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:
 
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.
 
Bomag said:
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.
 
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