ECS X79R-AX Stealth Motherboard Pictured

[INSTG8R]

Stick with my Sabertooth...

 

[Vancha]

Oh look, it's an Asus Sabertoo- ... Oh, no, wait...

cough "rip off" cough

ECS stealth saberooth

Should ASUS have the monopoly on motherboard shrouds? If they're beneficial, I'd expect to see every brand coming up with their own versions.

 

[tacosRcool]

Huh, all it is... is this with covers.
And, I, myself, would prefer no covers.

Spoiler

http://forums.legitreviews.com/download/file.php?id=9626&sid=3b111cb9f0d9f6e333bcc6ed568efde2

And, how about access to the headers?

good question!

 

[No_Asylum]

I dont like the Ram slots on both sides of the CPU. It makes using the CPU fan to cool your ram that much more difficult.

 

[hellrazor]

So just exactly where are the SATA slots, or are we just not supposed to have any storage?

 

[Frick]

So just exactly where are the SATA slots, or are we just not supposed to have any storage?

I think they are angled on the right side. I'm thinking it's the same with panel IOs.

Anyhow, I like the concept of these things, but not the execution. I have no idea what to improve though.

 

[SP3KT3R]

I'll never understand that full board cladding, Looks horrid. As for the SATA ports , you can barely see a feint location on the bottom edge of the board (left side, just below the power/reset)

 

[Morgoth]

looks like a texture of a model

 

[pantherx12]

Worst render ever : [ looks like it's done in ms paint.

 

[unholythree]

I think a shroud just for the expansion slot area would be a great idea, especially for aftermarket Video card heatsinks that dump hot air directly in the case.

Quick and dirty sketch:

(in ms paint for pantherx12)

No motherboard component can be more than 15mm tall in that area to meet speck; so all you would need is a piece of acrylic or insulated sheet metal on standoffs and you have a separate thermal zone.

This is really more of an idea for case designers rather than mobo manufacturers.

 

[SIGSEGV]

nice board, if they used aluminium cover that would be impressive, heat spreader and also dust cover for the board components, i wish asus havent patented their sabretooth design

 

[pantherx12]

I think a shroud just for the expansion slot area would be a great idea, especially for aftermarket Video card heatsinks that dump hot air directly in the case.

Quick and dirty sketch:
http://i.imgur.com/ncOlE.jpg
(in ms paint for pantherx12)

No motherboard component can be more than 15mm tall in that area to meet speck; so all you would need is a piece of acrylic or insulated sheet metal on standoffs and you have a separate thermal zone.

This is really more of an idea for case designers rather than mobo manufacturers.

Thanks! funnily enough yours looks better somehow

 

[qwerty_lesh]

Thanks! funnily enough yours looks better somehow

ECS could learn a thing or two from unholythree

 

[jalex3]

cough "rip off" cough

And this is why I like cars, You hardly ever see people complaining they ripped each other off.