- October 1, 2006
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Is there one? Ive just replaced my DFI RS482 (socket 939) when I got sick of the random reboots ( known issue for this MB according to various forums) with an asus M2N-MX (socket AM2). Cant get any 939 MBs these days so had to get new CPU+ram too . The asus works fine EXCEPT I cant seem to get the CPU fan speed down. Even with q-fan, cool'n'quiet, or speedfan. Could control the CPU fan on the DFI board with speedfan. This makes my new MB/CPU too noisy. Its not acceptable to me, Im quite dissapointed. So Im wondering if you guys could suggest a MB for me. Preferrably AM2 (as I dont want to shell out for another CPU+cooler), must have 2 case/system fan headers, plus be able to control all 3 fans (system, case + CPU via speedfan. Needs to be micro-atx as I have an NSK2400 case. Able to support up to 4gig ram (for ram-disk timeshifting) would be nice, but not necessary (the asus can only take 2). And heres the killer. I have an asus 8600GT SILENT GPU, which takes up two slots. I also need two PCI slots for my m-audio revolution sound card, and my DVB-S card. The thing is the heatsink on the GPU (as is the whole card+components) is on the left of the card when its in the PCI-e slot, looking from the front of the case. This rules out a lot of MBs as they dont have much of a gap between the PCI-e and the PCI slots. The DFI had a PCE-ex1 slot between them which the card just blocked off, not a problem. The asus board has a big gap. I know its a long list of specs, but these are all pretty non-negotiable for me. You may ask why I need the GPU? I intend to upgrade to a 1080p LCD once Ive done enough overtime so I can play games on my machine as well. I like the AMD CPUs as they seem to run cooler then the intel ones do. This is from my experience with a socket 478 chip I have in my main desktop. Maybe they have fixed that? I would change if there were no other options, but this would mean forking out for yet another CPU+after market cooler....
One more think I just thought of. I could slow the cpu fan right down with a pot and stress test the whole thing. Its quite a good heatsink so it might be able to handle that. I just like having the option to crank up the CPU and case fans when things start to get a bit warm. For day to day MP use though its nice having a near silent case.
Any of you guys have success with these specs? Or ideas?
Cheers, your input/help is much appreciated.
Matt
One more think I just thought of. I could slow the cpu fan right down with a pot and stress test the whole thing. Its quite a good heatsink so it might be able to handle that. I just like having the option to crank up the CPU and case fans when things start to get a bit warm. For day to day MP use though its nice having a near silent case.
Any of you guys have success with these specs? Or ideas?
Cheers, your input/help is much appreciated.
Matt