One thing though, the little passive north-bridge heatsink doesn't come pre-attached.

Hence, you are going to have a whole load of n00bs mucking up, and hence a whole load of RMA woe's.

looks like time to upgrade my p5b deluxe!!!!

Thats one fully featured motherboard, cant wait to see the reviews.

One thing though is the retension mechanism for the NB, ahhhhh clips! My DD chipset block ripped those off of two P4 478 motherboards. Had to use loctite heatsink glue in the end.

Maybe there is enough space to a nice little hole to mount something a little more

ha. ^^ nice use of smilies.

I have to agree that clips are the spawn of Satan though.

Clips are indeed the spawn of Satan, but I'd be careful about drilling holes tbh, they're not there for a reason... Don't forget mobo's are a multi-layered PCB, and could easily hide a couple of traces in there, and it's even more likely at a NB/SB...

Originally Posted by Krikkit
Clips are indeed the spawn of Satan, but I'd be careful about drilling holes tbh, they're not there for a reason... Don't forget mobo's are a multi-layered PCB, and could easily hide a couple of traces in there, and it's even more likely at a NB/SB...

Good point Krikkit...that could have been expensive :|

It was a good idea, but I wouldn't bother if I were you - of all the people to know that clip-on's suck, and holes rock, it's DFI (imho), so there really must be a reason for no holes...

something says me i should by an new stationary instead of a laptop after summer vacation

Originally Posted by Krikkit
It was a good idea, but I wouldn't bother if I were you - of all the people to know that clip-on's suck, and holes rock, it's DFI (imho), so there really must be a reason for no holes...

DFI have admitted themselves that MOST of their RD600 RMAs were from users not replacing the NB heatsink properly: taking one side off before the other and cracking the core.

lol... someone who brakes his mobo by his own faulty action tries to rma it? lol poor dfi....

i'm getting an rd600 myself shortly though rather than a 680i, looks like r600 in crossfire and intel quadcore will be the way to go....

srry nvidia for spoiling your fun

As always: wait for the results, don't read the FUD.