What is the best 680 i Board for c2d

Dwbreeze1982 · 19 Aug 2007 at 14:48

as title really, all help appreciated

Thanks

Amidar · 19 Aug 2007 at 15:07

EVGA 680i Revision A1

helmutcheese · 19 Aug 2007 at 15:14

I got a Striker E + E6850, got to 3.9GB on day 3 going slow and easy but my cooling aint extreme and its quiet so will need more cooling for 4GB.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-002-NC

Also these modern coolers do not blow downwards onto socket as the heatpipes around CPU slot need to get some cool air, so just got to make sure case has good airflow.

Dwbreeze1982 · 19 Aug 2007 at 16:01

i have been looking at the bfg 680i revision 2 board, i was just wondering who makes this board as foxcon make evgas and i hear the evga board has caused a few problems.

Anyone with the BFG 680i board please help me in my decission as i want a sli board to use my 7900gts on until i can afford a pair of 8800gtxs.

Thanks

Also if anyone can link me to some bfg 680i reviews it would be appreciated

Amidar · 19 Aug 2007 at 16:09

BFG board is made by Foxcon as it's a reference board.

Dwbreeze1982 · 19 Aug 2007 at 16:16

Amidar said:
BFG board is made by Foxcon as it's a reference board.

just read that on *****.net

wont be buying that one then . Anyone got or used the Gigabyte GA N680SLI-DQ6. that isnt a reference board and i was just wondering what it was like.

Amidar · 19 Aug 2007 at 16:19

Whats wrong with the reference boards?

I would go with the DFI 680i board over the Gigabyte board.

w3bbo · 19 Aug 2007 at 17:44

Either revision of the reference board is fine for C2D. The best 680i for quads core is the later revision EVGA (A1) as it has had some power modifications.

I had an early revision 680i reference board and it got my 6600 4ghz stable. Currently playing with a quad with a newer revion board and so far so good.

enigmo · 19 Aug 2007 at 18:26

From what I've read, most of the 680i boards are near enough the same as they're all based on the nVidia reference designs. Unfortunately, while one of my mates has a BFG 680i with no problems, I've got two and suffered with dead boards, slowdowns, lockups, and instability. Seems a bit hit n miss to me, like if you get a good one, it's truly excellent, but if you get a duff one, you really are screwed (even after two RMAs in my case). On that note, from what I've read here and elsewhere, a proportion of all 680i owners experience these problems, but EVGAs support and returns seem a little better organised than BFGs.

SimonMaltby · 19 Aug 2007 at 19:42

I tried the EVGA, BFG and Asus versions and settled with the DFI 680i LT.
I have had 2 BFG's and the EVGA fail on me... ok RMA was good, but i had to buy another board while waiting.. hence the number of boards i tried

IMO The DFI is best because the components DFI have used go together very well and the bios options are greater.

I have only just changed because i am no longer waiting for SLI and fancied trying the Asus P35 variant.

I could run 4Ghz at 1.45v vcore 444x9 on my bog standard e6850 CPU

If interested i will be putting my DFI up for sale in the week with a full set of chipset water blocks.