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    ASUS A8N SLi Deluxe Motherboard Temps

    Well, 5 fans are running as exhaust. Back Case 80mm, PSU, Top Case 80mm, 2 x PCI slot fans. 2x80mm intakes in front of the hard drives. I noticed on Speed Fan that there are 3 temperature readings. CPU Motherboard Temp 3 (Unknown) Under 100% load, all three go into the 50's...
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    ASUS A8N SLi Deluxe Motherboard Temps

    It's the motherboard temp. No idea what the case temp is. With 8 fans running in it, there's not a whole lot more I can do except for watercooling.
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    ASUS A8N SLi Deluxe Motherboard Temps

    Thanks, I was hoping to hear that. If you look at my sig, my poor MOBO is running alot of gear. I'm thinking maybe I should take the EZ-connector PCI power plug out since my power supply already has two graphics card connectors. I'm not sure if that would be adding extra heat or not.
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    ASUS A8N SLi Deluxe Motherboard Temps

    I just installed the thermalright 90C tobring my CPU temp down, now my next target is the mobo. I put two slot fans in the PCI bins, andof couse the little spinner runs at 8,000RPM's ... but I am getting low-mid 50's under load. What is the spec temp for tis MOBO, anyone know? The Lian-Li...
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    FX series vs Athlon 64

    If I run cool n' quiet it calms down, but at stock speed, i'm topping out at 70C according to ASUS (which I am pretty sure is off).
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    FX series vs Athlon 64

    Oh yeah, and the FX-55 runs at 104Watts. For those times that the heating in the house goes out ... or the oven goes on the fritz ... or when the lighter runs out of butane. You guys aren't looking at the bigger picture here. It's much more than just a CPU ...
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    FX series vs Athlon 64

    Hey! Not so fast. I have an FX-55, and i've convinced myself that the extra $300 is due to a solid gold core which executes instructions more efficiently than a mere Athlon 64's, as it runs an advanced algorithm derived from coded messages that can only be intercepted by the Hubble telescope...
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    Thermal Interface Material Advice

    DOH!!!! I guess that answer that. I know Arctic Silver has the better reputation with regards to compound. Anyone want to buy a tube of MX-1? ;-)
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    Thermal Interface Material Advice

    Yeah, check it out: http://www.case-mod.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=1522 I notice that they compare it's performance with AS2 and AS3, but not AS5.
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    Thermal Interface Material Advice

    I have an FX-55 processor that is running too hot. I just invested in a ThermalRight 90C Heatsink, and 92cm 126CFM fan, and a couple of slot coolers. Should arrive today. I also ordered 1 tube each of Arctic Silver 5 and Arctic Silver MX-1. They were both on sale and both tubes cost me...
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    Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe - two cards, non-sli

    Unfortunately, yes. It will work for awhile with the SLI bridge on ... however, at random times the bottom half of my screen would disappear, while the top half would remain. In other words, I would have half of a display. A reboot would restore the display, but after a coupleof hours or...
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    Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe - two cards, non-sli

    You are right. And honestly, ASUS should docment this stuff. All they say is "you can run 4 monitors". No further explanation. You actually have to break a pastic tab to remove 6800 Ultra Cards from this board as the little pull tab is behind the heatsink. I had to play with it, but the...
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    Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe - two cards, non-sli

    Try running MS Flight Simulator 2004 at 1600x1200 on 3 monitors (simulating a 100 degree cockpit view) with every setting on maximum in order to run pilot training simlations, and then tell me that 2x6800ultra's in non-sli is a waste of money ;-)
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    Built out a new system

    BTW, I changed the BIOS to clock those 5x512 sticks to DDR400. I got about a 7% speed boost in Sandra and Prime95. It's been very stable. Ergo, with the right motherboard and BIOS (ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe), you can indeed run 4 DIMMS at DDR400 without doing much more than telling your BIOS...
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    Superhot FX-55

    I finally got the rig running and am on about hour 12 of burn-in. Everything is stable, but WOW, the CPU runs super-hot. I'm using the stock heatsink that AMD provided for the FX-55, and I sit at 44C idle, but when I loaded up MS Flight Simulator, and turned every feature to Max, ran it at...
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    Built out a new system

