Would really appreciate any advice on this one.
I'm planning to build my first system and had decided on an ASUS A8N SLI Premium MB in a Lian Li case with the inverted motherboard configuration.
However, I've been reading some findings that the A8N SLI was not developed with the inverted configuration in mind and that using it this way can result in higher temps than normal for the chipset, with some users reporting overheating.
Does anyone have any experience with this personally, or know any more about this problem? I checked the ASUS web site, and their official reply was that you "may lose some efficiency" setting up the board in an inverted position, but that it would be a minimal thing. Not very encouraging.
Finally, I read a post elsewhere about this problem saying that other MB manufacturers are now advertising newer SLI boards as "working the same in any position," but I've had no luck finding one that makes that claim. Are there any boards that are NOT affected adversely by being set up in an inverted config?
I'm sort of new to all this, so thanks in advance for any info, and please feel free to patronize me...
I'm planning to build my first system and had decided on an ASUS A8N SLI Premium MB in a Lian Li case with the inverted motherboard configuration.
However, I've been reading some findings that the A8N SLI was not developed with the inverted configuration in mind and that using it this way can result in higher temps than normal for the chipset, with some users reporting overheating.
Does anyone have any experience with this personally, or know any more about this problem? I checked the ASUS web site, and their official reply was that you "may lose some efficiency" setting up the board in an inverted position, but that it would be a minimal thing. Not very encouraging.
Finally, I read a post elsewhere about this problem saying that other MB manufacturers are now advertising newer SLI boards as "working the same in any position," but I've had no luck finding one that makes that claim. Are there any boards that are NOT affected adversely by being set up in an inverted config?
I'm sort of new to all this, so thanks in advance for any info, and please feel free to patronize me...