Asus P5N32-E SLI in da house !
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Some more pics,
I took off the heatpipes. I was dissappointed to see that teh Heatsinks on the NB and SB were not making proper contact.It was time for some AS5 treatment.
I would suggest all those who get this board,better check yours too. Cos trust me this thing does get pretty damn hot !
Nvidia used 590 SLI as SB !!!:S :S No wonder the 680i chipset costs more than 975Xhyeah:
Also look at the SB heatsink,what were Asus Engineers thinking ? how can that tiny thing keep 590 SLI cool ? for god sakes, it was the TOL chipset of the Nforce 5 series chipsets.
The heatsink on the NB could also have been bigger. Also this time around,Asus hasnt bundled the tiny fan they used to provide to fit over the VRM Heatsink
I took off the heatpipes. I was dissappointed to see that teh Heatsinks on the NB and SB were not making proper contact.It was time for some AS5 treatment.
I would suggest all those who get this board,better check yours too. Cos trust me this thing does get pretty damn hot !
Nvidia used 590 SLI as SB !!!:S :S No wonder the 680i chipset costs more than 975X
hyeah:Also look at the SB heatsink,what were Asus Engineers thinking ? how can that tiny thing keep 590 SLI cool ? for god sakes, it was the TOL chipset of the Nforce 5 series chipsets.
The heatsink on the NB could also have been bigger. Also this time around,Asus hasnt bundled the tiny fan they used to provide to fit over the VRM Heatsink
ANP !!!
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Darklord said:Some more pics,
I took off the heatpipes. I was dissappointed to see that teh Heatsinks on the NB and SB were not making proper contact.It was time for some AS5 treatment.
I would suggest all those who get this board,better check yours too. Cos trust me this thing does get pretty damn hot !
Nvidia used 590 SLI as SB !!!:S :S No wonder the 680i chipset costs more than 975X
Also look at the SB heatsink,what were Asus Engineers thinking ? how can that tiny thing keep 590 SLI cool ? for god sakes, it was the TOL chipset of the Nforce 5 series chipsets.
The heatsink on the NB could also have been bigger. Also this time around,Asus hasnt bundled the tiny fan they used to provide to fit over the VRM Heatsink
becoz if they fit a bigger SB cooler, it may/will obstruct the graphics card.. right
there is already very tiny space between the gfx card <> SB. just my 2p
shado_chazzer_killer said:becoz if they fit a bigger SB cooler, it may/will obstruct the graphics card.. right
i disagree... dispite how people complained about DFI's solution of fitting a fan to cool the erstwhile Southbridge of AMD 939's, it actually did a darn good job. Ofcourse the implementation sucked and the fan started getting bogged down and required cleaning. But still, a better implementation of some form of active cooling would beat these makeshift heatpipes any day.