Need Help picking a 775 SLI Mobo

[Eddie313]

Can anybody help me pick the best ddr2 775 socket sli motherboard?

I have a Q9550 that is going to go in it with a pair of GTX 260 55 Ver

Is there any P45 Sli Motherboards?

Thanks

 

[SniperWulf]

Honestly, your only options are boards based on the 680i or 780i.

 

[Eddie313]

I picked up a msi p7n diamond AKA Junk thing is a POS Can't overclock any nor can get sli to work right

 

[Blazer7]

AFAIK there are no P45 SLI mobos. nV never gave intel an SLI license for the P45 so don't expect to find any such board out there. That limits your choice to nV based mobos.


The vast majority of the 680 boards won't support your CPU. Only some of the later 680 boards did support Yorkfield and they were hard to find even back then.


The 780 is nothing more than a 680 with the addition of the nF200 “decelerator” chip . The nF200 was used for the added PCI-E lanes needed for PCI-E 2.0 but it also introduced some horrible latencies. The 780 boards support Yorkfield but I would stay clear of them if I were you.


That leaves the 750 and the 790. Both support Yorkfield and it all comes down to how much you want to spend. The 750 is the “value” chipset where the 790 is nV's latest and greatest.


As somebody who got a rough ride with nV's 680, I would sell that Yorkfield if I were you, get myself a P55/X58 mobo, and call it a day. Just my 2c.

 

[cmdrdredd]

AFAIK there are no P45 SLI mobos. nV never gave intel an SLI license for the P45 so don't expect to find any such board out there. That limits your choice to nV based mobos.


The vast majority of the 680 boards won't support your CPU. Only some of the later 680 boards did support Yorkfield and they were hard to find even back then.


The 780 is nothing more than a 680 with the addition of the nF200 “decelerator” chip . The nF200 was used for the added PCI-E lanes needed for PCI-E 2.0 but it also introduced some horrible latencies. The 780 boards support Yorkfield but I would stay clear of them if I were you.


That leaves the 750 and the 790. Both support Yorkfield and it all comes down to how much you want to spend. The 750 is the “value” chipset where the 790 is nV's latest and greatest.


As somebody who got a rough ride with nV's 680, I would sell that Yorkfield if I were you, get myself a P55/X58 mobo, and call it a day. Just my 2c.

I agree, I've had numerous headaches with nvidia chipsets on Intel CPUs. Most notably is memory deaths. Where the board just renders sticks of memory dead randomly.