ASUS 680i SLI Intel

kleox64 · 2 Nov 2006 at 21:52

http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=MjIyMTIsLCxobmV3cywsLDE=

AWBbox · 2 Nov 2006 at 22:19

looking good

tho asus' zeus link to it is down at the moment, should be here when it's online again.

kleox64 · 2 Nov 2006 at 22:24

AWBbox said:
looking good tho asus' zeus link to it is down at the moment, should be here when it's online again.

whats this zeus link?

IT Troll · 2 Nov 2006 at 22:35

Pipetastic! :eek:

YooEntSinMeROYT · 2 Nov 2006 at 22:44

That mobo is really gonna tempt me to go Conroe.
Must resist.........wait for Kentsfield........be strong....... :mad:

Echo · 3 Nov 2006 at 00:43

Praying oc.uk can get these in stock before Christmas, looks the business!

AWBbox · 3 Nov 2006 at 07:56

kleox64 said:
whats this zeus link?

I doubt it's the official name for it, but what I was talking about was asus' pre-release site. Information pages are put there to test layout etc before they are moved to the main site. I said 'zeus' because all pages in the test site come under http://zeus.asus.com rather than for example http://uk.asus.com

Voltage · 3 Nov 2006 at 10:35

thats the mobo im ordering next week!!

ocuk should have them in on the 8th, thats when the 680i gets released.

kleox64 · 3 Nov 2006 at 10:59

Confusion said:
thats the mobo im ordering next week!!

ocuk should have them in on the 8th, thats when the 680i gets released.

OCUK will only have EVGA and probably BFG motherboards, I doubt if any other manufacturer will have board available. ASUS usually take 2-3 weeks at least after an annoucement putting it way into december.

Voltage · 3 Nov 2006 at 11:09

hmm, Nvidia say this is a hardware release on the 8th. Meaning manufacturers should have had the time to get hold of the reference board.

kleox64 · 3 Nov 2006 at 11:23

Confusion said:
hmm, Nvidia say this is a hardware release on the 8th. Meaning manufacturers should have had the time to get hold of the reference board.

Reference boards will be available however its not like ASUS to follow reference designs when it comes to motherboards.

Echo · 3 Nov 2006 at 12:09

It'll never be here on the 8th, but hopefully won't be anywhere near the ridiculous wait we had for Asus' nf590 board.

Stelly · 3 Nov 2006 at 14:37

how many SATA ports on it??

Stelly

eLbot · 3 Nov 2006 at 16:08

Stelly said:
how many SATA ports on it??

Stelly

6x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
&
2x External Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s ports on the back I/O

w3bbo · 4 Nov 2006 at 00:07

Would almost be a shame to rip all that copper of the mobo.

MagicalTrevor · 4 Nov 2006 at 02:31

w3bbo said:
Would almost be a shame to rip all that copper of the mobo.

melt it down and sell it :x

Richard_16v · 6 Nov 2006 at 06:38

Has anyone heard when these are out yet? Since we are only 2 days away from the 8th and we still haven't heard anything I guess they may be a while.

Also does anyone have any idea on pricing?

Just trying to decide if it is worth holding out for one of these boards.

AWBbox · 6 Nov 2006 at 07:51

I'm expecting them to be ~£200 and I’m not at all worried we haven't heard anything much about them yet, once again it's the 680i vs G80 scenario again

The only reason there are more images and information on G80 is because of the hype surrounding it. More hype = more info, which is why we don't know as much about 680i. I'm still holding out

Arthalen · 6 Nov 2006 at 11:03

I just want DFI's RD600 board

Still waiting .....

Arthalen · 6 Nov 2006 at 11:04

**** just noticed I need to update my signature AGAIN :/