ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe was recently launched by ASUS together with its cousin P5N32-SLI Deluxe and these are the two new flagships of ASUS mainboards series. The first is for AMD’s socket 939-platformand the latter for Intel’s socket 775. What they have in common is that they are both based on the nForce 4 SLI X16 chipset which compared to today’s boards offers full bandwidth in SLI mode. Instead of using 16x PCIe lines for SLI which becomes 8x+8x it uses 32 lines which will result in full PCIe x16 bandwidth for both graphic cards. This will not result in any huge differences, but it is a more secure purchase for the future.
ASUS hasn’t just buffed the SLI-support with the nForce 4 SLI X16 chipset. A big difference compared to earlier mainboards is the power design for the processor.Today’s high end mainboards have a 4-phase, aka 4-stage, system for supplying the processor with a stable current. These mainboards use an 8-phase (!) power design which should keep the power at a steady level.
“With 8-Phase Power Design, power modules operate at 15C lower than conventional power solutions to provide a cool computing environment. Lower temperature also results in lower fan speed for peace and quiet and better stability for overclocking. 8-Phase Power Design reduces input ripple current and output ripple voltage, keeping the CPU and power modules from high power stress to increase component lifespan. Furthermore, it has the advantage of quick transient response. It acts faster than 4-phase power designs to stabilize output current and voltage. This is especially critical when the CPU requires immediate current support when under heavy workload.”
Both mainboards completely relies on passive cooling. All circuits that requires cooling uses heatpipe solutions to make the cooling more efficient and bring down the noise. Those who wants to use watercooling with their processor might have a problem with the airflow around the hot MOSFETs, but ASUS has a solution to that with a fans system that can be mounted onto the 8-phase system if you don’t have a regular heatsink with fan.
ASUS has really outdone itself here with two really nice mainboards and we have come over some high resolution shots of the boards from ASUS. We’re waiting for seing the boards in action and some pricetags as well.
Source: ASUS
