Ok Im confused

solaris54

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I have been trying to find a decent SLI type motherboard which I plan on using with Q6600.
Everytime I find one that seems like it will work for me some issues come up with it.
I almost decided on the EVGA 750i and then find out that people are having problems with it.

Is there any current SLI type mobo that is an all around good performer with no known problems that someone has experience with?
 
Not with a Q6600. NVIDIA chipsets for Intel CPU's have always been dicey, stability-wise, and the 750i is about as good as you're going to get. Right now, you have to choose two out of three of: (a) SLI, (b) Intel CPU, and (c) stability.

If you choose (a) and (b), just go for the 750i; it is at least the best of a bad lot, and remember that for everybody that has problems, even more are probably running it trouble-free. You just have to be prepared to take a greater risk.

(a) and (c) would mean going with NVIDIA's excellent chipsets for AMD CPU's. Despite how some people feel, that is a perfectly valid choice, especially as games are much more GPU-dependent than CPU-dependent, and the only reason to go SLI in the first place is games. Just get a highly-clocked Athlon X2 in that case, as the Phenoms have serious issues getting the high clock speed you'd need to seriously even be close to Core 2 (AFAIK), and it will be cheaper to tide you over until Nehalem or Deneb.

Last but not least, you could just do what most of us end up doing and choose (b) and (c). Give up SLI and just use an excellent Intel P45 or X48 chipset, depending on your budget. If you still want more GPU power than a single GPU will afford you, you can get SLI-on-a-stick GX2 280 when it comes out, or just go with Crossfire instead; the ATi/AMD 4000-series has been excellently received, and you could even go Quad-fire with the 4870 X2. That is the option I would go with.

Good luck with whatever route you take. :)
 
I'd get the 750i if you really need to go SLI, but as the other guy said, I'd probably just get an intel chipset and go with a single card.
 
Thanks for all of the information.

I ended up going with the MSI P7N Platinum at this point. Seems to have had the least problems.
 
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