a8n-sli "premium" edition

[geogecko]

Hmm...seems that Keenzo.com now has stock. They must have gotten it put up on their site this morning, as I didn't get the the auto-notify at home last night. The price is just about the same by the time you figure in shipping. I think it was going to be $209 for me to order from them.

Great. Let us know what you find out when you open that nice shiny box...

 

[Waylay00]

Just asked the guys at Monarch Computer about this board on their forums -

MonarchKevin replied -
Sir,

I am in contact with purchasing as we speak.

Kevin


Link - http://www.monarchcomputer.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4596

I thinks it is safe to say that this board is a reality and is actually in stock at those places such as EastLuna.

 

[kman79]

I actually e-mailed monarch last night and received a reply today saying they had no ETA for the product but they would look into it.

 

[Xenvu]

Mine Shipped, and it looks like the heatpipe version. I won't have it till Tuesday though.

 

[geogecko]

Mine shipped today as well, but I won't get mine until Wednesday (6/15). Although I have seen FedEx deliver before the date that is actually estimated...we'll see. Looks like it will probably be the real thing, as it's starting to pop up in several places. I'm sure it will be at Monarch, Newegg, and ZZF by next week.

 

[Makaveli Tha Don]

well i'm getting mine tomorrey So will let you guys know if it is indeed the heatpipe version and anything else interesting to report

 

[Waylay00]

Please do.

 

[teamride]

zipzoomfly's got it now

 

[Waylay00]

Nice! Thanks.

 

[teamride]

just ordered it from zipzoom

 

[geogecko]

Well, at least I saved $10 by going with EL. However, I didn't get 2nd day shipping, which would have been the same price at EL. Looking forward to seeing the board, now if my Harmony 880 would just ship...

 

[Waylay00]

Bump

 

[geogecko]

LOL. You are funny Waylay00. I'm checking this thread like every 10 minutes... (e-mail notification is at home).

Nice setup you got going there. I'd opt for the San Diego core as well, but can't justify the increase in cost from at 3000+ Venice. Mine will not be a gaming PC, just an HTPC, so it doesn't need to be that much of a screamer.

Still undecided on the GPU?

 

[Waylay00]

Yeah, I'm looking at an X850XT from Monarch for around $450. I decided that if I ever run SLI, it wil be with G70, so that's why I'm grabbing that X850XT probably.

 

[Mug]

Originally posted by: Makaveli Tha Don
well i'm getting mine tomorrey So will let you guys know if it is indeed the heatpipe version and anything else interesting to report

Well, did you get it??

 

[lambchops3344]

well i dont think this is a motherboard people should get if they have ATI cards or are getting ATI cards... ive herd a couple storied where sli motherboards dont even like 1 ati card...

Also no ati cards work in sli... sli is protected technology from nvidia... ati is developing its own sli which this board will not utilize...

 

[Waylay00]

Well not everyone gets an SLI board for SLI. Some, like me, like the features, such as AI Cool Pipe.

 

[althes]

don did you get it we are waiting

 

[bookman]

Any reviews on this board?

 

[Waylay00]

Did you get it Don? We are all wanting to know...

 

[lambchops3344]

all i know is that its not reccomended to use an ati card with an sli motherboard... but anyways..

I had a question about the heat pipe... how easy do you think it is to remove? I have a watercooling kit with a chipset block... is this gonna be any trouble?

 

[Waylay00]

Well yeah, it's not recommended if you want to use SLI, but it's perfectly OK to run an ATI card in an SLI motherboard.

 

[Waylay00]

Found this at XtremeSystems - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=65466

Looks like he got the HTT up to 300MHz at 1T I believe! This board looks very promising.

 

[Mug]

I think we need to send out a search party for him

 

[SLIorCROSSFIRE]

Originally posted by: stickybytes

Originally posted by: geogecko
This sux for people that will not be changing out the stock HSF on the chipset. They used the same crappy fan that they used on all their other nForce4 motherboards... (At least, if unless they plan on changing it out before releasing it to the public.)

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Cebit2005/Day2/

Look down at the motherboards section...

yeh. in that picture, the a8n-sli premium is shown sporting the same exact fan that is found in the a8n-sli.