My new rig w/ Asus A8N up and running w/ benches

[Wall7486]

Just wanted to share a wonderful experience with the Asus A8N motherboard. I didn't get any major problems, the install was silky smooth. My specs are the following:

Asus A8N Deluxe w/ Zalman 7000B
Athlon 64 4000+
Crucuail DDR500 1GB
Enermax 600 Watt
2x eVGA 6800 GT
74 GB Raptor Hard drive
NEC 3520 DVD+/- RW

Yes I did purchase a dual rail PSU. It is running fine, even though I read a few posts about dual rails being awfully weak or cause instability. The Enermax 600 has 19A on one rail and 18A on the other rail. I've been running this comp for four days already, approximately 13-14 hours a day and it's still very stable. Overall, it was a perfect build except that I recieved a broken floppy drive.

Benches (Everything is at stock speeds)
Aquamark 3: 75,377
3DMark 01: 23775
3DMark 03: 18509
3DMark 05: 8498
Doom 3: 101.4
Half-Life 2: 154.16

 

[Waylay00]

Nice! Any pics? Oh yeah, does the Zalman overhand any DIMM memory slots?

 

[macewank]

Benches (Everything is at stock speeds)
Aquamark 3: 75,377
3DMark 01: 23775
3DMark 03: 18509
3DMark 05: 8498
Doom 3: 101.4
Half-Life 2: 154.16

sweet.. i dont feel so bad about my benches now...

scored a 54,416 in AM3 and a 12000something in 3dmark03 with my 939 3000+/6800GT rig (1 6800)

 

[Wall7486]

Originally posted by: Waylay00
Nice! Any pics? Oh yeah, does the Zalman overhand any DIMM memory slots?

it doesn't block any DIMM, there is about 1-2mm space. Im trying to get my digital camera to work, I have pics but is too dark, ill tryta put it up ASAP.

 

[Waylay00]

And one more question, how hard was it to intsall the Zalman heatsink? Was the stock ASUS backplate glued on or what?

 

[Wall7486]

Originally posted by: Waylay00
And one more question, how hard was it to intsall the Zalman heatsink? Was the stock ASUS backplate glued on or what?

The Zalman Heatsink is very easy to install, but kind of heavy. The instructions are very clear. The asus backplate is not glued, if you to remove it you just unscrew it.

 

[Waylay00]

Bump. Got any pics?