OK I have some measurements for youmatey
The Northbridge s 5CM tall including a 40mm fan. There is around 9cm between centre of CPU to beginning of the Northbridge area. Hope it helps buddy
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gilgamesh
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Can anyone give us a statement why the review is delaying that much ?
We know anything with the bios ... but what ?
A friend of mine got the board yesterday. He said he could boot one time
and now the board is dead no leds are working ....
He reseted the bios cmos clear nothing happens
Another guy says that he loses the uGuru settings over night
Any high res pics gilga? Would love to see it.
Awaiting Update.
CrzyM
When you want pics look here :
...xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=130375
you have to put www before the xtremesystems "link" i can't post links before 5 posts
YOU can find the pics at this link mate.
Sorry about the res on the them they were taken by mobile phone camera
but as you can see its a very impressive board
HERE is the link
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/chr...?.dir=/223ere2
cheers
Gilgamesh
Is there any caps on the back of the mobo that would block the mounting of a cpu backplate (like the caps on the evga). ?
As you can see by the photographs there isnt i.e the one that shows the underside of the board with the overclocking strips thati s around the cpu.
You will be fine with a back plate so long as you dont cover the oc strips!
Is there anything else I can do to help?
cheers
Gilgamesh
No thanks. You have been very helpful.
Just was wondering if you could tell us if there are any boot issues with the board (or will we have to wait for the review), and did you try gaming in sli and notice any sound distortion.
Oh..one other thing...someone on OcUK forums told me there was roughly 6.5cm between the centre of the cpu and the edge of the NB. However they had everything installed so hard to accurately measure. You mentioned there was 9cm. I need at least 7.65cm space so the Tuniq has enough room to fit. I assume I am ok ?
<edit>I did a few more measurements. The Tuniq heatsink itself will clear the NB on this board no problem. The issue is the fan which hangs lower then the base of the Tuniq. Anyway the distance between the edge of the cpu socket "hole" and the edge of the tuniq fan is approx 2.8cm. So as long as there is more then 2.8cm between the cpu "hole" and the edge of the NB heatsink the bottom of the Tuniq fan will not touch the NB.</edit>
Will the review be published this week ?
I am doing the final overclocking tests this week.
There is a small correction on the review however. The heatsinks etc ARENT copper rather a copper EFFECT. My apologies for any misunderstandings.
THe overclocking results will be done tonight and a FULL review posted tomorrow. The reason why my review is delayed is that I am trying to push the motherboard to its Limit and see exactly how far it will overclock.
Gilgamesh
@ gilgamesh
good news !!
Nice Johnny
Great things happen on great boards. even if I am BIAS towards abit, i have to say this board rocks!
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