I call BS on this:

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: daniel1113

Originally posted by: Broly
Wow so then the techie guy was actually right.
SO I just stick with the premium?

My big worry is that i lose alot when I go to the premium

What if dual x16 lanes eventually become handy down the road?

I am also having difficulty wrapping my head wround the fact that the heatpipe doesn't work "well" when it's inverted

infact I don't understand how the conduction of head is affected by inverting the motherboard since conduction is dependent on the the heatpipes specific heat capacity

Graphics cards now don't use the full capacity of an x8 lane, much less an x16. It will be a few years before that happens, and since you obviously don't have an issue spending money, I'm sure you'll be able to upgrade.

As for the heatpipe issue, it's tricky. A heatpipe basically works by captuirng heat energy and using that energy to turn a liquid into a vapor. As the vapor rises within the pipe, it cools and returns to the bottom as a liquid. The process then repeats, acting as a conveyor pulling heat away from the source.

Inverting the pipe isn't a problem in most cases as the liquid merely falls to the appropriate end (by the force of gravity) and rises when heated against the force of gravity. However, for some reason, the heatpipe used by Asus does not work inverted. Perhaps the liquid is unable to move to the other end, or maybe it doesn't have a sufficient wick. Either way, it just doesn't work. Maybe they fixed the problem on newer models, but if not, you will need to remove the heatpipe and add cooling to both the chipsets and the mosfets.

i don't think even a 7800gtx would saturate a agp 8x slot.....

 

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: bob4432
i don't think even a 7800gtx would saturate a agp 8x slot.....

Nope, not at all.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Broly
Wow so then the techie guy was actually right.
SO I just stick with the premium?

My big worry is that i lose alot when I go to the premium

What if dual x16 lanes eventually become handy down the road?

Then just get a new mobo when you need to.

 

[Broly]

To the guy that has a similar case
if you run a deluxe can you fit another card in sli at the bottom or no?

 

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: Broly
To the guy that has a similar case
if you run a deluxe can you fit another card in sli at the bottom or no?

I think the Deluxe has the same layout as my Premium, in which case, yes, I have plenty of room to run another card in SLI with a waterblock if I don't use my neighboring PCI slot. Unfortunately, this would mean that I only have one usable PCI slot.

 

[Broly]

No the deluxe and premium are different man

Look at hte deluxe's pic, THe PCI E slot is 2nd bottom slot while the last slot is the PCI which gets covered by the gtx

would you be able to fit a card at the bottom of your mobo?

 

[foodfightr]

Originally posted by: Broly
not reallyu, best W/C system in the best case... prefitted and alll hidden from the human eye, really something to see.

Best huh? I'd beg to differ. I don't see any swiftech or danger den parts in this W/C system.

The way that I see it, water cooling is just about dead when OCZ makes phase change in the $300-$350 price range. Should be any day now, where people who want to spend money on good cooling will be able to run thier computer at sub zero temperatures.

Speaking of, how far did you overclock that x2 4800 to? I'm running my opteron 165 at 2.7Ghz at STOCK voltage.

The kicker? Only cost me $333.

 

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: Broly
No the deluxe and premium are different man

Look at hte deluxe's pic, THe PCI E slot is 2nd bottom slot while the last slot is the PCI which gets covered by the gtx

would you be able to fit a card at the bottom of your mobo?

I already answered that. And the A8N-SLI Deluxe has the same layout as the A8N-SLI Premium, slot wise.

EDIT: If you are talking about the A8N32-SLI Deluxe, then my answer above already covers that. I don't see where the amibuity is, other than you being unclear about which mobo version you are talking about at any given time.

 

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: foodfightr
Best huh? I'd beg to differ. I don't see any swiftech or danger den parts in this W/C system.

The Koolance radiator setup is one of the best available. Plus, it doesn't come with any blocks, so you can order whatever the hell brand you want, such as Danger Den.

 

[Broly]

yes, I'm talking about the a8n32 deluxe

would you be able to fit the 2nd 7800 in in the bottom where the pcie slot is?

 

[Broly]

bump

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Looney
Lets see a pic of your monitor and desk and such.

Yes Looney, this really is my desk.

 

[erikistired]

a8n32 deluxe:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage...20ATX%20AMD%20Motherboard%20-%20Retail

NO.

a8n premium:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage...urImage=13-131-540-01.jpg&Description=

YES.

a8n deluxe (no 32):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage...urImage=13-131-517-01.jpg&Description=

YES.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Stas
First of all, if you say that he is a noob then build it yourself.
Second, the card should fit because the case is designed for 2 SLI cards.
Last but not the least, you got owned with that case (pricewise).

ROFLROFLROFL... personally u could of built better for cheaper. :X
But i guess its nice to be rich.. heh..

 

[Dragoon42]

Originally posted by: Zebo

Originally posted by: DerelictDev
God damn ****** a blowjob, this case should be built so you can have sex with it. $520!??!? Wow some people are just ****** crazy.

Actually it's not that bad when you consider BYO water cooling. The assemby time alone is worth $100 then about $200-$300 in watercool gear.. Plus that case empty is $250 easily adding up to over $550.

fsk that for $520 you could get a watercooling setup that's 1000000x better.

