Best Motherboard for Ultra Sli And E8400

MPryde · 30 Apr 2008 at 15:40

Im currently running an ip35pro but ive got my greasy paws on another ultra so i'm looking to go sli. Which my motherboard isn't capable of.
So i'm wondering what are the best motherboards out there at the moment which are very good overclockers for my e8400, and happy to run sli.
Spose i'm happy paying up to around £200

gary996 · 30 Apr 2008 at 15:55

Nvidia 790i

Urban Reflex · 30 Apr 2008 at 16:03

gary996 said:
Nvidia 790i

Pretty sure he wants to use DDR2, as there aren't and DDR3 boards under £200.

The EVGA 780i is supposed to be good. My Asus 790i is so awesome I'd like to recommend you their Striker II Formula offering as it's basically the same board but with DDR2 support. Look around at reviews.

GunRunner · 30 Apr 2008 at 17:20

I am using the EVGA 780i with an E6600 and 2 x BFG8800 (512mb) OC2 in SLI. I am also overclocking the E6600 from 2.4ghz to 3.4ghz and it is very stable. I can highly recommend this board. Previously I had an MSI 780i and an Asus 780i and both had issues and had to be RMA'd.

Chimerical · 30 Apr 2008 at 18:41

Urban Reflex said:
Striker II Formula as it's basically the same board (as the Striker II Extreme but with DDR2 support. Look around at reviews.

The two boards are completely different.

780i supports PCI-E 2.0 with a bridge chip and, essentially, a revised 680i chip and the same outdated memory controller.

790i is brand new, with a brand new memory controller and natively supports PCI-E 2.0

Urban Reflex · 30 Apr 2008 at 20:31

Chimerical said:
The two boards are completely different.

780i supports PCI-E 2.0 with a bridge chip and, essentially, a revised 680i chip and the same outdated memory controller.

790i is brand new, with a brand new memory controller and natively supports PCI-E 2.0

I meant feature wise, but yeah I can see how that'd be misleading. My bad.