@aaron_lwm

it's wierd that ABIT and ASUS take oposite aproach.. as for ABIT, the cheaper version of the AN8-SLi uses heatpipe to cool the birdge chip, while the Fatal1ty, which is essentially the same board with bells and whistles uses QTES fan...

ASUS, on the other hand reserves the heatpipe for the deluxe and premium boards as opposed to their SLi offering...

what do you think about this?

p/s having held both higher end boards (Fatal1ty and Premium), i feel so special..

@wild_card_my
yeah, I do notice that also, I was also wondering why???? I'm still trying to figure that out myself, but ur very fortunate to be able to hold both boards before.....abit's boards are not that bad also, can still consider them...

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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Actually (other than performance in which in benchies the board rates comparably to DFI NF4 SLi) there are two reasons why I wanted the Fatality....

1. The Front Panel breakout box. This is to simplify cable routing in my G5 Mod (want to route em to the Apple ports at the back of the case) and...

2. The red color to match my Enermax CoolerGiant.

Both oso tarak on the AN8-SLi non-fatality. So with no availability forthcoming: went with DFI which has served me well. (Now I've gone and jinxed myself I'm sure I'm going to BSOD till the cows come home... On a Abit thread summore... )

@jarofclay
yeah, its called the uguru panel right, I've hard of it, really really cool device, but izzit stable??

can i share with u guys some pics of my abit?





@aaron_lwm
i dont think it does effect stability.. all it does are just display info bout ur current clock & vcore, time, temp, plus the cmos reset n usb, firewire & audio connector

//irenic.. nice setup dude. last time b4 buying my DFi Ultra-D, im choosing to get this fatal1ty, but after looking 4 some times, only pczone got single stock. almost bought it but when i check the SLi brigge, it look like been used/ got rusting. then, cancelled adi

Nice setup Irenic.

Now you've got to show us the innards too!

@irenic
I meant the performance of the board. you've got a nice rig there, as what macdanife, U gotta show us the inside now. wanna see the board. TT ARmor, looks good

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.

//Temporarily out of topic

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.

can someone help me
i has build some amd 64 system
just wanna know how to knock great performent of my pc
n how about modded bios .... can it change something


amd 64 3000+
abit an8
cossair 512 kit

Actually the front panel adds more cable clutter in your rig only... So I don't think its gonna help you to route the cables.

As to get a matching mobo for your CoolerGiant 600VH, certainly the Fatal1ty AN8-SLI would look lovely. Nevertheless, AN8-SLI (non-Fatal1ty) also has some red LEDs onboard (near the PWM and on the AudioMax). The colour of the AN8-SLI is orange, which is close to red. Moreover, it has red colour RAM slots, PCI slot, SATA2 headers, SLI bridge and even the SLI card is red in colour.

If you need more red leds, you can actually solder it onto the AN8-SLI mobo because the soldering point is already there. Check out the pics...

@pcmoddingmy
U sure its AN8-Sli version, I dun remember seeing any leds on the An8-Sli, I think that is An8

@silon
lalalala, ur repeating again...lol

Bro, I'm sure its AN8-SLI. I still have that board and it's still dead!
Anyways, I'll be getting a new one tmr... yay!

@pcmoddingmy
my condolences to your board....lol....abit is starting to get sucky. Good luck in getting ur new board, what are ya gonna get?

1) this one cost around RM590. for silver case, the price is RM640.
2) I'm very bad + lazy in hiding cables... i'll show the internal pic after this
3) Nope...

Regarding the stability of front panel, i dont think i have any experience to share coz i never oc using uguru.. i only use the panel for .... reset cmos


neway here is the pic.. very very messy hehe

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.

@irenic
nice case u got man.....hope to see the inside soon

@jarodclay
the taichi is ideal for WC, but no side window and its weight, make it an unpleasant case to carry around, but it has a sense of uniqueness

//Off topic

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.