Recommendation request, intel

[MoFo]

I have a Q6600 and 2 8800 GTs

what board would you get??

I may try some overclocking but its not that important


thanx

 

[MTDEW]

Evga 750 SLi FTW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813188026
Or
Evga 780i SLi FTW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813188027

 

[JPB]

You more or less will have to choose a NV chipset board. Almost all of Intel boards are Crossfire.

I would go with the 750i though, good board.

 

[taltamir]

get a P45 based board, sell the two 8800GT on ebay, and buy one GTX260

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: taltamir
get a P45 based board, sell the two 8800GT on ebay, and buy one GTX260

I've heard so many horror stories about the NV chipset mobos that my interest is piqued. If I could find one at a decent price, I'd have to mess to see if they are THAT bad.

 

[OCNewbie]

Originally posted by: taltamir
get a P45 based board, sell the two 8800GT on ebay, and buy one GTX260

Seconded =)

 

[MTDEW]

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: taltamir
get a P45 based board, sell the two 8800GT on ebay, and buy one GTX260

I've heard so many horror stories about the NV chipset mobos that my interest is piqued. If I could find one at a decent price, I'd have to mess to see if they are THAT bad.

LOL, i just left an Asus 780i board myself.
My experience was, they are stable as a rock running at defualt speeds.(no overclocking)

Buy really strange while overclocked.

I mean you'd do the normal stress tests with prime and memtest etc...etc..
To be sure your overclock is stable as a rock.
Pc would pass with flying colors and take everything you threw at it.

So you'd be good to go and two or three weeks later, you'd get a random lockup/reboot on startup or just sitting at the desktop.

Reboot pc after random lockup/reboot and it would pass all stress tests again, and you be rock solid for another few weeks, until another completely random event.
No combination of voltage or bios tweaks would prevent it from happening from time to time.

Now this is my experience with The Asus P5n-T Deluxe.
On the Asus forums, i wasnt alone, there IS something wrong with The P5N-T Deluxe!
Made me mad too, i spent $250 on a premium mobo from a reputable name like Asus.
And just never did have the confidence in the board like i did my old Abit Ip35-E intel board.(a $90 board more stable than a $250 board, what a joke)

I mean, the board overclocked pretty well and was fast.
I just never had 100% complete confidence in the board.

Anyway, i sold my two 8800GTS 512 cards, bought a single GTX 280 and my Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P is on the way.

Now this was my experience with the ASUS P5N-T Deluxe 780i.
Supposedly Evga have all their problems worked out with their latest bios's so their boards are what i'd buy if i decided to go sli again in the near future.

I even considered it myself.

But in the end, i decided there was no reason to bother trying it again for now.
I really missed the confidence in stability i had with the Intel chipset, so i went that route.

So obviously i agree it is a great suggestion.

I just assumed the original poster wanted to go sli since he had two 8800GT cards / q6600.
And he just wasnt aware that he couldnt do it with the INtel chipset.
So i suggested the most stable sli boards i know of.

 

[MTDEW]

Anyway, im not trying to bash Asus here, ive had many good Asus boards over the years.
Most recent b4 the P5N-T was the P5W DH - Deluxe which was a great board.

But the Asus P5N-T Deluxe 780i isnt one of them.

If you go 780i, just take my advice, go Evga and stay away from the P5N-T Deluxe.
http://vip.asus.com/forum/topi...Deluxe&SLanguage=en-us

 

[Gillbot]

I'm not an Asus fan at all, I prefer MSI since they've been really good to me but I hear horror stories about them as well.

 

[MTDEW]

Well, if it matters or not to the original poster, here is what i did.
If you've read any of my other threads, i.....
1: Sold my two 8800GTS 512mb cards.
2: Bought a GTX 280
3: Bought a GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P (its the Intel P45 chipset w/two pci-e slots)
4: And I also have an extra 512mb 8800gt im gonna use along with my GTX 280 for physics.

So, if you're wondering what I would do, well there is what i did.
Now dont confuse me running two Nvidia cards on the Intel chipset as being in SLi!!!
Im running the cards "seperate", one for physics and one for 3d gaming, they are not sli'ed.

But as i posted earlier, if you're gonna go sli, it seems the Evga 750i and 780i are your best bet. (for now anyway)

Hopefully what ive been reading is true and we wont have to choose between chipsets for sli or x-fire in the future.

 

[MoFo]

thanx for all the replies