DFI are for hardcores... Abit users are more towards the gentler side of computer users.

Erm, there are no RAM cooler on the fatality sli. However, what it has, and I stress again, is the front panel which is really cool for gamers and overclockers. The front reset bios option is really cool plus you could chose preset overclocks using just the front panel. Of course, the front firewire and USB2.0 ports enables me to unlock all 10 USB2.0 ports properly.

I did try to buy the Asus Premium but at that time, it was all sold out in CZone and other shops and this Fatality is one of the very last ones that I found at ATE computers. Anyway, I might get the Asus Premium later if I am bored with this board already.



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Aaron,

So far I think there's this once that when I try to tune the card to one of the preset clock speeds via the uguru panel, it hanged on me. Since then, I tried a couple more times, and it was okay. I dun think it's 100% stable. (Perhaps Irenic could share his experience as well)

Therefore, I think it's better for me to change it in the BIOS. The panel is most useful though through:

Front reset button!! Lalalalala... here I repeat myself again....

Can you imagine how cool it is without ever opening the chassis and reset the bios because you got no POST due to setting memory timings too tight? I am sure a lot of reviewers and overclockers would love it.

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Irenic,

Your chassis makes my Shark look pale in comparison. A couple of questions, which I hope you could share:

1. How much did it cost you?
2. How is the space internally? Are there enough space to hide all cables while putting a water cooling system internally?
3. Have you seen Tai-Chi chassis? If you did, how do you feel about both in comparison?

Hope that's not too much questions though. The black one really matches the Fatality board nicely.

That is quite a fine price for such a fine chassis. I think I might get this as I saw the Tai-Chi's without a side window; so no way to show off the Abit mobo.

Thanks for the information... from the pix so far, I think there are a lot of room to hide the cables.

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Actually, the Shark, Armor, Kandalf and Taichi are all water cooling built in mind. So I wouldn't buy the Tai Chi just becoz of this. Anyone of these is okay... I just need a chassis to show off the cool red leds of the Fatality; not to mention bigger space to hide the cables.

So have you tried the beta bios with X-Fi?

So, it's confirmed that bios 18 solved the issue while bios 17 is still showing incompatibility with X-Fi.

I'll get an X-Fi soon then. Thanks for the confirmation, Irenic.

I guess no one has the RAMs you mentioned. They're pretty rare over in Malaysia I guess. It's not that common here as well in Oregon, unless you are ordering via newegg.

Since you have some of these OCZ RAMs, how's the performance of them? I saw a lot of Platinums over here that is rated PC3200, but I heard it overclocks pretty badly, only reaching 220 or 230 max.

As far as I read, you can't go any further than 250HTT with AN8 SLI. It was from Anandtech

Do you have any other friends over there who has another A64 board? If yes, pop your RAM in it and try. Then try with your CPU and RAM on that board. If it surpassed 250HTT with another board, I guess it's the motherboard that's limiting your run there.

Nope, it's not normal. But why dun you physically see if the southbridge heatsink is hotter than the cpu heatsink? That would confirm the readings.

You might wanna flash to 19 again to see if it works since quite a lot of people are reporting 19 is stable.

Why sell it? Though, I reckon that it's not the right board to overclock. I am hitting a brick wall with my 1GB RAM modules.

Yup, especially with the LDT multiplier, 2T or 1T command rates... these things are not applicable in Intel platforms... took me some time to switch over to A64 with the help of ARJ and BabyElf. Otherwise, upto today, I would not have understood how to properly configure an A64 system...

I think no one would want to sell their panels as it is quite exclusive and it is one of the reasons for Fatality SLI users to buy the mobo in the first place.

One of the coolest features is that it can select a preset of overclock settings and it can enable reset function at the front. That itself, is a key selling feature of this panel.

Most of these peripherals if bought separately you'd be slaughtered with the insanely inflated prices. It's not worth it if you buy it separately. Might as well buy a mobo at slightly higher price that bundles them together.

But then again... for those whose nasi sudah jadi bubur, no choice then.

Well, first of all if you need to have the Guru Panel that is located on the cdrom slot, there are some adjustments needed to make to the PCB of the mobo such as adding the jumpers that the guru panel receives and sends info to the mobo.

And these developments (R&D) doesn't cost nothing; they're amortized into the cost at the end. That's why you find Fatality AN8 SLI costs so much more compared to plain jane AN8s...

Check your Abit EQ, whether any of the paremeter thresholds has been breached such as fan speed too low or temperatures too high.

You can check these in BIOS.

Actually depends on you. But one thing you might wanna uncheck is the shutdown if the fan speed is too slow. You might also wanna disable Cool and Quiet. Check your LDT multiplier as well, make sure that it never exceed 1ghz after multiplying it with your HTT.

Not sure if this is good news for Abit boards but I was able to push (not stable though) to 310HTT and able to play games with it. It's not stable enough though for SP2004 to pass.

300HTT on the other hand is stable enough for superpi. WHat do you guys think?

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Mind capturing a cpu-z screenie for me?