680i mobo's

[gators1223]

I was thinking about buying a new 680i motherboard to upgrade my system and it seems that people are talking about problems with all of them, i wass wondering what a good motherboard might be or if the 680i's all have this problem

 

[Trunkz_Jr]

And I'd also like to know what kinda problems the 680I's have lol

 

[lmimmfn]

had 2 Asus P5N32-E SLI,first one died and wouldnt post, second one, fan sensor on CPU wouldnt work properly, eventually wouldnt post, on an evga 680i now, not a bother so far

 

[cdos]

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTI0NCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

yep am about to buy the P5N32-E SLI but this got me bit scard 🙁

 

[ausch30]

yep am about to buy the P5N32-E SLI but this got me bit scard

Mine works great.

 

[Zapest]

I have been running my evga 680i motherboard for several months now without any problems at all. I started out with some over clocking and the motherboard handled everything just fine. Right now I am running a E6600 on it now at a very stable 3.0. I took it up to 3.6 but never could get it to be all that stable. 3.0 is conservative but everything works very well and no heat problems.
The EVGA 680i board is set up pretty good. I have 4 SATA drives on it now, it says it can handle 6 but the last 2 connections for drives 5 and 6 have to be done with a 90 degree sata connector, not a big deal, but it does get a little tight.

 

[hunter_green32]

The eVGA board was designed by nVidia... it's the reference board. Of the 680i boards out there, this one has the most mature drivers, and likely gets the most attention with regard to bugs in the nVidia labs, as several board partners are affected.

Reference boards are offered by six board partners: eVGA, BFX, XFX, ECS, Foxconn, and as of last week, Albatron. Biostar is rumored, but as of yet nothing is on the website about a 680i board.

All reference boards are produced in the same facilities with identical components by a single, contract manufacturer. The only differences are the packaging and accesories, with the exception of the Foxconn board- branded heatsink on the chipsets. Not too surprising as Foxconn is likely the manufacturer of all of the reference boards, being the only one on the list with the capacity to do so.

Any board off of that list is going to perform identically. Go with the best deal the day you buy it from any of them.

If asked what the best 680i offerings were, I am liking Gigabyte and MSI the best. Both boards designed in house, both with unique features... both last to market due to, in my opinion, a higher standard for compatibility. Both excellent boards, just now beginning to ship in quantity.

Happy Building

 

[hunter_green32]

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[hunter_green32]

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[hunter_green32]

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[bfellow]

any idea if the 680i chipset will support the 6550, 6850, or any of the FSB 1333 processors?

 

[hunter_green32]

bfellow:

According to the 680i specs at nVidia's website, a 680i SLI will support future 1333 frontside bus processors.