a8n-sli "premium" edition

[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.

dudes, who cares bout the fan! it only costs about $5-$10 to replace, and the replacement you get will prob be more effective anyway!! (jesus people pussy moan bout the smallest things!!)

 

[geogecko]

Umm...where did you come from, dude? First of all, that was an old message, when we didn't know ASUS was working on a fanless design.

Secondly, if the fan fails without you knowing about it, your board could be toast.

Thirdly, I'm using this in a fanless case, so the loud jet engine of a fan they have on the other boards is out of the question.

So, moan about me moaning all you want, but was your post really even worth posting?

Oh, and yeah, thanks for the double post. Way to get your post count up...

So, Dan, why are you holding out on us???

 

[xl80325]

Does this board comes with a bios which support amd 64 x2 cpu?

 

[Xenvu]

yes it does, and I just got mine today. Didn't come packed that well but it looks ok. It really sucks that I can't install it for another 8 hours when I get back from work. But at least I can tell you guys that it is indeed the heatpipe version.

 

[Waylay00]

Great, keep us posted.

 

[geogecko]

What about the manual that comes with it. The E1952 version on ASUS download site is dated back in March, and if I remember correctly, had no information about the cool-pipe technology in it.

Has the printed manual been updated?

 

[geogecko]

Looks like ZipZoomFly lowered their price. Now it's $199 with free 2nd day shipping...

 

[mwag]

Xenvu (or anyone else), would you do me a huge favor and tell me the height of the radiator on the heatpipe cooler and its approximate distance from the center of the cpu? I'm really hoping that a Zalman 7700 will fit on there, and here's what their site says:

"No motherboard components with a height greater than 39mm (1.53inch), as well as the PSU, disk drives, VGA card, and RAM should be present within a 68mm (2.68 inch) radius from the center of the CPU."

it's just too hard to guess from pics...

Thanks!

 

[bookman]

Will an XP-120 fit on this board?

 

[Forgotten Ronin]

Just need to hear if it'll compete with the DFI Lanparty NF4 SLI-DR for overclocking before I shell out the 200 bucks.

 

[geogecko]

According to the guy that posted on that thread (xtremesystems.org) a while back, he reached 300MHz for his memory, which is pretty close to the 318 on the DFI board. Need to verify the same setup though, to be sure which one performs better.

 

[solofly]

Looking for Canadian retailers? Anyone?

 

[geogecko]

Only place I was able to find, but says they have stock...not Canadian, but will ship to Canada.

http://www.xpcgear.com/asusa8nslip.html

 

[DfiDude]

Does it matter which premium to get? There are 2 of them, the one with the cool pipe and the one with the heatsink fan. Does it make a difference on both of them?

 

[Mug]

Originally posted by: DfiDude
Does it matter which premium to get? There are 2 of them, the one with the cool pipe and the one with the heatsink fan. Does it make a difference on both of them?

I think the PREMIUM only comes with the heat pipe. The DELUXE comes with the fan.

 

[bobov]

Originally posted by: bookman
Will an XP-120 fit on this board?

Yes, XP-120 does fit on A8N-Sli Premium.

 

[geogecko]

Yeah, the Premium that shows having a fan was a pre-production board, it never really existed, ecept by some reviewers who were given the board to test.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Looks like I may order this mobo over the DFI nf4-Ultra.

 

[DfiDude]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Looks like I may order this mobo over the DFI nf4-Ultra.

Same here man, i just need some good tccd ram like those geil ultra x

 

[Xenvu]

I'll try and measure it tonight. Its really small and doesn't cover the whole chipset. I installed an xp-90c with a panflo fan. Temps are around 36-44c idle, haven't tested the load yet. I might have screwed up the heatsink mounting. Chipset temps were around 48-51c idle. The board itself is awesome, I had no problems installing it and getting it to boot the first time. My only problem is that my motherboard isn't detecting my cpu fan but the fan itself is spinning. Its not a big problem right now but I can't adjust the speed of the fan. I'm sure I could get it cooler if I could up the rpms on the fan. Can anyone post their temps so I can compare? Also, does anyone know how hot the chipset on the deluxe is? Asus says this mobo is 10c cooler than the other nf4 boards. It still seems a bit hot to me.

Thanks.

 

[DfiDude]

Wow, the new dfi rd482 crossfire mobo is suppose to as good oc'ing as the nf4 dfi, i actually want that one, really good oc'ing ability , even though the asus oc's good too

 

[V3NGEANCE]

they have it for sale on zipzoomfly for 199.99 http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=247010&ps=hot0

 

[Waylay00]

Originally posted by: geogecko
Looks like ZipZoomFly lowered their price. Now it's $199 with free 2nd day shipping...

Already been said.

 

[teamride]

A8n-SLI Premium Currently Running
FSB: 300mhz x4
Memory: OCZ PC-4800 @ 2.5-4-4-8-((((1T)))) 600mhz v2.80
CPU- 3700+ San Diego @ 2700 v1.4

and not even close to maxed out
watch out DFI

 

[DfiDude]

The dfi mobo can get better timings with mushkin redline and more volts, therefore run better