ASUS Getting Even Cooler

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Sam Chen sent these pictures in but did not provide much information. I would assume they were taken at this week’s Cebit show in Germany. We see ASUS’ new motherboard below that is branded under the Republic of Gamers label carrying the “Pinot Noir” name. This should be an nForce 790i chipset motherboard. Obviously what is “special” about it is the fact that ASUS have further stepped up their native water cooling solutions. EVGA still leads the way on this front though and I would expect to see something possibly even more impressive from it.
 
i personally don't WC but i'd have to say that the layout of the asus board is much better than the EVGA just for the fact that the water connections are external to the computer..

but that is just me i guess.
 
I wish there was a third party kit like that for my gigabyte board but the lines do look very restrictive.
 
I'm not gonna lie, that's pretty friggin sweet as a stock setup.

Let's hope they dont charge an arm and a leg, pls.
 
I am so tempted to watercool my upcoming rig for noise reasons but I don't feel like dropping the extra cash. Maybe boards with WC included would make for a better value, I dunno.
 
Pinot Noir is a seriously over rated grape/wine. So is ASUS they trying to tell us something here?
 
H-street said:
i personally don't WC but i'd have to say that the layout of the asus board is much better than the EVGA just for the fact that the water connections are external to the computer..

but that is just me i guess.
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I'd agree if there was a way to hook the CPU into the loop. As is if you want an exteral rad you still need holes somewhere else to conect your CPU into the loop.
 
Republic of Gamers Pinot Noir......bringing aged mobo's to discerning gamers everywhere.
 
vwfix said:
I wish there was a third party kit like that for my gigabyte board but the lines do look very restrictive.
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The internal lines look like ordinary Heatpipes, With Water Cooling interfacing only at the rear mosfets. Otherwise It looks like a nice motherboard.
 
Be nice if there was a option to 90 up and connect inside the case instead of running hoses out the rear.
 
Did the MSI HydroGen series of boards come out yet? I personally think that was a better execution of a factory watercooled motherboard solution.
 
I'm not a real fan of this water-cooling built in stuff motherboard makers have been doing.
 
I would love to go WC'ing but I'm not that kind of risk taker. I can live with some fan noises.
 
here's hoping for another asus board with reviews like the 650i; worked out well for me @ $150 and $70 bucks a pop for me!

this extravagant water cooling stuff will be great for when i can freely walk the line and at the msrp, it ain't happenin.


go enthusiasts, convince me to up my dose!
 
IMO that's a piss-poor layout for a motherboard.

- The memory slots overlap the area behind the first PCIe slot.
- There isn't much room between the Northbridge chipset block and the first PCIe slot
- The 20+4 ATX power connector sits to close to the RAM slots.
- The 8 pin auxiliary connector is crammed up in the far corner behind the PS2 / USB or eSATA (?) connectors
- And why didn't they angle the floppy connector like the IDE and SATA ports are? :confused:
 
AceGoober said:
IMO that's a piss-poor layout for a motherboard.

- The memory slots overlap the area behind the first PCIe slot.
- There isn't much room between the Northbridge chipset block and the first PCIe slot
- The 20+4 ATX power connector sits to close to the RAM slots.
- The 8 pin auxiliary connector is crammed up in the far corner behind the PS2 / USB or eSATA (?) connectors
- And why didn't they angle the floppy connector like the IDE and SATA ports are? :confused:
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Good observation on the memory/PCIE im sure they will get this fixed.
 
AceGoober said:
IMO that's a piss-poor layout for a motherboard.

- The memory slots overlap the area behind the first PCIe slot.
- There isn't much room between the Northbridge chipset block and the first PCIe slot
- The 20+4 ATX power connector sits to close to the RAM slots.
- The 8 pin auxiliary connector is crammed up in the far corner behind the PS2 / USB or eSATA (?) connectors
- And why didn't they angle the floppy connector like the IDE and SATA ports are? :confused:
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actually thats a PCI slot..
not PCIe slot

but I fully agree on the last three you mentioned..
specially the 8 pin connector..
it will be a pain to remove it when the occasion comes
 
Aztlan said:
actually thats a PCI slot..
not PCIe slot

but I fully agree on the last three you mentioned..
specially the 8 pin connector..
it will be a pain to remove it when the occasion comes
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The closest PCI slot is one down from the PCIe slot I mentioned. So, please, point to the PCI slot you are referring to. Thanks.
 
if I read your post correctly..
I assume you said that the top slot was PCIe one
but is a PCI slot.. which is clearly overlapping the memory slots
followed by the first PCIe...

green rectangle being PCI slot
yellow oval.. pcie

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AceGoober said:
The closest PCI slot is one down from the PCIe slot I mentioned. So, please, point to the PCI slot you are referring to. Thanks.
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It looks like:

PCI
PCIe x16
PCIe x1
PCIe x16
PCI
PCIe x16

Unless I am missing something, the very top expansion slot is a PCI connector.
 
Yes, I am wrong. Didn't see the PCI slot above the PCIe slot.

Still, one would have to remove the video card in order to change out the RAM. Even though this may nhot be a nuisance to some, it's still a nuisance ot many others. Of course, many people don't care about this particular fact.

My opinions regarding the remaining observations still stand.
 
Although they did add power and reset buttons to the right of the DIMM slots. Definately handy for hardcore tweaking.
 
The color and shape is horrible. They look like they were designed by a Hotwheels knock off team from China, 20 years ago...
 
I'd be all over a stock water cooled MB.

mmMMmm water cooling!
 
Personally i dislike the red covers on the chipset sinks, especially that OTT silver X design on the southbridge.

Also, I wonder whether it'll still be necessary to take that whole thing off and fit some proper paste? :rolleyes:
 
Hmm. Odd configuration. Too many old PCI slots. Not enough PCI-E 1x slots.

As well, I've been a long term user of Asus boards. But, since they are moving their manufacturing over to China, I will be holding my breath to see just how their newer boards fair. Here's hoping QC doesn't go down the drain with them.
 
Vorazan said:
The day when wawa will come stock, will be the day it will stop being cool :)
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It's starting to get there a couple of years ago Compaq made a system with water infused into the cooling, it was a passive system. Sony had a few models with water inside copper tubing that they were touting as their original idea of water cooling...

I believe HP has an "EXTREME" system that has an active water system inside the case...
 
Luthorcrow said:
Forget the mobo, Pinot Noir over rated?!? Them's fighting words, son.:mad: Merlot is over rated!:rolleyes:
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Everyone in the world who saw Sideways jumped on the Pinto band wagon. No Merlot is crap (the one thing they got right in that movie).
 
BloodyIron said:
Let's hope they dont charge an arm and a leg, pls.
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I am sure they will.

Paul_Johnson said:
Pinot Noir is a seriously over rated grape/wine. So is ASUS they trying to tell us something here?
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I never thought of Pinot Noir to be overrated. Maybe because I am a Cabernet Sauvignon person? I'd not pay much for a Pinot Noir, it's too boring.

Back to Mobos: if asus had put in a way to split out the hoses on the inside of the case, that would have rocked!
 
In honour of the upcoming festivities on the 17th, I suggest you all stow your sommelier aspirations and grab a real drink.

Now a stout-cooled motherboard--that would be cool... until it exploded.
 
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