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Noise and Cooling

The cooling of the internal components seemed very effective. However, the included fan for the northbridge is horrendous. True, for a small fan it moves a lot of air but it sounds like a small jet engine. I advise either a fan controller, some sort of low noise adapter, or just leave this puppy alone as it will drive you insane.

Cost

This board, like most other 680i variants is around the £200 figure which is just an insane amount of money; this one's for those with deep pockets only.