Which 680i or other board?

Serial45 · 23 Jan 2007 at 15:16

I've posted a thread in general about upgrading.

I think from reviews and overclocking performance i've decided on a 680i board.

It's a toss up between the BFG and the EVGA.

I'm still thinking on memory., what would you recommend i'd say £280 is my limit, but don't want to spend overthe odds if I don't need to.

Thanks in advance

I've decided on the
E6600
Tuniq tower 120

Already have a BFG 8800GTX.

EDIT!!

I have a creative x-fi card and apparently there is major problems with ALL 680i chipset boards and the soundcards

Stelly · 23 Jan 2007 at 15:27

I would go for the EVGA one mate

Stelly

melbourne720 · 23 Jan 2007 at 15:50

I have the BFG and I can confirm that the Tuniq Tower fits it without a problem. But EVGA is a fine board, and you can't go wrong with a 10 year warranty.

Both are good boards. Flip a coin, heads BFG, tails EVGA.

2GB of OCZ 6400 Platinum rev 2 runs fine on my system (and was £164 when I bought it), but if you want to oc it then look for micron chip RAM, like CellShock.

TBH, I'm not sure RAM speed is the limiting factor it used to be in system performance.

Serial45 · 23 Jan 2007 at 16:47

Cool I was thinking maybe
CellShock 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-8000C4 (timings 4-4-4-12) (279 with vat) or Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x1GB) (270 with vat, but timings aren't as tight 5-5-5-15)

lordedmond · 23 Jan 2007 at 17:01

melbourne720 said:
I have the BFG and I can confirm that the Tuniq Tower fits it without a problem. But EVGA is a fine board, and you can't go wrong with a 10 year warranty.

Both are good boards. Flip a coin, heads BFG, tails EVGA.

2GB of OCZ 6400 Platinum rev 2 runs fine on my system (and was £164 when I bought it), but if you want to oc it then look for micron chip RAM, like CellShock.

TBH, I'm not sure RAM speed is the limiting factor it used to be in system performance.

the back plate needs to trimed for use on the evga so does the zalman water cooling plate , there are two small caps on the back that stop the backplate fitting snug, a sharp will do it at a pinch

Serial45 · 23 Jan 2007 at 19:25

lordedmond said:
the back plate needs to trimed for use on the evga so does the zalman water cooling plate , there are two small caps on the back that stop the backplate fitting snug, a sharp will do it at a pinch

ugh cba with any custom fix job's so that will ultimately rule out the evga for me as i really want to go with the tuniq cooler.

lordedmond · 23 Jan 2007 at 19:50

bfg one will be the same as they are all refeance ones built by Nvidia

its not a big job you just need to remove about 1 mm from a 5mm square

Serial45 · 23 Jan 2007 at 20:36

melbourne720 said:
I have the BFG and I can confirm that the Tuniq Tower fits it without a problem. But EVGA is a fine board, and you can't go wrong with a 10 year warranty.

Both are good boards. Flip a coin, heads BFG, tails EVGA.
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Cool 10 year warranty is far too long for me anyways, I will probably change system in 12-15 months, longest i've gone in years.