abit ax8

[ki_cz]

I've read some pretty good reviews on this board. I currently have an asus a8n-e sitting in a box waiting for all of the parts, but this board appeals to me for the fact that it already has a passive NB cooler. I'd like this because on the a8n-e, I might need to modify a NB cooler to support a passive VGA solution (thermaltake cl-g0003 for instance). I was just wondering if anybody has any experience with this board, and if for somebody who is planning on doing no overclocking, would this be a good solution? I was also wondering if all 4 ram slots would be available using an xp90 cooler. I've heard that using a xp120 cooler, the first slot isn't available, but I'm not sure about the xp90.

The only picture I've managed to find is in this thread:

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewto ... hlight=ax8

and it looks like there is a LOT of space, but I'd rather know for sure.

thanks again!

[ki_cz]

Well, I did a bit of research, I found this post in which somebody used an AV8 with an xp90 cooler to build their system:

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewto ... hlight=av8

Looks like he has no clearance problems!

Then I compared the av8 to the ax8:

http://www.mypccity.com/images%5CABIT-AV8.jpg

http://www.laptops4me.com/images/pict/MB-AX8_LG.gif

and hey, they look pretty much the same, so it shouldn't be a problem.

So I guess I'm just asking if anybody has had any personal experience with this board?