    Those are nice sticks. About $160 more than the 4x512's I got, but may be worth it. I would still love to see a head to head to see just how much of a difference there is. Over 5% would be worth the exta $$$, IMHO.
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    Built out a new system

    Thank you for the advice without criticism. It will be my next PSU.
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    Built out a new system

    >Haha. Not saying you are easily amused, but .... >well you spelled it wrong either way. -> Ballistics Yeah, got me. Good job. Thanks for all of your help. BTW, is it true that 1GB sticks have slower timings than 512Mb sticks, and that this somewhat muddies the discussion about...
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    Built out a new system

    Thanks Wisdomtooth. I will look into all of those issues. Upon simply poking around 80% of the noise does seem to be coming from the Power Supply. I may live with that, as it is a nice power supply, and it was quite expensive. It may be a matter of getting longer DVI cables and moving it a...
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    Built out a new system

    > It's Ballistix Calling me out for a spelling error on an intentionally misspelled marketing name? Come on now. Don't go overboard. >and current A64s downclock to DDR333 2T command with 4 DIMMs as per the JEDEC specification at the time of thier release. That's a fact. I'm not...
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    Built out a new system

    Cool, thanks for the replies. I'll go over the fans and re-torque every screw just to make sure. For some reason, the Cool-n-Quiet isn't working, so my CPU fan is spinning like crazy at 1% CPU usage .... need to investigate that too. As to the 4x512M vs. 2x1G issue, well, that has been one...
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    Built out a new system

    I went 4x512 Ballistix because I wanted 2GB of fast RAM. As for Deja Vu, I searched for "vibration" and got: "No search results were found" So do feel free to hook me up with a link. TIA.
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    Built out a new system

    I just built a new system: ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe AMD FX-55 2GB Crucial Ballistix (4x512) Plextor PX716A 2 x WD 10K RPM Raptors in Raid 0 2 x EVGA 6800 Ultra Video Cards 510W PC Power & Cooling Power Supply Lian-Li Mid Tower Aluminum Case 4 Case fans, 1 Power Supply fan. I haven't...
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    Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe - two cards, non-sli

    What is the correct way to set up the ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe board for 2 PCI-Express graphics cards (6800 Ultras), running 2 monitors each (4 monitors total)? Do I flip the swich to 2 cards, but not attach the SLI connector, or leave it on single card and simply plug a card into each slot...
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    FX-55 Heatsink Installation Problem

    I got a replacement motherboard, and AMD is sending a new heatsink. Can I put the heatsink over the CPU as-is (basically doubling the amount of thermal paste), or do I need to clean the previous themal pad off of the CPU? If I need to clean it off, what is the best method for doing so?
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    FX-55 Heatsink Installation Problem

    AMD has agreed to send me a new heatsink fan. My question is this: Has anyone gotten the AMD retail stock FX-55 fan to work in the Asus A8N SLI-Deluxe motherboard? If not, then the replacement heatsink will also not work ... and thus the problem won't be resolved. The cooler I got is the...
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    FX-55 Heatsink Installation Problem

    I just took it to two professional builders who build gaming machiens and workstations for a living (17 and 13 years experience respectively). Neither one could get the sink on. Used every tool in the shop to try to force it on. As hard as it is to believe, AMD made a defective retail...
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    FX-55 Heatsink Installation Problem

    Well, the thermal pad is really just paste apparently. I put it on, took it off, and the cpu was slathered in it, much like thermal grease. As long as there is a layer between the CPU and HS, i'm not sure there is a difference. I imagine everyone's thermal pads look like that after a day.
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    FX-55 Heatsink Installation Problem

    The heatsink that came boxed with the retail FX-55. It's got copper wiring. There is a picture of it here: http://www.amdgamer.com/read.php?rid=67&page=6&type=2 It's not my personal heatsink, but the same model.
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    FX-55 Heatsink Installation Problem

    I ordered the Asus SLI-Deluxe and AMD FX-55 with retail fan/heatsink. Processor drops into Mobo no problem, of course ... but the heatsink .... no way will it lock. It doesn't matter how hard I yank on the plastic locking lever, it will not lock ... and I have pushed down on it plenty hard...