Update on best 780i board

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I know there have been a few threads discussing which 780i board is best, but none of them seem to reach a definite conclusion as to which is the best (although the general consensus seems to be to keep away from the Asus P5N-T!), so I thought it would be a good idea to start this thread so that people could share their experiences with their 780i boards, now that they've been using them for a while longer.

So, which boards are performing well, and which aren't?

I was going to buy the P5N-T originally, to go with my 9800GTX and Q6600, but now I'm thinking I should buy the MSI P7N. Then again maybe the XFX board is best... I dunno.:confused:
 
Evga board is the best, but there all pretty crappy. The MSI board was looking good but they just havent the tallent to keep releaseing BIOS after BIOS. The newer 750I boards are looking better than the 780I atm there just cut down version of the 780I so there a lot less to go wrong. But knowing the normal route of Nvidia chipset it will be another NFail :)

Best advice i can give you is get a x48 rampage and go crossfire, It will be a lot less hassle in the long run.
 
Thanks for your advice, smirnoff, but I already went ahead and bought the eVGA board.

It's weird though. If you look on the net at proper tech sites, a lot of these boards get good reviews (esp. the MSI and eVGAs), but if you look on message boards like this one, you come across a lot of people who are having problems with them and wish they'd never bought them.

I just hope I don't have any problems with my own. I got a good deal on it (£150, free delivery), so at least that's one good thing.

I've never built my own PC, so I wouldn't know if this is possible or not, but would you say that it is likely that the eVGA board will start performing properly after future BIOS releases, or is what you get now all you're getting?

Also, do you know if the eVGA has the same problem as the MSI with regards SLI (i.e. if you go SLI, do you block the only PCI-E slot, and have to revert to onboard sound)? I think the answer's no, but I'm not sure.
 
The big tech sites make momey from Nvidia advertising, Dont bite the hand that feeds you ect, Plus quite frankly most are pretty noobish and havent a clue, also Nvidia is going to send them a hand picked board :)

The board works ok now but like vs like intel boards will clock higher and be more stable, Just keep an eye on the evga fourms and update the bios when you need to.
 
If you want a fast, but budget, system with a Q6600 then look at intel chipsets. If you are using a unlocked multiplier CPU with SLI then a 780i/790i board is fine as you don't need to overclock the knackers off the FSB.

I have a P5N-T and have had no problems with it.

Most 780i MBs have the same layout with a PCI and a 16x PCI-e slot free with between the G/Cards when using SLI.
 
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Most 780i MBs have the same layout with a PCI and a 16x PCI-e slot free with between the G/Cards when using SLI.
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So, does that mean that the eVGA has the same problem as the MSI, in that SLI prevents you from using the PCI-E?

If so, I might as well cancel my order and get the MSI - what do you think?

P.S. I just typed in '780i problems' into google and all I got back was page after page of eVGA 780i problems posted on message boards.
 
im getting a 780i from evga as part of the upgrade from 680i, i remember when 680i first came out it was very problematic. issues with usb keyboards, lack of overclocking with quads and memory controller problems, i could go on with various problems the board had. on the other hand i was extremely lucky, got an evga 680ia1 ran my cpu at 3.6ghz 24/7 for months. had to use a vcore of 1.525 set in bios but i think that was more down to the cpu being a later version of the e6600 which tend to be voltage hungry. as far as a board vendor goes evga are probably the best, regular bios updates and a good warranty.
 
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Smirnoff said:
The board works ok now but like vs like intel boards will clock higher and be more stable, Just keep an eye on the evga fourms and update the bios when you need to.
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My e8500 does 4.3Ghz with my XFX 780i board,,maybe higher with more core voltage....((But i ran it at only 4.2ghz for daily use..)

What overclock do you think i be able to get if i was using an intel board :confused:
 
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Why did it not happen ?.

A E8500 should do 4.25GHZ, and I got 4.5GHZ but due to Quiet Cooling I wont run at that speed and there is no need anyhow, Game at 4GHZ when needed.

(Thats all Orthos and Memtest For Windows stable not simply running PI as many do).
 
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screen shots or it didnt happen lol
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:confused:what you mean by it didn't happen :confused:


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chaparral said:
:confused:what you mean by it didn't happen :confused:


Opps thought you were clocking a quad core, That E8500 wont last long at that voltage.

As for intel boards, With the wolfdale chips they seem to like high FSB i can run mine at 500fsb with 8 multi giving me 4ghz using 1.35v, But if i try 444 fsb at 9 multi i need more volt core, around 1.4v to keep it stable. Its pretty much a proven fact intel boards will do much higher FSB speeds than nvidia based boards. The 750i F.T.W. maxes out at around 500 fsb on our test board where as my rampage can easyly do 560 fsb plus.
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1.45v if cooled well is what most peeps on XS class as safe limit until proven otherwise.

Same with so called "degradation" being more so on them than any other CPU (again too soon to be proven although 1 n00b here keeps changing what I said around into blatent lies), hense set to ignore.

Pump the same overvoltage through it as your 65nm CPU had and sure your kill it sometime sooner rather than later, afterall its only a 1.2v CPU and its marked on the retail box 1.225v MAX.

I am happy to use 1.45v if needed and was happy to use 1.65v on the E6850 is needed.
 
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hi

I have the p5n-t deluxe i've had no probs.. mine's 1.02g most people who have probs are the ones with 1.01g boards and q6600, but i think they are getting there with the new bios 1001, it's a pritty good board evga/xfx among others have there own probs.. after all its all the same chips(780i/680i)..

math
 
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