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need mobo recommedantion for e3110 + Ballistix

Try the new EVGA 750i board. It comes with two PCIe x16 (2.0) slots. No troublesome MCP that causes data corruption.
 
Originally posted by: lopri
Try the new EVGA 750i board. It comes with two PCIe x16 (2.0) slots. No troublesome MCP that causes data corruption.
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What's MCP? And I see you have the EVGA 780i board, would you suggest that?
 
the 780i boards have a video problem, am I correct? I see it all over in forums. I really only need this because I screwed up and bought 2 880GTs and didn't realize I had a crossfire board. So, I need an SLI board that's as stable and OCs as well as this Gigabyte EP which is a p35 board. The 780i scares me and I don't need DDR2 - so I thought the striker extreme 680i would be good.
 
Originally posted by: ThePiston
the 780i boards have a video problem, am I correct? I see it all over in forums. I really only need this because I screwed up and bought 2 880GTs and didn't realize I had a crossfire board. So, I need an SLI board that's as stable and OCs as well as this Gigabyte EP which is a p35 board. The 780i scares me and I don't need DDR2 - so I thought the striker extreme 680i would be good.
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The EVGA 750i is a different chipset, plus the board is only $190 or so on Newegg.

The overclocks some of the EVGA mod's are posting in their forums with this board are pretty nice.

Edit: The price on DDR2 memory is just stupid cheap, so that shouldn't be an obstacle to your decision, imo.
 
SPP - North Bridge (Intel calls it 'MCH' or Memory Controller Hub)
MCP - South Bridge (Intel calls it 'ICH' or Input/Output Controller Hub)

780i: C55 SLI (North Bridge) + MCP55 (South Bridge)
750i: C55 SLI (North Bridge) + MCP51 (South Bridge)

MCP55 is a different name of nForce 570 SLI, and has been used on many many chipsets including 680i/780i/790i. It's notoriously hot and for whatever reason 680i/780i/790i suffers data corruption under 'right' circumstances, which is not observed on 650i/750i. The notable advantage of MCP55, however, is that it has enough PCIe lanes to support 3-way SLI in conjunction of various flavors of SPP.

Unless you have a specific reasons (such as EPP memory support or 3-way SLI), 750i is probably a safer bet than 780i especially now with EVGA offering two full PCIe x16 lanes on their 750i boards.
 
Originally posted by: ThePiston
the 780i boards have a video problem, am I correct? I see it all over in forums. I really only need this because I screwed up and bought 2 880GTs and didn't realize I had a crossfire board. So, I need an SLI board that's as stable and OCs as well as this Gigabyte EP which is a p35 board. The 780i scares me and I don't need DDR2 - so I thought the striker extreme 680i would be good.
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What video issue are you exactly referring to? In any case, a video issue is not likely a board issue but rather a video card (drivers, or SLI-specific) issue. Purchasing a high-end 680i board at this time is a bad choice, I'm afraid. 680i and 780i both support DDR2 only, and 790i supports DDR3 (only). Mid-to-low end 680i (such as 680i LT for $100~$120) may not be a bad deal for a dual-core CPU, but if you're looking above price points you should definitely go with the new 7 series boards.
 
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