Was flicking through the interwebs and saw this: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/03/06/asus_shows_off_z77_motherboards Those 2 ROG boards look lovely, the Formula looks very interesting with the inbuilt watercooling. I like the heatsink design too. But I wonder what that small heatsink under the PCI slots is...
Its nice to see a watercooling block build in, its a shame it doesn't cover the southbridge though. Was any one else wondering what that little card at the I/O shield was doing? Next to the optical out.
Can't help but feel that little fan near the IO panel is gonna be a noisy little bugger. And that ITX board looks sweet, I love how they've incorporated the CPU power circuitry.
Weird little card appears to be another version of ROG connect, since thats what is says on the slot it goes into on the motherboard right next to it... Not really impressed by the big boards, but do like to see them add some adequate VRM's to the itx. That is an interesting solution, though a little inelegant to have it all slapped on a daughterboard. Will be interested to see how it pans out real world. Could be the first real overclocker in itx equal to it's atx counterparts.
I want to whack in a high-power GPU and a 2600K with that ITX board, watercool the lot; have one of the smallest Overclocked gaming rigs going. The Radiators to keep the GPU and CPU in check would be larger than the motherboard!
very nice to see they ditching DVI/VGA for Displayport, both to save space and to push that standard forward. wonder if it'd support 2560x, current Sandy bridges only support resolutions of single-link DVI
RTFA! It's an mSATA/mPCIe combo card. One side you can put an mSATA, the other mPCIe. Basically you don't want to use up PCB space or get in the way of graphics cards so it looks neater and is more compatible. The mPCIe part can accept wireless, bluetooth, GPS, 3G - it's a standard laptop connector. DisplayPort supports resolutions above 1920x1080. Southbridge doesn't really need it watercooling as it's not as hot as X79. The Fusion Thermo block is a combo of aircooling and watercooling. It's electroplated nickel on copper sat next to a heatpipe, buried within an anodized alu heatsink. It's designed not just to chill the VRMs for heavy overclocking, but also if you run a fanless system with only watercooling you NEED to cool the VRMs or they overheat and your CPU ends up either not Turboing or even throttling. lysol - What's up with the ATX boards? Bloody_Pete - what heatsink below PCIe slots?? Sabertooth Z77 comes with dust caps for all the PCIe slots and two memory slots as well, and it comes with two optional fans in the box: one for the VRM system and another for the southbridge. There's also special holes in the PCB that direct the airflow out behind the CPU socket too. Max V Form also has Supreme FX 4 which builds on the PCB isolation and buffer cap from III, but changes the chipset and EMI shield, as well as further upgrades still in the process of tuning. The Form isn't due til May while the GENE will be out before Ivy launches even. I'll be doing guides to the ROG and Sabertooth features from next week, and full previews will be arriving online from tomorrow!
What's up with the ATX? Well nothing really, asides they are ATX. I've been moving more and more away from them in favor of itx builds.
what??!! have i been asleep for a decade or did kayin just say he has an intel-based system??!! asus ever send you over to the states for anything? you are tim?
i7-2600K and P67 Sabertooth. Yes, it replaced a dual Xeon setup, so I've had Intel for a little while now. I'm most interested in a functional computer right now-sponsors offered, I took.
