X38 Release Information - Part Two

[SerpentRoyal]

Passive cooling is not very effective in the absence of adequate air flow.

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Originally posted by: NoelS

Originally posted by: SerpentRoyal

For best performance and compatibility (hot plug) with eSATA, go with a quality PCI or PCI-E card. eSATA is as fast as an internal HDD. USB 2.0 is limited to about 30MB/sec. Some boards route eSATA thru the JMicron chip.

SerpentRoyal,

On the RAM, thanks, I'll double check it.

As for the eSATA, I assume you're suggesting I should be using an eSATA PCI or PCI-E card instead of an ESATA bracket? Wouldn't that be a lot more expensive than my eSATA bracket which only costs $10 versus the price of an eSATA card? I have my eSATA bracket hooked up to the same SATA connectors as the HDDS, the ones off the ICH8R chip, not the JMicron chip. It is as fast as the HDDs, it just won't hot-sawp, so when I want to back up to my eSATA external, I have to re-boot to get it to recognize the eSATA external...

Noel

The bracket may not give you hot plug capability. If you're okay with that, then the $10 solution will be fine. I've never tested eSATA with IP35-E so I'm giving you the high-performance, sure-thing solution. Don't think you'll need to fork over more than $25 for a very good PCI-E eSATA card.

 

[NoelS]

Originally posted by: SerpentRoyal


The bracket may not give you hot plug capability. If you're okay with that, then the $10 solution will be fine. I've never tested eSATA with IP35-E so I'm giving you the high-performance, sure-thing solution. Don't think you'll need to fork over more than $25 for a very good PCI-E eSATA card.

SerpentRoyal,

Thanks, I'll keep that one in mind. I had never considered it before...

Noel

 

[T2k]

Originally posted by: QuiksilverX1
In case anyone missed these pic's of the Asus Maximus Formula (ROG) board:
http://www.xfastest.com/viewth...id=3694&extra=page%3D1

My only reaction the that massive passive heatsink is why oh why didn't they just use active cooling.

First those are quite outdated pics - haven't seen this non-SE anywhere for sale but SE version is everywhere by today and we already have preliminary OC results as well: http://www.xtremesystems.org/f...howthread.php?t=160945

Second that's the point in SE: it's a pure enthusiast board which works just fine right out of the box for people without water - note on my link: they tested it with air - but lot of people - including myself - will opt for water.
I love the idea of heatpipe + WC cooling for the mobo, especially built by the mfr.

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: T2k

Originally posted by: QuiksilverX1
In case anyone missed these pic's of the Asus Maximus Formula (ROG) board:
http://www.xfastest.com/viewth...id=3694&extra=page%3D1

My only reaction the that massive passive heatsink is why oh why didn't they just use active cooling.

First those are quite outdated pics - haven't seen this non-SE anywhere for sale but SE version is everywhere by today and we already have preliminary OC results as well: http://www.xtremesystems.org/f...howthread.php?t=160945

Second that's the point in SE: it's a pure enthusiast board which works just fine right out of the box for people without water - note on my link: they tested it with air - but lot of people - including myself - will opt for water.
I love the idea of heatpipe + WC cooling for the mobo, especially built by the mfr.

Non-Se over here:
http://clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=CA4802847

and it didn't change...