Abit KV8 Line: Thermalright NB-1 & XP-90

[carlos_mason]

I was wondering if anyone here has any experience(s) with the
Thermalright NB-1 and/or the Thermalright XP-90 and the KV8 line of
motherboards? I'm looking to install one or both on a KV8-MAX3, but
I'd like to know if one or both will fit... Given the relative
position of the NB, CPU, and other components.

 

[JAD]

Thermalright NB-1

Supported Chipsets:
AMD: NF2, VIA KT333 and prior. (VIA KT400 and after are not supported.)
Intel: All 865/875 Chipsets


KV8-MAX3

Chipset
VIA K8T800 / VT8237 chipset



XP-90

XP-90 is designed to fit all AMD socket 754/939/940 motherboards (*Gigabyte
K8 motherboards see below). So far, we have not found any board that is not
compatible with XP-90. If you've found any, we would appreciate if you could
report them to here.

This tells me the product is too new and your going to be the tester.

 

[carlos_mason]

Thermalright NB-1

Supported Chipsets:
AMD: NF2, VIA KT333 and prior. (VIA KT400 and after are not supported.)
Intel: All 865/875 Chipsets


KV8-MAX3

Chipset
VIA K8T800 / VT8237 chipset



XP-90

XP-90 is designed to fit all AMD socket 754/939/940 motherboards (*Gigabyte
K8 motherboards see below). So far, we have not found any board that is not
compatible with XP-90. If you've found any, we would appreciate if you could
report them to here.

This tells me the product is too new and your going to be the tester.

If my KV8-MAX3 is going to be the guinea pig, so be it. But I
figured I should at least check before I went and bought either or
both.

Just in case anyone else might be interested in the NB-1,
here's the motherboard compatibility list,
http://www.thermalright.com/a_page/main_support_faq_motherboard_nb1.htm.
It includes chip-sets beyond the VIA KT333, incl. the K8T800, just not
the KV8-MAX3 specifically.

 

[Derek Baker]

I was wondering if anyone here has any experience(s) with the
Thermalright NB-1 and/or the Thermalright XP-90 and the KV8 line of
motherboards? I'm looking to install one or both on a KV8-MAX3, but
I'd like to know if one or both will fit... Given the relative
position of the NB, CPU, and other components.

http://www.thermalright.com/a_page/main_support_faq_motherboard_xp90.htm

 

[carlos_mason]

http://www.thermalright.com/a_page/main_support_faq_motherboard_xp90.htm

I did read that page, and
http://www.thermalright.com/a_page/main_support_faq_motherboard_nb1.htm.
My question is, given the close proximity of the NB to the CPU socket
on the KV8 line; will the NB-1 and XP-90 be compatible? Also, since
the OTES cowl is also pretty close (taking into account the size of
the XP-90), will it make the installation of the XP-90
difficult/impossible?