Fanless X570 motherboards?

[Zach_01]

Embedded, you mean the fan's wires are soldered on the board?

You cant even see any wires. May be if you cut the heatsink open, i really dont know. As I said earlier the fan has 3 modes in BIOS and the silent one starts the fan at 58~61C. If you place a case fan on it with sufficient air flow and with silent mode the fan is stopped. In my senario a sub-30C ambient required for that. Chipset temp right now is around 46~47C, case fan airflow around 28C.

 

[Keullo-e]

You cant even see any wires. May be if you cut the heatsink open, i really dont know. As I said earlier the fan has 3 modes in BIOS and the silent one starts the fan at 58~61C. If you place a case fan on it with sufficient air flow and with silent mode the fan is stopped. In my senario a sub-30C ambient required for that. Chipset temp right now is around 46~47C, case fan airflow around 28C.

Interesting, didn't even know that. Well, a real enthusiast wouldn't give a rat's crap and would disassembly those anyway..

 

[Xzibit]

They should have a plug on the MSI where the chipset fan isnt covered up by a grill or M.2 heatsink you can clearly see one. They should all be like such.

 

[Keullo-e]

They should have a plug on the MSI where the chipset fan isnt covered up by a grill or M.2 heatsink you can clearly see one. They should all be like such.

Exactly. Just to unplug it or replace it with your own solution, with or without fan.

 

[R-T-B]

There have been much hungrier chipsets - X58 being a common example - that had passive cooling.

I believe the TDP on X58 is actually lower.

 

[Keullo-e]

I believe the TDP on X58 is actually lower.

 

[WHOFOUNDFUNGUS]

Embedded, you mean the fan's wires are soldered on the board?

Embedded, as in integral, as in riveted, melded, unified, factory joined at the hip, vitals, or whatever makes it as permanently part of the board as possible. I called Asus about this. You mess with it, the warranty on the board is void. It's not like you can just unscrew the cover and unplug the fan. Not sure I'd want to get into modding a brand new main board while the warranty is still in effect but to each their own.

Yup gotta luv those old X58 boards. I have two of them running right now even as I type. Not that I mind the system I'm typing on right now. (I suppose I should pop the info on this rig into my profile at some point.) Still, it's a fact they don't make 'em like they used to.

 

[Xzibit]

Embedded, as in integral, as in riveted, melded, unified, factory joined at the hip, vitals, or whatever makes it as permanently part of the board as possible. I called Asus about this. You mess with it, the warranty on the board is void. It's not like you can just unscrew the cover and unplug the fan. Not sure I'd want to get into modding a brand new main board while the warranty is still in effect but to each their own.

Yup gotta luv those old X58 boards. I have two of them running right now even as I type. Not that I mind the system I'm typing on right now. (I suppose I should pop the info on this rig into my profile at some point.) Still, it's a fact they don't make 'em like they used to.

Actually you can.

 

[R-T-B]

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Oof. Must've been a wee bit off then.

 

[Keullo-e]

Oof. Must've been a wee bit off then.

At least the good old Asus P6T SE did its job with passive cooling even with i7-920 @ 4.2GHz

Embedded, as in integral, as in riveted, melded, unified, factory joined at the hip, vitals, or whatever makes it as permanently part of the board as possible. I called Asus about this. You mess with it, the warranty on the board is void. It's not like you can just unscrew the cover and unplug the fan. Not sure I'd want to get into modding a brand new main board while the warranty is still in effect but to each their own.

Yup gotta luv those old X58 boards. I have two of them running right now even as I type. Not that I mind the system I'm typing on right now. (I suppose I should pop the info on this rig into my profile at some point.) Still, it's a fact they don't make 'em like they used to.

An enthusiast won't usually care about the warranty.

 

[WHOFOUNDFUNGUS]

An enthusiast with money to burn might not care. lol I'm an enthusiast and I certainly value my warranties.

 

[Keullo-e]

An enthusiast with money to burn might not care. lol I'm an enthusiast and I certainly value my warranties.

An enthusiast will cool their graphics cards with h2o and therewore wipe their butts with warranty by removing the original cooler.

 

[WHOFOUNDFUNGUS]

Yeah, they'll do that too but not all enthusiasts are alike.

 

[R-T-B]

An enthusiast will cool their graphics cards with h2o and therewore wipe their butts with warranty by removing the original cooler.

A certain type of enthusiast maybe.

I don't do water period.

 

[Keullo-e]

A certain type of enthusiast maybe.

I don't do water period.

To be honest, I also drive my Crossfire beasts with air for now, but soon that's gonna change. (got only one waterblock and that was full of shit, cleaned it but just the CPU is under h2o now)

 

[WHOFOUNDFUNGUS]

Actually you can.

Which board, Xz? Is it any good? You caught my curiosity now because Asus told me I couldn't.

A certain type of enthusiast maybe.

I don't do water period.

A frog that won't do water. Now I'm impressed!

At least the good old Asus P6T SE did its job with passive cooling even with i7-920 @ 4.2GHz


An enthusiast won't usually care about the warranty.

