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[dr0be]

I've been looking for a motherboard to match with my q6600 and the big decision as always is do you want SLI (680i)? Or great overclocking (p35)?

I had the Gigabyte P35-DS4 Rev2.0 in mind for a month or so but I start thinking again that I think I may want the option to get a 2nd 8800GT in the future. I did a power search of newegg and the only 680i that meets my needs is a EVGA 122-CK-NF63-TR. I know back when I was researching everyone said to get the A1 board if you want the best overclocking but what would be the big difference between the A1 and TR?

I want quality, but I want future upgrade-ability and I'm stuck on what to get.

 

[o1die]

I would wait and see if asus comes up with a bios update for the striker extreme to run penryn. Evga probably won't bother with it. Personally, I would choose penryn capable over sli, in case you want to upgrade someday. Leave it to Intel to change the micro-code at the last minute before releasing penryn to screw things up. If you think about it, you can buy 2 or 3 p35 boards for the price(s) of the nvidia 680 boards.

 

[de8212]

I went from an evga A1 to the ds4 rev2 and I'm happy. I originally wanted sli as well but always read that it wasn't worth it. Of course that was before the 8800gt. So that might have changed things, I don't know.

 

[dr0be]

Originally posted by: de8212
I went from an evga A1 to the ds4 rev2 and I'm happy. I originally wanted sli as well but always read that it wasn't worth it. Of course that was before the 8800gt. So that might have changed things, I don't know.

Thats my main concern. Any idea how the TR does with Q6600 overclocking? I read that the A1 was the only 680i board that could push the q6600 close to what a p35 can do.

 

[de8212]

Originally posted by: dr0be

Originally posted by: de8212
I went from an evga A1 to the ds4 rev2 and I'm happy. I originally wanted sli as well but always read that it wasn't worth it. Of course that was before the 8800gt. So that might have changed things, I don't know.

Thats my main concern. Any idea how the TR does with Q6600 overclocking? I read that the A1 was the only 680i board that could push the q6600 close to what a p35 can do.

No idea personally but I've heard the same. Have you looked over at evga boards?