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Craig Sutton
Anyone using this motherboard yet?
"Craig Sutton" said:Anyone using this motherboard yet?
Paul said:All there is in the forums, is people drooling...
The board doesn't look like it is shipping yet.
And I don't see a downloadable manual on the download
page. Don't buy a new motherboard, until you've had a look
at the manual.
Looking at the picture of the motherboard, this board uses
a separate Northbridge and Southbridge. I think I would at
least want to find out something about the Southbridge, like
if it was being used on some other motherboard already. Just
to see if there are any problems with it. I'd be less
concerned about the Northbridge, as the important parameters
are more verifiable in the lab.
And the eight phase power on the board looks goofy. I don't
see any powered iron cores in there. That implies a new power
design, and I'd want to see some user's do some "droop" testing,
to see if the new power design is solid or not. Even though
there is a total of eight phases, each phase is probably not
rated for the kinds of currents that the old designs are.
Also, have a look at the slot config, to see if it meets
your needs. The need to make room for the Northbridge has
shifted the slots around.
On the cpusupport page, I don't see dual core 3800+ listed.
Paul