ASUS Marine Cool Motherboard Concept Becomes Official

[VulkanBros]

Considering that this has a built in battery the SO-DIMMs make sense. They typically use a lot less power than desktop DDR2 sticks.

This board seems more aimed towards reliability and power saving(to make the back-up battery woth something). I wouldn't think a batter that small would keep the computer running for any worthwhile amount of time unless extreme power savings were put into place.

You maybe right on that...but it don´t make sense, does it? It seems like a "high performance"
board by the looks of the cooling solution for VRM, North and South bridge

 

[newtekie1]

You maybe right on that...but it don´t make sense, does it? It seems like a "high performance"
board by the looks of the cooling solution for VRM, North and South bridge

Well it all has to be big, it is all passive, fans use too much power. It seems they just dressed it up to make the huge heatsinks less ugly.

And there isn't anything that says you can't put SO-DIMMs in a high performance computer. They perform the same as their desktop brothers, and use less power, perhaps even overclocking pretty well without the need for heatspreaders.

 

[DrPepper]

This board seems more aimed towards reliability and power saving(to make the back-up battery woth something). I wouldn't think a batter that small would keep the computer running for any worthwhile amount of time unless extreme power savings were put into place.

The battery is quite big. I think its about half the size of the backplate. I think its actualy the black bit of the blackplate.

 

[Castiel]

I wonder since this is going to have SO-Dimm if there is going to be some new Type of memory coming out.

 

[VulkanBros]

Well it all has to be big, it is all passive, fans use too much power. It seems they just dressed it up to make the huge heatsinks less ugly.

And there isn't anything that says you can't put SO-DIMMs in a high performance computer. They perform the same as their desktop brothers, and use less power, perhaps even overclocking pretty well without the need for heatspreaders.

Hmm...then the only factor could be the price...SO-DIMMS tend to be more expensive - anyway if there is going to be a new type of memory

 

[DrPepper]

Hmm...then the only factor could be the price...SO-DIMMS tend to be more expensive that it´s desktop cousins

Its actualy cheaper.

Edit: wait no its not but it isn't hugely expensive.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?&groupid=701&catid=8&subid=1264&sortby=priceAsc

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?&groupid=701&catid=8&subid=936&sortby=priceAsc

 

[LittleLizard]

Im more interested in that built in ups battery, i mean, is useless if you have a videocard with a 6 pin pcie connector. Dont they think that ?

 

[DrPepper]

Im more interested in that built in ups battery, i mean, is useless if you have a videocard with a 6 pin pcie connector. Dont they think that ?

It isn't meant to be portable. It will last 5-10 minutes so you can save what you are doing.

 

[niko084]

That looks sweet! Sign me up for one.

 

[phanbuey]

this is the most functionally retarded board on the current market... so-dimms? why? not low voltage DDR3 but So-Dimm? Failover memory? these are features i wouldnt want on a desktop board if they were free.

OCing So-dimms without voltage adjustment is well... not gonna happen. i.e. youre not gonna get DDR2 so-dimms running at 1066 DDR2... in addition, the failover ram will be a possible bottleneck / source of problems. And i dont need a friggin battery in my motherboard since i have a UPS.

 

[DrPepper]

So-Dimms because they can't actualy fit full length DDR3 on it.

 

[AsRock]

So what about then the battery gets to weak to do any thing ?, the mobo trash due to cost of a new one after warranty.

Hopefully it will not do what some other battery's done in the past too BOOM.

 

[phanbuey]

Things we need:
P55 w/ CFX and SLI and 2 x16 2.0 ports.
Better power circuitry/less vdroop
Quiet, active cooling on NB for Ocing, or even a place to attach an optional 80MM fan.
Better PCB layouts.
Better Raid controllers.
Powersaving features that are overclocker-friendly

Things we don't need:
Batteries on motherboards
Failover memory
Ceramic decorations for heatsinks
Sodimms on desktop boards

 

[newtekie1]

The battery is quite big. I think its about half the size of the backplate. I think its actualy the black bit of the blackplate.

I don't think it will be enough to actually do any good though, UPS batteries are huge. The one I use to keep my system running barely gives 5 minutes of run time, and its the size of a toaster. ASUS had better have really instituted some power saving to make this idea work.

Hmm...then the only factor could be the price...SO-DIMMS tend to be more expensive - anyway if there is going to be a new type of memory

This motherboard is likely to be insanely expensive, the extra cost of SO-DIMMs probably won't bother anyone looking to buy it.

It isn't meant to be portable. It will last 5-10 minutes so you can save what you are doing.

More like 1-2 minutes, just long enough maybe to get a full shutdown. Though putting the computer to hybrid-sleep would probably be a better option, as the battery would probably last a good 30-40min in sleep, and it only takes a few seconds to go into hybrid-sleep, and if it does die then the computer would still be safe since the data is saved to the hard drive.

this is the most functionally retarded board on the current market... so-dimms? why? not low voltage DDR3 but So-Dimm? Failover memory? these are features i wouldnt want on a desktop board if they were free.

OCing So-dimms without voltage adjustment is well... not gonna happen. i.e. youre not gonna get DDR2 so-dimms running at 1066 DDR2... in addition, the failover ram will be a possible bottleneck / source of problems. And i dont need a friggin battery in my motherboard since i have a UPS.

So because you wouldn't want them, that means they shouldn't be considered, and others who would use them should just be ignored? If you don't want them, don't buy the board.

