P45 vs 680i recommendation

exotic444

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Hi guys,

I was wondering which mobo i should get for my rig

ASUS STRIKER II FORMULA nforce 780i


Or ASUS P5Q TURBO



Rig which im going to use for mobo:

GTX 285 (maybe sli depending on whay u guys say) (if 680i does 16x,16x which it says it does but im not sure as i thought it was an old mobo)

OZC pc-6400 reaper series ram

Intel Q9550 (which i intend to overclock)
 
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Wouldn't bother with the ASUS P5N32-E, but the ASUS P5Q TURBO would be a better choice, or the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3LR as P45 chipset is far better for overclocking than 680i...

So, decide which is the higher priority, either o/c, in which case go P45, or SLI, then 680i...
 
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No. 780i is just as bad as 680i. P45 is far superior when it comes to overclocking and stability. The only reason to get a Nvidia chipset board is for Sli and even then you will be losing valueable overclocking headroom, especially with a quad.
 
pastymuncher said:
No. 780i is just as bad as 680i. P45 is far superior when it comes to overclocking and stability. The only reason to get a Nvidia chipset board is for Sli and even then you will be losing valueable overclocking headroom, especially with a quad.
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But having two gtx285's appeal to me because it would improve my gaming more than just having my cpu at 4ghz so do you think i should just get the 780i? i would at least be able to overclock my quad to at least 3ghz with it i think so what do u rekon?
 
exotic444 said:
But having two gtx285's appeal to me because it would improve my gaming more than just having my cpu at 4ghz so do you think i should just get the 780i? i would at least be able to overclock my quad to at least 3ghz with it i think so what do u rekon?
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What part of everyone saying stay clear of the NVIDIA chips dont you get :p

I couldnt even get the old 65nm quads stable stock. They are really poor chipsets.

If SLI really appeals, have you considered maybe selling and getting a GTX295. Or maybe just sell and get a newer card? SLI REALLY isnt worth it imo.
 
SLI really is worth it.

But AVOID all nForce 680 based boards, and pretty much all nForce boards for that matter - the only ones I've found to be even passably decent are the gigabyte N650i DS4 (which obviously is well past its prime now) and the EVGA 750i F.T.W. (and 1-2 AMD socket nForce boards but thats another story).

If you want to go SLI you really want a i5/i7 system.
 
alexp999 said:
What part of everyone saying stay clear of the NVIDIA chips dont you get :p

I couldnt even get the old 65nm quads stable stock. They are really poor chipsets.

If SLI really appeals, have you considered maybe selling and getting a GTX295. Or maybe just sell and get a newer card? SLI REALLY isnt worth it imo.
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oh rlly most of the tests I have seen has shown the GTX 480/470 scales very well with it usually get double or close enough double with 2 cards with CPU bottle necking a third card.
 
so basically my choices are a 780i with a future sli or a p5q pro turbo with 1 card but with a 4ghz cpu, what do you think is better for gaming?
 
Sorry you guys miss understood, maybe I should have said, SLI really isnt worth it if it means putting up with a crappy NVIDIA chipset. :)

SLI REALLY isnt worth it imo.
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The "it" being an nvidia chipset

Even my dads EVGA 750i F.T.W couldnt handle the quad.
 
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But i mean for gaming, having two graphic cards would be better than having a cpu at 4Ghz im guessing. plus if i can overclocker my quad to at least 3ghz on the 780i thats not so bad im guessing?? would do you think would be better for gaming?
 
nvidias intel chips dont like quads.

I couldnt get a quad stable at stock, let alone a mild OC to 3 gHz.

Yes GPU power is better than CPU power in general for gaming, but we just got countless failed boots. With a quad on 750i and 680i (780i is just a rehash of 680i)

Its running 100% stable no probs with a dual core. And like I say, the same quad chip worked 24/7 no probs in a P5Q deluxe @ 3.6 GHz
 
alexp999 said:
Even my dads EVGA 750i F.T.W couldnt handle the quad.
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The EVGA board will handle a quad ok - tho you'd only get 3gig perfectly stable with a Q6600 unless you did a hardware volt mod. They run a Q9550 upto 4gig fine tho need a bit more vcore than a P45 board.

You will NOT get a Q6600 stable above ~2.8gig on a 680i board, 3gig might appear to pass IBT/prime 8 times in 10 but it won't be 100% stable - and 45nm quads won't even run on most of them, a few have hacked up BIOS revisions to make them work but none manage it stable.
 
Thanks guys for all your input but the question still stands, what would you have for gaming? more space for the future for more GFX cards or more room for overclocking? im starting to get confused :P
 
I would NOT have a 680 or 780 board.

IMO best setup if you can get your hands on one still would be the EVGA 750i F.T.W* works great with the Q9550 and 200 series SLI.

The F.T.W. edition uses an NF200 PCI-e switcher so you get 2x PCI-e 16 @ 2.0 performance for SLI useage - but for non SLI useage you only have the equivalent of 2x PCI-e x8 2.0 due to the way the switcher works.


* just be aware that the backplate on some CPU coolers can short out the motherboard so fit with care - on my coolermaster V8 I had to use the bolt throughs instead of the backplate.
 
Thanks but i know the 750i F.T.W are hard to find and i have looked, my choices are (with my budget) are a Asus p5q pro turbo or a ASUS STRIKER II FORMULA, My guess would be the striker because of sli at 16x,16x and im sure it will at least keep my q9550 stable??
 
If you are in the UK, my dads EVGA 750i F.T.W will be looking for a new owner very soon, as my dads having my P5Q Deluxe.

Hope I dont get done for "trying to sell in wrong place" for saying that.
 
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