The "I hate waiting for packages!" thread

[Kindrd]

I have seen the same thing. Is the board still unstable when you are only running one card?

[alex]

Realm of Opeth - I have seen similar symptoms in other PCs, what size (in watts) PSU are you running? Running SLI is a power hog with duel 7800s. My board has been really stable for several years of overclocking abuse. The Northbridge fan is the first thing I've had an issue with, and that's the common issue.

[Kindrd]

I have a EVGA 122-ck-nf66-t1, it is a solid board so far. No heat issues at all. Then again I also have it in a Mountinmods case, so there is cooling to spare. I think SLI is very over rated. Upgrading your card just makes more sense to me. :wink:

[RealmofOpeth]

I have the same motherboard. It pisses me off to find out that using SLI doesn't do diddly squat to increase the visual speed of my games. I mean, in ways that I can notice a difference. Since the PCI express splits up the speed between the two x16 slots and run at x8 each.
what a ****ing joke!

right now I have one of these fat suckers sitting on one of my 7800 GT's




POS computer locks up at least 3 times a day. Inconsistent as ****. It just does it WHENEVER, it doesn't matter what I'm running or not running. So I'm not sure if it's windows or a hardware problem. Memtest86 reports just fine after 3 consecutive tests with my 2GB of Patriot ram. Too damn lazy to figure it out so I just deal with it for now.

[alex]

ZALMAN ZM-NB47J Aluminum Northbridge Chipset Heatsink from Newegg.com. My Northbridge fan on my ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard sounds like a blender full of nails and broken glass. I decided to go with a passive cooler and this thing got good reviews.

[alex]

1x can of General Portions
1x can of Ettan Portions

Have yet to try either one of these, and they are the heavy hitters so I figured I should give em a taste

[alex]

I stole this Idea from the 'general' section of another forum I frequent. It's kind of a way for members to get to know other interests of each other and talk about shared hobbies (other than just Snus). Basically there are no rules. Maybe try and post a link to where you bought it from, some details if you want, and a pic for fun. I'll start with a few below.