Intel SLi Board reccomendations.

Too Tall

Too Tall

Too Tall

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Hi im in the market for an SLi board for my E6750, I currently have a P5K-e Wifi which will be up for sale once i purchase the new Mobo. Basically i have one 8800 GTS 512 (G92) at the moment and im want to try out SLi so i'll be getting another 8800 GTS. Thats not the problem.

I've done quite a bit of reading on the new 780i boards but my question is this, would i really see much of a benefit from one of the older 680i boards? I've been looking at the EVGA/XFX 780's but am slightly put off by the amount of FF errors that people seem to be getting. The Asus P5N-T Deluxe is slightly cheaper than both of the above but is it as good?

Would i better off just getting the older Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680i's? I know i have a decent board at the moment but i have my heart set on SLI.

Current System is;

Vista Home Premium x64
E6750 @ 3.65GHZ on Tuniq Tower
Asus P5k-E Wifi
BFG 8800GTS OC 512
4GB OCZ Reaper HPC PC 6400
250GB Hiachi Deskstar
200GB Hitachi Deskstar
500GB WD AAKS.

Any Help/Advice would be much appreciated as my head is actually about to explode!
 
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780i is a lot more stable compared to 680i, its basically an 680i done right...

790i is the best nVIDIA chipset and rivals the best intel chipset out right now! Bad thing about it is the requirement for DDR3 memory.

My advice is this, either wait til you cna buy 790i or read more int 780i to find the best board for overclocking/stability.
 
"Would i better off just getting the older Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680i"

NOOOOOOOO and Noooooooooooo

The only 6 series board that seems any good at all is the gigabyte N650i SLI DS4 boards and they are only dual x8 PCI-e in SLI mode and support for 45nm quad core CPUs hasn't been confirmed...

Despite the 780i being supposedly tons better than the 680 what I have heard about it hasn't been encouraging... not heard much at all or even looked at the 790i.
 
Trunks9486 said:
790i is the best nVIDIA chipset and rivals the best intel chipset out right now! Bad thing about it is the requirement for DDR3 memory.
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LOL any p35,x38 or x48 board will totaly outclass 790i its an improvment over the ther other nfail chipset but its still pap comparied to high end Intel boards, This is from experance of using them all.
 
I have, its an improvment over 780i, but its not a patch on any current intel based chipset atm, unless your wanting SLI, stay with intel based board.
 
Trunks9486 said:
You have used 790i already?

The reviews that i have read so far all point at it being an excellent chipset. Care to back up your claims?
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Yeh we have it on test atm, it would blue screen on windows install at stock, It locks up and crashed constantly, It cannot even do 500fsb.

My rampage can do 550fsb+ is rock solid (and heart touching :) )
 
Yeh hand pick cherry samples given to people that earn cash from Nfail, Where as we just pick a few random boards from stock and test them :)
 
I'm not really interested in the 790 chipset, its a bit out of my price range at the moment and its goinbg to need new ram too so its really 780i or below.
 
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