Monday, September 17 2007
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by tkpenalty (September 17th - 7:33 AM) - Reply
wtf? Two phase power independent for the RAM? seperate power phase for NB as well! Look at the size of that southbridge cooler as well!
by Grings (September 17th - 7:33 AM) - Reply
Very nice, wonder if they'll (ASUS) be doing a ddr2 x38
by OnBoard (September 17th - 7:48 AM) - Reply
Anyone else think they should come up with cooler running chipsets ?) That's more heatsink and heatpipes than in many CPU coolers :D But surely those with a water cooled rig will like it.
by erocker (September 17th - 7:51 AM) - Reply
What all gets cooled with water?
by OnBoard (September 17th - 7:53 AM) - Reply
by: erocker
What all gets cooled with water?


Well everything is connected to each other, so yes. Wonder though will that run also with boxed cooler, seem like water cooling would just be an option.
by xnox202 (September 17th - 8:31 AM) - Reply
i think it looks awesome. way awesome.

*probarbly hopes this comes with ddr2*
by Weer (September 17th - 11:44 AM) - Reply
Why oh why doesn't it have SLi
by Urbklr (September 17th - 11:56 AM) - Reply
Because the 2900 is the way of the future;)
by newtekie1 (September 17th - 1:33 PM) - Reply
I never really liked the boards with built in waterblocks, they usually use 1/4 inch connectors, which make them pretty useless.
by tkpenalty (September 17th - 1:45 PM) - Reply
by: newtekie1
I never really liked the boards with built in waterblocks, they usually use 1/4 inch connectors, which make them pretty useless.
true... still...you still get pretty decent peformance from this though
by nflesher87 (September 17th - 1:58 PM) - Reply
:twitch: must be one heck of a south bridge! lol that's a massive HS

and yeah I don't care for the whole stock wc block on the NB...just jacks up the price so they can charge even more of a premium for their top board...
by FreedomEclipse (September 17th - 3:29 PM) - Reply
I am Decimus Maximus Motherbordus - Leader of the North & South bridges....

what? a D.P system for the ram???? thats f**king awesome but is ram even that fragile to fluck-chew-ations in voltage? would it be more cost effective to just manualy volt mod the Vram instead of adding a complete new unit & adding a crapper onto of the original price?

But yeah - geat for less experienced users who want to overclock their ram without the hassle of running the risk of burning their fingers on a soldering iron.

at the same time - If faster ram runs on less voltage while running faster & the Bios contains more Vram options then what would be the added benefit of having a extra D.P.S built in???? (D.P.S - Dual Power System)
by EastCoasthandle (September 17th - 3:53 PM) - Reply
I can't find a 12V connection? :wtf:
by Simri (September 17th - 4:34 PM) - Reply
by: xnox202
i think it looks awesome. way awesome.

*probarbly hopes this comes with ddr2*
Asus Maximus Formula = DDR2
Asus Maximus Extreme = DDR3


by: EastCoasthandle
I can't find a 12V connection? :wtf:
by nflesher87 (September 17th - 4:40 PM) - Reply
by: Simri
Asus Maximus Formula = DDR2
Asus Maximus Extreme = DDR3


nice spot, wonder why it has that plug in it?
by WarEagleAU (September 17th - 6:36 PM) - Reply
where are yall seeing a dual phase power deal for the ram? Im simply not seeing it.


This is one sweet looking bad mofo mobo
Price wise, probably 500 bucks. There is more copper, HS, etc on this mobo, than my whole pc has!!!!
by newtekie1 (September 17th - 6:50 PM) - Reply
by: nflesher87
nice spot, wonder why it has that plug in it?
Because it is an 8-pin connector, they put the little black plug in it so people with 4-pin power connectors on their power supplies know which 4-pins on the motherboard to use. You take it out if you have an 8-pin power supply.
by nflesher87 (September 17th - 7:36 PM) - Reply
by: newtekie1
Because it is an 8-pin connector, they put the little black plug in it so people with 4-pin power connectors on their power supplies know which 4-pins on the motherboard to use. You take it out if you have an 8-pin power supply.
haha yikes an 8 pin in addition to the 24 pin...apparently intel wasn't worried about power consumption when they had the X38 on the drawing board :laugh:
by newtekie1 (September 17th - 7:45 PM) - Reply
My 680i motherboard has the same thing, it is actually for the processor not the motherboard. Boards that support the Pentium Extreme processors are required to have an 8-pin connector, IIRC. The P965 based ASUS Commando has the same thing also.
by JacKz5o (September 17th - 7:52 PM) - Reply
Hmm, is it just me or does the northbridge heatsink look like colored aluminum and not copper?

Is this like the only non-100% copper heatsinked ASUS board? :p
by newtekie1 (September 17th - 7:55 PM) - Reply
It certainly does look like anodized aluminum to me.
by PVTCaboose1337 (September 24th - 2:45 AM) - Reply
Pretty sexy.
by hat (September 24th - 3:13 AM) - Reply
WTF... I see few people buying this. A low, low percentage of the market are enthusiasts, and even lower are the people who have watercooling...
by erocker (September 24th - 3:24 AM) - Reply
You don't have to use watercooling with it. I would.
by Wile E (September 24th - 3:25 AM) - Reply
I still want to know what size barbs it has.
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