And who said anything about there being no voltage adjustment, or for that matter, who said anything about this being an overclocking board? Seems like it is more along the lines of a power saving board, something that overclocking tends to clash with.

Things we need:
P55 w/ CFX and SLI and 2 x16 2.0 ports.
Better power circuitry/less vdroop
Quiet, active cooling on NB for Ocing, or even a place to attach an optional 80MM fan.
Better PCB layouts.
Better Raid controllers.
Powersaving features that are overclocker-friendly

Things we don't need:
Batteries on motherboards
Failover memory
Ceramic decorations for heatsinks
Sodimms on desktop boards

No, those are things you need and don't need. You are not everyone.

 

[DrPepper]

I don't think its meant to last longer than 5 minutes on idle though. Probably just enough so that data going to the HDD's isn't corrupted or something. We'll see when it comes out how long but I think if you can why not.

 

[phanbuey]

newtekie... im not everyone but the features in thes board do not make sense.

power savings can be achieved better by undervoling desktop ram which is more flexible than SODIMM...

The battery is just plain useless in its current form- anyone who wants redundancy will have to buy a UPS anyway, with or without the motherboard battery.

the only thing that might be even remotely useful is failover memory, but then again its not necessary and makes memory choices less flexible.

Whatever this board offers, in any regard, can be trumped by another solution (minus the cool looking heatsinks). It brings absolutely nothing that is of any real use to the table.

 

[PCpraiser100]

THat is an awesome motherboard. Since there is too much cooling, could it interfere with features?

 

[Swansen]

SO-DIMMs

i saw that too, but looking at the board there really isn't any room for a full sized slot... But still, seems counter productive to me.

 

[1Kurgan1]

It's a prototype, it hasnt even been slated for mass production so I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[kenkickr]

That would be the board for a HALO based mod case/system.

 

[DrPepper]

That would be the board for a HALO based mod case/system.

Good idea I'm going to patent it

 

[Haytch]

this is the most functionally retarded board on the current market... so-dimms? why? not low voltage DDR3 but So-Dimm? Failover memory? these are features i wouldnt want on a desktop board if they were free.

OCing So-dimms without voltage adjustment is well... not gonna happen. i.e. youre not gonna get DDR2 so-dimms running at 1066 DDR2... in addition, the failover ram will be a possible bottleneck / source of problems. And i dont need a friggin battery in my motherboard since i have a UPS.

When the Asus Striker was released, it had more functions then any other board, with the best looks of its time and all other boards previous. Its what Asus like to do, they try to pwn. Granted the 680 chipset in the Asus Striker wasnt the best overclocker, and it was out performed by most other branded 680's but when it had a con it had a pro.

Asus ARE trend setters, and i give them 10 points for innovation and bloating. I give them 10 points for looks on their higher end boards, but 7 for performance.

Running everything standard, there is little to no difference between the rams ability. If your a heavy overclocker thats majorly concerned with timmings and bandwith then your probably in a catch 22 phase of your life.

I really like the idea of the UPS on the back of the board, and am really interested in installing one of these boards because i want to see its thickness and how its going to bolt onto the motherboard etc etc. I dont need the UPS either because i too have one, but every product released doesnt need to be purchased, so if you dont 'friggin need a UPS, you probably dont 'friggin need a PC.

 

[johnnyfiive]

Wow, that is the most badass looking motherboard EVER.

 

[phanbuey]

...I really like the idea of the UPS on the back of the board, and am really interested in installing one of these boards because i want to see its thickness and how its going to bolt onto the motherboard etc etc. I dont need the UPS either because i too have one, but every product released doesnt need to be purchased, so if you dont 'friggin need a UPS, you probably dont 'friggin need a PC.

...timings and bandwith then your probably in a catch 22 phase of your life...

So you think that wanting a motherboard with high memory performance and more than 2 slots of ram puts me into a 'catch-22'?

If i dont need a ups i dont need a pc ? Those two things are not correlated... I think this board looks cool because of the colors and heastink, but its not a trend setter IMO.

If you like to buy motherboards to see their thickness then by all means. enjoy

 

[Haytch]

So you think that wanting a motherboard with high memory performance and more than 2 slots of ram puts me into a 'catch-22'?

If i dont need a ups i dont need a pc ? Those two things are not correlated... I think this board looks cool because of the colors and heastink, but its not a trend setter IMO.

If you like to buy motherboards to see their thickness then by all means. enjoy

I think that if you want latency it comes at the cost of bandwith, and vice versa. Hence the catch 22.
2 Ram slots probably isnt enough, and i too wouldnt consider it enough for my personal use. But taking into account someone thats about to upgrade or whatever, im sure 2 slots is ample (2 x 4Gb).

The relativity in my eyes between the UPS and the PC in your case, is that you already have both. You stated you dont need a UPS because you own one, using that logic one might state that you also own a pc and dont need one of them either.

Turning the ugly heatsinks into military vehicle looking plates isnt the most efficient idea, and granted it does look good, its most likely going to be touching other hardware but it looks awesome.
I dont think Asus were the first to have the backplate UPS and i dont think they will be the only ones to use this infuture.
Trend setters tend to exploit something created by someone else until it catches on. One things for sure when it comes to trend setting is that only time and sales will tell . . . .
I do prefer this colour scheme over fluro yellow and green, but i dont buy boards because of its thickness, i buy them because they were the best at the time of purchase in accordance to the rest of my hardware.