A8N-e have any problems?

[ericlala]

There are so many threads on fan and bios problem with the A8N-SLI... are there any with the A8N-E? It will be used with a venice 3200+ OCing and value memory

 

[ericlala]

noone has this board?

 

[EndGame]

It does not have the problems the SLI version has whatsoever. Mine was stable out of the box and very easy to setup. Plenty of "bells and whistles" and overclocks easily. I have mine at 260/10 all day everyday, Prime, SuperPI stable. I have the XP90 with a Panaflo 92mm fan in a Sonata case and temps idle are around 31C load temps around 43C.

 

[Gerbil333]

It has the same fan. Prepare to find a different hsf.

 

[ericlala]

if the choice was between this and the equivlent MSI board, which would you guys choose?

 

[EndGame]

Originally posted by: Gerbil333
It has the same fan. Prepare to find a different hsf.

Have you run this board next to a DFI SLI board or any other board? I have, the DFI's fan is equally as loud and the IC7's fan is LOUDER than this boards NB fan. If, there's still a "quiet PC" desire beyond this, there are a couple of easy remedies. Connect to fan controller, Buy 40mm Panasonic/Panaflo and replace the fan for about $5. Not a big deal really and since all non-passively cooled NB's on boards use 40mm cheapo fans, the sounds will be pretty much the same across the board unless there's a problem with said fan. If you plan to O/C, I wouldn't try passive colling although some have stated they were going to.

I'm not at all familiar with the MSI board so I won't comment on it.🙂

 

[ericlala]

Ok thanks, seems like the only problem is the fan noise. That can be easily fixed 🙂

 

[Gerbil333]

EndGame: As far as I'm aware, nearly all nF4 boards have noisy chipset fans...