Congratulation to the winner of the Chaintech VNF 4 Ultra...
If you are just running it at rated speed, then the passive cooler on there is fine. If you are going to overclock it i'd recommend the Swiftech chipset cooler
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w00t! Got the board in the mail today!!!!
AAhhhhhh, NF4 and s939 goodness!!!
Just from handling the board, I already noticed that this stock cooler is CRAP! The springs are not nearly tight enough to put enough pressure on the core of the chip to cool it effectively; I can rock the HS back and forth and wiggle it around with the slightest pressure/motion! Its definately gonna get a swiftech on there
Thanks Legit Reviews!!! You guys are the BEST
AAhhhhhh, NF4 and s939 goodness!!!
Just from handling the board, I already noticed that this stock cooler is CRAP! The springs are not nearly tight enough to put enough pressure on the core of the chip to cool it effectively; I can rock the HS back and forth and wiggle it around with the slightest pressure/motion! Its definately gonna get a swiftech on there
Thanks Legit Reviews!!! You guys are the BEST
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LOL, you're too much Slip!SlipSand wrote:Well at least u have it.
/spam
I can tell you REALLY wanted this board (and still do) and are probably still a little ruffled about the "other things" too.....
Well, I'm definately happy to have won, and if for some reason this new build doesn't work out, you'll be the first person I contact about taking this board off my hands
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Hey, just thought I would give everyone the latest update on my build plans for that VNF4 Ultra. I just ordered my 3200 Venice and eVGA 6600GT from Monarch Computers this morning along with a Fortron 500w "Blue Storm" PSU (which was only $78!).
Cooling includes an XP-90, Arctic Cooling nV Silencer 6 rev. 2, and that Swiftech chipset cooler to keep 'er runnin cool
The best deal was by far the 6600GT which I will have gotten for $138 withy free shipping after a $30 mail in rebate!!! WOO HOO!!! Can't wait to get this thing going. I know I'm gonna be glad I worked those 80 hour weeks at the Greenhouse to pay for this thing!!! lol
One question though, how worried should I be about this board not POSTing without an updated BIOS to support the new Rev. E Venice Core AMD chips??
Cooling includes an XP-90, Arctic Cooling nV Silencer 6 rev. 2, and that Swiftech chipset cooler to keep 'er runnin cool
The best deal was by far the 6600GT which I will have gotten for $138 withy free shipping after a $30 mail in rebate!!! WOO HOO!!! Can't wait to get this thing going. I know I'm gonna be glad I worked those 80 hour weeks at the Greenhouse to pay for this thing!!! lol
One question though, how worried should I be about this board not POSTing without an updated BIOS to support the new Rev. E Venice Core AMD chips??
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Damn, that's what I was afraid ofcapper5016 wrote:you are going to just have to use an older Clawhammer or Winchester core to flash the BIOS to support the new Venice I guess.....shouldn't be a problem at all, if you don't have the CPU to do it, find a friend or a computer shop to do the flash for you.
So it won't even POST with the Venice? I was thinking if it would at least POST I could have a floppy all ready to go with the new BIOS and flash it before I even did anything, but I guess it sounds like that isn't gonna happen?
I don't have any other s939 cpu's nor do any of my friends so I guess I'll off to a computer shop to see what they can do for me!
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