IC7-G Ready for Prescott?

[stevejst]

Power supply unit cooling?
Here.

 

[sman789]

maybe those things the otes is cooling would normally heat the PSU if not there

 

[stevejst]

Yeah, what the heck is in there? Looks like a bunch of inductors to me.

 

[stevejst]

Here in case of 8RDA+ one can see what is so hot that needs cooling. Mosfets and inductors.

 

[Shimmishim]

yeah... ic7-g max3 is out now...

thanks for the heads up.. no one has really said anything in this forum...

 

[boyRacer]

I'ts the same board as before... just higher voltage and has more SATA ports...

 

[stevejst]

It does not look the same to me, just looking at the picture.

 

[sman789]

its the same hardware....even the max3 bios works with the older ic7 boards

 

[stevejst]

If you look carefully the layout of the "power cooling unit" is different (the OTES thing on the board) and the 12V connector is moved. It is very similar though.

By the way, does IC7 Max3 Bios able to change Vdimm voltage range?

 

[boyRacer]

It's basically the same thing... they just moved the mosfets for the OTES...

...and the vdimm voltage goes up to 3.2 from the old 2.8... plus 2 more SATA ports. Maybe minor hardware alteration for the increased voltage but some people flashed their IC7-Gs with the new BIOS and their vidmem voltage range went up to 3.1... don't know how reliable that is though.

 

[sman789]

yeah, it reports the new voltage in hardware doctor but who know if its correct

 

[stevejst]

Well, I am reading on Abit forums that there is no gain, only fake selection.
Here.

What really makes me puke is that my old KD7 has Vdimm selection all the way up to 3.25V.
How come that Abit people reduced this on newer boards so low?

 

[sman789]

i dunno, what are ddr400's warrantied to, i know my corsair is 2.8

 

[stevejst]

I am talking GEIL man. This stick can go over 3.0V, 2.9-3.0V without a sneeze.