Best SLI/Crossfire socket 775 motherboard?

broona · 13 Sep 2011 at 11:58

Looking to change my MATX motherboard for something with 2 full speed (or at least 2 8x) PCI-E slots so I can use a GPU and a decent SATA addon card, any recommendations please?

mickyflinn · 13 Sep 2011 at 12:03

ddr2 or ddr3 ? and does it still have to be matx.

broona · 13 Sep 2011 at 12:07

mickyflinn said:
ddr2 or ddr3 ? and does it still have to be matx.

Oops, DDR2, needs to have 4 memory slots, and it'll be going in a Fractal Design R3 case, so any format would be fine.

mickyflinn · 13 Sep 2011 at 12:19

The highest chipset you can get that is DDR2, nvidia, and 775 is the 780i and x48 chipset for crossfire. Try the members selling section you mite pick a second hand one there.

broona · 13 Sep 2011 at 12:26

mickyflinn said:
The highest chipset you can get that is DDR2, nvidia, and 775 is the 780i and x48 chipset for crossfire. Try the members selling section you mite pick a second hand one there.

I've got a wanted ad in there already, but just wanted some board/chipset recommendations before I buy anything.

mickyflinn · 13 Sep 2011 at 12:33

Asus P5E DELUX

ASUS P5N-T Deluxe nForce 780i SLI Intel 775 DDR2 ATX

Asus Striker II Formula nForce 780i SLI Intel Multi Core 1333MHz

ASUS P5N-T Deluxe 775 nForce 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard

EVGA nForce 780i SLI

broona · 13 Sep 2011 at 13:03

mickyflinn said:
Asus P5E DELUX

ASUS P5N-T Deluxe nForce 780i SLI Intel 775 DDR2 ATX

Asus Striker II Formula nForce 780i SLI Intel Multi Core 1333MHz

ASUS P5N-T Deluxe 775 nForce 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard

EVGA nForce 780i SLI

Cheers!

Looking at a couple of X38/X48 DFI Lanparty boards in the classifieds too, I know DFI were highly recommended back in the day, but no idea now, any comment please?

pastymuncher · 13 Sep 2011 at 13:24

Depends on the CPU really. If you have a 45nm quad and like to get the best overclock out of it you are going to need a P45 chipset board. That means Crossfire only and 8x/8x for dual cards. There is a patch to enable Sli but it's completely unnofficial and a bit hit or miss as to it working.

My X48 board was a DFI Lanparty LT X48 T2R and that would only get my Q9550 to 3.65Ghz. I swapped to a Asus P5Q Pro Turbo P45 board and it went on to hit 4.13Ghz.

broona · 13 Sep 2011 at 14:34

I won't be overclocking, just want something stable, it's for my HTPC.

Abitar · 13 Sep 2011 at 14:38

broona said:
Cheers!

Looking at a couple of X38/X48 DFI Lanparty boards in the classifieds too, I know DFI were highly recommended back in the day, but no idea now, any comment please?

I have a DFI X48 if your intrested PM me.

broona · 13 Sep 2011 at 23:33

Abitar said:
I have a DFI X48 if your intrested PM me.

Just bought one from the classifieds, thanks anyway.