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Anything I should know about an ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe MB?

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imported_Wish

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Howdy,

Thanks for reading my post.

Soon I will receive an ASUS A8N SLI motherboard with as part of a custom pc build. Is there anything I should know about it beforehand? In particular, I'm wondering if the chipset fan should be replaced when I get it.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks!

*wish*
 
Fanswap to a Zalman NB-47J was pretty easy... Just clipped the fan retention clips and twisted it off. Then removed old white paste with a QTip and high-purity isopropyl alcohol (there was quite a bit of it). Put new AS Ceramique on (use caution if using AS5, as it is a conductor, and a little spillage on the neighboring traces may fry the MB...) chip. Attach PASSIVE (and quiet) heatsink with supplied clips.
At this point, powering on was OBVIOUSLY quieter (but I had a near silent build to begin with), but temps were a fair bit higher...
So I jury-rigged a big (and quiet) Nexus 120mm fan to blow over the heatsink... Much cooler now, and much quieter than the original.

Other than that, the only other problem I had was when I tried to install Windows 200 Pro to a pair of RAID 1 drives. WHAT A PAIN IN THE A$$!!
All I can say, is if RAID is part of your build, then start reading about nVidia RAID drivers, and how to "slipstream" them into a customized .iso of the original Windows install CD. You'll find lots of reading on the topic all over the forums.

Oh, one last thing. I flashed the BIOS a few times, but noticed that it never worked right afterwards until I went into the BIOS and then told it to "RESET to DEFAULTS". After that it was pretty flawless.
Cheers,
-A
 
I would suggest you move up to the A8N SLI Premium so you don't have to bother with replacing the chipset HS/F.
 
Thank you for responding.

keldog7, the Zalman NB47J seems to be the way to go. I have no experience modifying computer components at all, so what fan would you suggest I purchase at the same time as the NB47J? Obviously I'm looking for something quiet. No RAID plans currently.

Operandi, thank you for the suggestion. However my case is a Lian-Li V1100plus, requiring the motherboar to be inverted. I went with the Deluxe so as not to deal with possible inverted heatpipe issues.

Thanks to these responses, I guess all I now need is a good fan suggestion!



 
Really depends on your "quietness" threshold... All I mean by that is how quiet do you want it to be? Bigger fans are quieter, but they may be difficult to orient in the case so that they blow over the heatsink (i.e. you may have to make creative use of some tie wraps and screws to get the fan where you want it.) Also, spending a lot of time choosing the quietest fan might not make sense if its installed beside a 7800GTX and its 58 (or so) decibels of noise... If your other comonents are all real quiet, a Nexus or Yate Loon 120 would satisfy most.
Personally, I use a Nexus Silent 120 in most of my cases - mainly because I can't hear it, and because its fairly available to me...I could never easily find Yate Loon and Panaflow fans. The Nexus doesn't move alot of air, but for the NB47J, it doesn't really have to, in order to keep temps down. Silentpcreview has some good reviews on a variety of fans, and is worth checking out.
Cheers,
A
PS. I'd re-consider Operandi's suggestion as well, since I think that the "inverted heatpipe issues" are non-sense. Gravity (hence orientation) should have nothing to do with the operation of a heat-pipe, and its internal wicking mechanisms. Of course, if you've found info that shows people having ACTUAL problems caused by inverted heat pipes, I'd love to read it!
 
The NB47J isn't designed to take a fan so if you're intent on using it you will have to fashion some way to mount it, not really recommended.

Since you seem to be building a quiet system I'm assuming you won't be using any SLI functionality? If that's the case I would try to avoid the nForce4 SLI chipset since the heatpipe variations won't be as effective in your case and other solutions may not be enough to cope with the thermal load of the hot running chipset.

If you won't be using SLI I'd suggest you take a look at the MSI RD480 Neo2 based on the ATi Xpress 200 chipset. The board is completely passive and offers control over CPU and system fans both handy features for quiet systems.
 
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