Need SLI board for e8500

[akwally1]

Hey everyone,

My P5Ne-sli is dying a slow death due to a power surge a few months ago so I figured it's time to get a new board.

I've got an e8500 that I'm currently running at 4.04GHz so I'd like to be able to keep a decent overclock if possible.

My video is a GTX260. I plan to get another one so I'll need to go SLI with it, but DAMN those cards are big. I tried to do SLI with my Asus but I couldn't get two of those things to fit in there, they kept bumping up against the SATA ports. So something with a proven record of being able to fit two of those behemoths in there would be nice.

Any advice? I'm assuming that I'll need to stick with nForce due to the SLI, so what's the best of that bunch right now? Price-wise, I could go around $200 or so if needed.

Thanks for any help you can offer,

Mark

 

[happy medium]

Evga 750i FTW is the best bang for your buck overclocking Sli board I know of.

 

[lopri]

I agree with happy medium.

 

[akwally1]

Great advice, that's where my search has led also, thanks so much for the input.

Mark

 

[Bman123]

YEah it seems like it is known for good overclocking.
I am glad I found this mobo

 

[PCTC2]

If you haven't picked it up yet and have a bit of money (like the $200 you said), pick up an eVGA 790i FTW. DDR3 is cheap nowadays and you can't beat eVGA's warranty (I've replaced my 680i 2 or 3 times with them).

 

[akwally1]

PCTC2,

What's the major benefit of choosing the 790i over the 750i? Besides moving from DDR2 to DDR3 that is.

 

[PCTC2]

Originally posted by: akwally1
PCTC2,

What's the major benefit of choosing the 790i over the 750i? Besides moving from DDR2 to DDR3 that is.

PCIe 2.0 2 x16 and an x8 slot (actually 3 x16, but the middle will operate in PCIe 1.1, with bandwidth equal to PCIe 2.0 x8) over dual PCIe 2.0 x8, so support for full x16 SLI and tri-SLI. Dual gigabit, 2 more native SATA connectors, 1 more non-native + eSATA, and 2 more USB ports are more minor differences

 

[Juddog]

Originally posted by: PCTC2
If you haven't picked it up yet and have a bit of money (like the $200 you said), pick up an eVGA 790i FTW. DDR3 is cheap nowadays and you can't beat eVGA's warranty (I've replaced my 680i 2 or 3 times with them).

Quite a jump in price though. Over at newegg, the 790i ftw is $279.99, while the 750i is $115 after rebate.

 

[PCTC2]

Originally posted by: Juddog

Originally posted by: PCTC2
If you haven't picked it up yet and have a bit of money (like the $200 you said), pick up an eVGA 790i FTW. DDR3 is cheap nowadays and you can't beat eVGA's warranty (I've replaced my 680i 2 or 3 times with them).

Quite a jump in price though. Over at newegg, the 790i ftw is $279.99, while the 750i is $115 after rebate.

Directly from the manufacturer, eVGA sells it for $219. And then you don't have to worry about uploading your invoice or anything.

 

[Juddog]

Originally posted by: PCTC2

Originally posted by: Juddog

Originally posted by: PCTC2
If you haven't picked it up yet and have a bit of money (like the $200 you said), pick up an eVGA 790i FTW. DDR3 is cheap nowadays and you can't beat eVGA's warranty (I've replaced my 680i 2 or 3 times with them).

Quite a jump in price though. Over at newegg, the 790i ftw is $279.99, while the 750i is $115 after rebate.

Directly from the manufacturer, eVGA sells it for $219. And then you don't have to worry about uploading your invoice or anything.

Link? It sounds like you're talking about the regular EVGA 790i, not the FTW edition.

 

[PCTC2]

http://www.evga.com/products/m...y=Motherboard%20Family

 

[jaggerwild]

The FTW board are known for not being good over clockers, unless your just over clocking a little.

EVGA FTW bad over clocker

I'd go with a 790 EVGA

 

[starams5]

The ASUS P5N-D should fit your current configuration, good OC capabilities.

NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI
LGA 775: Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo
2x PCI Express 2.0 x16

http://usa.asus.com/products.a...model=2033&modelmenu=1

 

[Juddog]

I'm looking at this thread now myself for serious consideration after my 650i nforce mobo is giving me serious problems (doesn't boot with more than 3 GB of memory or if the dual channel mode is enabled using 2 sticks, occasionally just hangs on reboot forcing me to remove all but 1 stick of memory, PCI line bandwidth seems limited, etc.). The main thing I'm wondering is if the ASUS product supports ESA?

 

[Juddog]

Originally posted by: PCTC2
http://www.evga.com/products/m...y=Motherboard%20Family

What am I doing wrong here, I don't see where you can buy it direct or add it to the cart.