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But why would you want a X38 if you're only looking for a small overclockA cheapo P35 can easily achieve that?
my 975X oc less than any of my P35, but I am still loving it.
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my 975X oc less than any of my P35, but I am still loving it.
But why would you want a X38 if you're only looking for a small overclock
But does a cheapo P35 board offer both pci-e sockets at x 16?
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The wierd thing is, even with brands such as Asus, your still gonna get problems. Asus especially in recent years have seemingly released under developed products onto the market, yet people still lap them up like starving dogs. I don't get it. I'd rather have a more stable board, so that when my wife uses the PC, I don't get calls at work asking why the PC BSOD'd or won't boot etc. Or take Gigabyte.. how could they manage to release a motherboard that couldn't even be fit into a case without it being modded due to a rear mounted heatsink? Why wasn't that picked up in testing?
This is why i'm quite at ease to give a newer manufacturer a run as sometimes they have something to prove in the market place. (Obviously the price has something to do with it as well!).
Also, personally, I don't need a jack of all trades motherboard. I don't need 8 SATA ports... i mean seriously, how many people actually run 8 drives? Nice that the options there, but i'd rather have 4 and it be cheaper board OR a better quality 4 SATA controller chip. Pretty much the same for onboard audio. It's nice to have the option meaning you don't have to buy another sound card, but mostly, the chipsets are awful for sound quality. The only thing I could say about them is a lot of the time the drivers for them are stable.
Anyway, waffling. Keep us updated Kenofstephen
Matthew
This is why i'm quite at ease to give a newer manufacturer a run as sometimes they have something to prove in the market place. (Obviously the price has something to do with it as well!).
Also, personally, I don't need a jack of all trades motherboard. I don't need 8 SATA ports... i mean seriously, how many people actually run 8 drives? Nice that the options there, but i'd rather have 4 and it be cheaper board OR a better quality 4 SATA controller chip. Pretty much the same for onboard audio. It's nice to have the option meaning you don't have to buy another sound card, but mostly, the chipsets are awful for sound quality. The only thing I could say about them is a lot of the time the drivers for them are stable.
Anyway, waffling. Keep us updated Kenofstephen
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Why do mobo designers always put the 4 pin power connector right down near the backplate connections... its soooo annoying having to weave the damn thing round under the HSF to the back of the board and then trying to squeeze your hand down the smallest of spaces to plug the thing in...
Why not just have it near the big ATX power connector, or at least somewhere near the ram slots where its easily accessable.
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Board is looking good tho
Why do mobo designers always put the 4 pin power connector right down near the backplate connections... its soooo annoying having to weave the damn thing round under the HSF to the back of the board and then trying to squeeze your hand down the smallest of spaces to plug the thing in...
Why not just have it near the big ATX power connector, or at least somewhere near the ram slots where its easily accessable.
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Board is looking good tho
X48e ?
So basically the same board as the X38 but with a cherry picked chipset? I really like the black PCB, looks a lot better than the red.
Obviously noticed a few changes on the board other than colour choice. Looking good. Noticed at least 1 capacitor has been removed on the black (x48?) board
I know it's just the bare board at the moment, but are you guys thinking of going with just an active heatsink on the northbridge IC ?
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So basically the same board as the X38 but with a cherry picked chipset? I really like the black PCB, looks a lot better than the red.
Obviously noticed a few changes on the board other than colour choice. Looking good. Noticed at least 1 capacitor has been removed on the black (x48?) board
I know it's just the bare board at the moment, but are you guys thinking of going with just an active heatsink on the northbridge IC ?
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Not in my case you can't.
Akasa Eclipse, the cables have to come out at a certain point which is down near the mem slots, you then have to double back along the edge of the mobo, under the HSF to the far corner of the board with barely enough room for a flea to scratch its rear.
I often have to hire a troop of circus contortionist pigmi's to attach my 4pin cable for me as my mighty man fingers are just too large to fit in the gap provided.
Either that or leave the CPU cooler off, attach the 4pin and then spend the next several minutes swearing profusly at the screws on my HSF for not lining up into the holes for which they were intended.
Akasa Eclipse, the cables have to come out at a certain point which is down near the mem slots, you then have to double back along the edge of the mobo, under the HSF to the far corner of the board with barely enough room for a flea to scratch its rear.
I often have to hire a troop of circus contortionist pigmi's to attach my 4pin cable for me as my mighty man fingers are just too large to fit in the gap provided.
Either that or leave the CPU cooler off, attach the 4pin and then spend the next several minutes swearing profusly at the screws on my HSF for not lining up into the holes for which they were intended.
lol. I would have either done the same or modded another cable to make it reach without problems (Or isn't it length that's causing the issue?)
Other than that, could you not have modded the case (drilled a hole and put in a rubber grommet to make it not cut the cables and look neat) so get over this issue? With most traditional style cases, the positioning would be quite welcomed I would think.
Must be quite expensive having to keep hiring pigmi's
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Other than that, could you not have modded the case (drilled a hole and put in a rubber grommet to make it not cut the cables and look neat) so get over this issue? With most traditional style cases, the positioning would be quite welcomed I would think.
Must be quite expensive having to keep hiring pigmi's
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Via my awesome photoshop skills, I present you "The Cable Problem".
As you can clearly see, the cable has to pass through a small hole down near the end of the mobo, there is no gaps anywhere before that for cables to exit as the PSU compartment is sealed off from the rest of the case.
The cable then has to feed back on itself, under the HSF to the rear of the board.
Where I then have to try and squeeze my hand between the HSF the rear case fan and the PSU fan, in all I have about 2" of finger wiggling space and pretty much zero visiability once my hand is in there lol
As you can clearly see, the cable has to pass through a small hole down near the end of the mobo, there is no gaps anywhere before that for cables to exit as the PSU compartment is sealed off from the rest of the case.
The cable then has to feed back on itself, under the HSF to the rear of the board.
Where I then have to try and squeeze my hand between the HSF the rear case fan and the PSU fan, in all I have about 2" of finger wiggling space and pretty much zero visiability once my hand is in there lol
lol (nice drawing, it's exactly how I envisaged it).
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that's just a sample, will undergo one more spin and then will be the production board,
we are democratic and would like to listen any suggestions, as long as they're good and cost-feasible
we are democratic and would like to listen any suggestions, as long as they're good and cost-feasible
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IDE will be right-angled. this is just a sample board.
100% solid capacitors will be a MUST.
heatpipe will be the cooling method, but won't extend to the SB because many ppl comment that it is not "thermally" necessary and is bad when they need to remove it for crazy overclocking using casade or sth. else.