 

[SophalotJack]

Judging from the OP's sig and admittance to buying a case that costs more than my car.... I have concluded that the OP has nothing to complain about.

Especially since ya can't get the job done on your own! What are you doing on AT forums if you don't even want to try yourself?

More so, if you have that kind of money, what are you doing sitting on a computer. Go do something awesome. You apparently don't care to be an enthusiast if you are having some lacky install basic computer parts.

 

[TanisHalfElven]

Originally posted by: SophalotJack
Judging from the OP's sig and admittance to buying a case that costs more than my car.... I have concluded that the OP has nothing to complain about.

Especially since ya can't get the job done on your own! What are you doing on AT forums if you don't even want to try yourself?

More so, if you have that kind of money, what are you doing sitting on a computer. Go do something awesome. You apparently don't care to be an enthusiast if you are having some lacky install basic computer parts.

QFT.

honestly any computer owner with the least bit of pride builds their rig themselves.
even me although i had never done much with computer hardware assemebled my computer without any help... and i did not even have enough to get replacements if something gos wrong (as this rich OP certainly does). build the damn rig yourself.

also you nevcer answered my question. do you plan to OC it. if not (and even if yes) why are you byuing W/C.

 

[ribbon13]

Yeah, and if you're overclocking it, why didn't you just get vapor phase?

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: SophalotJack
Judging from the OP's sig and admittance to buying a case that costs more than my car.... I have concluded that the OP has nothing to complain about.

Especially since ya can't get the job done on your own! What are you doing on AT forums if you don't even want to try yourself?

More so, if you have that kind of money, what are you doing sitting on a computer. Go do something awesome. You apparently don't care to be an enthusiast if you are having some lacky install basic computer parts.

-------------------------
Opteron 165 under XP-90 @ 2.7ghz w/1.425V down to 2.66 w/1.4V (paranoia)
eVGA NF4 SLI mobo
1x eVGA 7800GT (stock timings)
2x 74GB Raptors in RAID 0
1GB PC3200 Geil Platinum @ 200mhz 2.0 6 3 3 2t
SB Audigy 2 Platinum
Antec P180
Onkyo 7.1 surround system via Audigy optical out
3d05 score: 7547 .

And if that's your rig while driving <$550 car you're even dumber than he his. Priorities brotha.

 

[SophalotJack]

Originally posted by: Zebo

Originally posted by: SophalotJack
Judging from the OP's sig and admittance to buying a case that costs more than my car.... I have concluded that the OP has nothing to complain about.

Especially since ya can't get the job done on your own! What are you doing on AT forums if you don't even want to try yourself?

More so, if you have that kind of money, what are you doing sitting on a computer. Go do something awesome. You apparently don't care to be an enthusiast if you are having some lacky install basic computer parts.

-------------------------
Opteron 165 under XP-90 @ 2.7ghz w/1.425V down to 2.66 w/1.4V (paranoia)
eVGA NF4 SLI mobo
1x eVGA 7800GT (stock timings)
2x 74GB Raptors in RAID 0
1GB PC3200 Geil Platinum @ 200mhz 2.0 6 3 3 2t
SB Audigy 2 Platinum
Antec P180
Onkyo 7.1 surround system via Audigy optical out
3d05 score: 7547 .

And if that's your rig while driving <$550 car you're even dumber than he his. Priorities brotha.

Well, my car is worth about $1500 or so dollars if I put $1100 into the transmission, which still works fine for my uses... just grinds in first gear.

And I am in college working on my CS degree... so yes, I am pretty sure I have my priorities straight.


I spend 100x more time using my computer than my car.

 

[Jules]

Originally posted by: SophalotJack

Originally posted by: Zebo

Originally posted by: SophalotJack
Judging from the OP's sig and admittance to buying a case that costs more than my car.... I have concluded that the OP has nothing to complain about.

Especially since ya can't get the job done on your own! What are you doing on AT forums if you don't even want to try yourself?

More so, if you have that kind of money, what are you doing sitting on a computer. Go do something awesome. You apparently don't care to be an enthusiast if you are having some lacky install basic computer parts.

-------------------------
Opteron 165 under XP-90 @ 2.7ghz w/1.425V down to 2.66 w/1.4V (paranoia)
eVGA NF4 SLI mobo
1x eVGA 7800GT (stock timings)
2x 74GB Raptors in RAID 0
1GB PC3200 Geil Platinum @ 200mhz 2.0 6 3 3 2t
SB Audigy 2 Platinum
Antec P180
Onkyo 7.1 surround system via Audigy optical out
3d05 score: 7547 .

And if that's your rig while driving <$550 car you're even dumber than he his. Priorities brotha.

Well, my car is worth about $1500 or so dollars if I put $1100 into the transmission, which still works fine for my uses... just grinds in first gear.

And I am in college working on my CS degree... so yes, I am pretty sure I have my priorities straight.


I spend 100x more time using my computer than my car.

LOL @ you

 

[SophalotJack]

Say what you will... but I make money back from my computer.

The only thing my car has been profitable for is the oil industry.

I am contempt riding my bicycle around in my college town.

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: djmihow
so does this case give a nice blowjob?

at $520, this case do my taxes and suck my cock simultaneously while i play cs:source