Both of my X58s run i920 chips. I won't say what they're clocked at coz nobody would believe me anyway. They've run this way for years and on air cooling too. I have an MSI 1050 Ti running on one. What I love about them the most is that they actually have a BIOS. That UEFI GUI is not a BIOS despite what anyone might call it.

 

[Keullo-e]

With good tips and cooling, an i7-920 could achieve easily 4.2GHz and even more, so at least I don't doubt your OC what you had with those.

Yeah, they'll do that too but not all enthusiasts are alike.

Well, that's then an user who just buys fast parts but doesn't squeeze everything out from 'em. That's where we come to the play. Yeah, I have a historical R9 290 Crossfire but it still kicks ass. 8)

 

[WHOFOUNDFUNGUS]

I actually gave them to two of my daughters and they both love them. The younger one uses an old Sapphire card in hers. I never have any problem with those rigs. I just keep upgrading them and my girls stay happy I suppose I should explain more... They're too young to post here yet. We all live in the same house and I'm their IT guy. Spoiled brats, they are. The 12 year old is getting into python and wants to be a game developer. The ten year old is simply a gamer. The youngest likes to game and watch animal videos. I have four daughters. They keep me busy building.

 

[Keullo-e]

Great that they'll still be in good usage!

They're too young to post here yet.

Nah, I was on IRC since I was 9yo.

 

[WHOFOUNDFUNGUS]

Great that they'll still be in good usage!


Nah, I was on IRC since I was 9yo.

ha ha ha They do have a mother we all must answer to.

 

[Xzibit]

Which board, Xz? Is it any good? You caught my curiosity now because Asus told me I couldn't.

They all should but you already mentioned your scared of voiding warranty.

Surprise you haven't come across this video yet. As an enthusiast you should pay attention on the settings shes displaying and whats available.

 

[WHOFOUNDFUNGUS]

They all should but you already mentioned your scared of voiding warranty.

Surprise you haven't come across this video yet. As an enthusiast you should pay attention on the settings shes displaying and whats available.

Well, as an enthusiast I spend a lot of time enjoying my rigs and watching YouTube videos is not always a priority. But I certainly watch them. I have to say GIGABYTE certainly has been getting better. That video looks familiar. I may have watched it in part. I'll have another look. Thanks.

*umm... I watched it. Nothing about unplugging the fan altogether that I could see. I'm not scared of voiding the warranty. I'm just not stupid. I find it annoying that I can't just unplug the fan without voiding the warranty. There is a difference. Why waste money on repairs when there are so many awesome components out there to buy, right? You can believe me when I say stuff happens. I've made my fair share of RMA's in these past two decades of PC building and I never enjoyed a single one. Board manufacturers should have made this an easy, user-serviceable deal but they didn't. We should have had the option of implementing tower cooling if we wanted to without voiding the warranty but we don't. Fans should have been optional but they're not. To be honest the least of my concerns is how loud the fans may or may not be. This is nothing a good set of cans can't fix. Quality, longevity, durability, performance... This is what concerns me more. Architecture like this already has a bad rap. Then again, people who forget history...

 

[Keullo-e]

I call myself as an enthusiast not like I need to have the best hardware, but I love to take the crap out what I have. Then we move to water cooling and search the best voltage/clock ratio

 

[WHOFOUNDFUNGUS]

I call myself as an enthusiast not like I need to have the best hardware, but I love to take the crap out what I have. Then we move to water cooling and search the best voltage/clock ratio

Yup. You're an enthusiast. I get pretty enthusiastic about rescuing old PCs nobody wants and making them work again. I like upgrading them and proving there is still life in the things once they get a little TLC. There are all kinds of enthusiasts out there. You don't have to go with bleeding edge to be an enthusiast.

 

[Xzibit]

Well, as an enthusiast I spend a lot of time enjoying my rigs and watching YouTube videos is not always a priority. But I certainly watch them. I have to say GIGABYTE certainly has been getting better. That video looks familiar. I may have watched it in part. I'll have another look. Thanks.

*umm... I watched it. Nothing about unplugging the fan altogether that I could see. I'm not scared of voiding the warranty. I'm just not stupid. I find it annoying that I can't just unplug the fan without voiding the warranty. There is a difference. Why waste money on repairs when there are so many awesome components out there to buy, right? You can believe me when I say stuff happens. I've made my fair share of RMA's in these past two decades of PC building and I never enjoyed a single one. Board manufacturers should have made this an easy, user-serviceable deal but they didn't. We should have had the option of implementing tower cooling if we wanted to without voiding the warranty but we don't. Fans should have been optional but they're not. To be honest the least of my concerns is how loud the fans may or may not be. This is nothing a good set of cans can't fix. Quality, longevity, durability, performance... This is what concerns me more. Architecture like this already has a bad rap. Then again, people who forget history...

Wait what ?

We then going to complain about the tower cooling impeding on GPUs installs. Take Asus X570s the chipset fan is straight across the first PCIe x16. Would of thought one who is try'n to potentially alter the chipset would catch that.