 am Post subject:

coming in this next week.

some 3x92mm (or 120mm) radiator
some fans I forget which I have them bookmarked

a FSP Group 600w Power Supply (good reviews as well as 4 12v rails, and 85% + efficiency)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104014

And if im REALLY lucky, I may just be able to get my Optie 175 I found one for $425 Brand New. So well see what I can do. Ill keep ya'll posted.

as well as the case (phantom case will be reborn)
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racing87stang · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:44 am Post subject:

OH!!!! Nevermind...

I found the 700w model

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104015
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:43 am Post subject:

sandness · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:07 pm Post subject:

One thing I noticed- both the 600w and 700w models have the same current ratings on all the rails- wtf? Maybe a typo.

I really like my 500w FSP. Voltage is always on point, quiet, sleeved leads and plenty of them. I think it should handle your system. Nothing against the PC P&C supplies, but the prices on them are insane, imo.
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Agreed on the amp ratings. Depending on how the FSP combines the rails (if it does), 15a isn't going to be enough. 18a minimum is what I'd be looking for.

Sandness, yeah, the PC&C are expensive, but you get what you pay for, in quality, customer service, warranty, all that jazz. You can also have them custom-wired for your rig if you choose. When I build a new rig this summer, an 850 is in my list.
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racing87stang · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:51 pm Post subject:

Yeah but I cant simply drop more on the power supply then what I paid the cpu. Thats another $500 for the 850w PC P&C, I figured since one of those 15a rails plugs directly into the mother board for better stability that the 15a would be just fine. (its a nice little feature on this a8n32 that makes sure the 12v stays stable when the vid cards dont have the 6-pin aux input)

Let me know what you guys think.
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:42 am Post subject:

for a modern system, especially one with a DC cpu and a high end video card, I wouldn't install a psu with a relatively low amperage rating on the 12v rail(s). Granted there are four in this case, but you can't take from one rail to add to another. As you may have one rail that needs to supply 18 amps and another that only needs to pump 3 amps. You can't use the extra from one to add to the other. The psu may be SLI certified but I wouldn't trust my high dollar parts to it.

Bottom line is I wouldn't trust it. I offered other choices, and not just PC P&C. You asked us about the psu and we have laid down what we think.
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racing87stang · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 3:21 am Post subject:

thanks weaz....

I am looking at your other suggestion...
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racing87stang · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 3:29 am Post subject:

as well as the 660w enermax. says it has 4 12v rails too but... I cant see it
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:53 am Post subject:

link?
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racing87stang · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 3:08 pm Post subject:

the rails are rated at 14a, 18a, 17a, 13a

I think I would go with the 620 watt. Im still on the search though.
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 3:24 pm Post subject:

those rails would look better if they combine the 13 and 14 for the direct feed to the mobo. But otherwise it doesn't look good for a high powered gaming rig.
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racing87stang · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 4:49 pm Post subject:

yeah didnt think so. Im just trying to find out if all this is even true for my motherboards sake. Im still wondering if I need 18a+ rails with that aux mobo connector.
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:10 am Post subject: