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EVGA 680i Variants
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NF63-TR (Now called 680i SLI SE) / NF68-TR / NF68-AR are all the same motherboard physically, only the bundle and warranty change. NF63-TR are the old NF68-TR/AR with a new sticker put on top of the old part number to sell them as non-quadcore overclocking boards, hello cutting lost on unsold bugged board...
NF68-T1 and NF68-A1 are the same board, only the bundle and warranty change.
NF63-TR = 2 year warranty, small bundle of cable, no support for quad core overclocking, you CAN'T RMA it for a free upgrade to NF68-T1.
NF68-TR = 2 year warranty, small bundle of cable, no support for quad core overclocking, you CAN RMA it for a free upgrade to NF68-T1.
NF63-T1 = 2 year warranty, small bundle of cable, support quad core overclocking.
NF68-AR = Limited lifetime warranty, full bundle of cable, no support for quad core overclocking, you CAN RMA it for a free upgrade to NF68-A1.
NF68-A1 = Limited lifetime warranty, full bundle of cable, support quad core overclocking.
If you are not running a quad core AND trying to overclock they perform the same. if you want to overclock a quad core you need one with the number 1 at the end of the part number. That's it, no more no less.
NF68-T1 and NF68-A1 are the same board, only the bundle and warranty change.
NF63-TR = 2 year warranty, small bundle of cable, no support for quad core overclocking, you CAN'T RMA it for a free upgrade to NF68-T1.
NF68-TR = 2 year warranty, small bundle of cable, no support for quad core overclocking, you CAN RMA it for a free upgrade to NF68-T1.
NF63-T1 = 2 year warranty, small bundle of cable, support quad core overclocking.
NF68-AR = Limited lifetime warranty, full bundle of cable, no support for quad core overclocking, you CAN RMA it for a free upgrade to NF68-A1.
NF68-A1 = Limited lifetime warranty, full bundle of cable, support quad core overclocking.
If you are not running a quad core AND trying to overclock they perform the same. if you want to overclock a quad core you need one with the number 1 at the end of the part number. That's it, no more no less.
If you are going to buy this board, make sure you get the A1 version as mentioned before. Additionally, i've noticed that the new board seems to be more stable with four modules than two. Not sure why this is or what has changed.
Their products usually do but I'm having issues with their customer service at the moment.
The 680i is incredibly sexy as well, is amazing for quad core (I hear) and gives you room for a 2nd card in the future to upgrade.
I've went through two ASUS boards before this one, I dont regret it at all. I will never buy from ASUS ever again.
I've went through two ASUS boards before this one, I dont regret it at all. I will never buy from ASUS ever again.
I had my own experiences with ASUS when my BIOS chip got fried using their update software and they wouldn't fix it. I ended up buying a new BIOS chip to solve the issue.
Dan,
Please contact me directly so I can find out the details of the issue yo are having and get this resolved.
My contact information is:
jdarwin@evga.com
714-528-4500 x118
I look forward to helping you and anyone that needs support. EVGA is here to support its customers and I will do what I can to get things corrected.
Thank you,
Joe Darwin
Please contact me directly so I can find out the details of the issue yo are having and get this resolved.
My contact information is:
jdarwin@evga.com
714-528-4500 x118
I look forward to helping you and anyone that needs support. EVGA is here to support its customers and I will do what I can to get things corrected.
Thank you,
Joe Darwin
I appreciate that. I've sent you an E-Mail detailing my issues.
ooohhhh nice you are in orange county area didnt know that....nice I'll buy eVGA mobo now...sorry didnt know that...
yeah thats nice, they are like a stone throw away from me...literally...hehehe, i hope i can just drop off my stuff if i ever need an RMA in the future and pick up the replacement 
....oooohhhhhhhhhhhh convenience....hehehe... time to investigate where BFG is located....
....oooohhhhhhhhhhhh convenience....hehehe... time to investigate where BFG is located....I currently own two eVGA 680i SLI boards and an ASUS Striker Extreme. Between the two it's the eVGA board hands down. The eVGA boards overclock better (in my experience), and seem to be more compatible with different types of memory modules. The Striker does have more features, but I don't know if they are features most people will use. The blue LEDs are just fluff and while the LCD Poster is nice, it doesn't make a good board on it's own. The only real feature I really like on the Striker Extreme that I wish the eVGA board had is the two eSATA ports on the backplane. That's an awesome feature. Though most people probably won't use it at this point.
Another nice thing about the eVGA board is that it has one more PCIe x1 slot which is the only expansion slot left open to me at this point.
plus i think only eVGA offers advance RMA right?i might do the upgrade, terms of the memory is this a good one? Corsair 8500
They'll do advanced RMA, though you have to pay extra for it. It's like $30.00, but EVGA pays the shipping both ways so it's worth it in my opinion.
Despite the glowing recommendations for the A1 version, as a person not really interested in either quad-core overclocking or the bundle, and calculate in the fact that before a 2-year warranty expires I would probably have a new motherboard anyway, would anybody endorse the NF63-TR as being a good buy? Is there anything this board doesn't do, aside from the quad core OC'ing, that the newer SKU's can do?
Any help on this is appreciated.
Any help on this is appreciated.
I've never worked with any boards that use that part number. But why not get the T1 version anyway? Why limit your options? You'll be able to pick up quad core processors on the cheap here before too long.
Well, none of the programs I use on the PC in my signature (at least the programs that don't pertain to gaming) are multi-core aware, and, therefore, no task performed on that PC would take good advantage of a quad-core CPU for the foreseeable future in it's own right. Also, I'm terrible at multi-tasking, so 2 CPU cores for home use is plenty as it is. Quad-core is overkill even for the enthusiast, and I see it being nothing more than another buzz-word marketing tool to lure in people who don't need it. I'll take quad-core more seriously sometime next year when it's more necessary for me to do so.
Taking the few above reasons into account, recognize both boards in question are essentially the same aside from the quad-core overclocking, and then calculate the NF63-TR is $159 and the NF68-T1 is $229. That extra $70 is more usefully spent on, say, a better graphics card than my last-gen-fantastic X1650 XT that I bought as a stop-gap before diving head-first into a DX10 card. Quad-core overclocking is a sacrifice I'm willing to make unless someone says this SKU is somehow shockingly god-awful in comparison to it's more expensive counterpart.
You did. I got the same board. Its actually a NF-68, just changed the 8 to a 3. EVGA uses the NF-63's to identify 680i boards that they are having promotion deals on. It does not support quad core OC'ing though, but its still one hell of a board. Very happy with mine.
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Have one, love it. The way I see it, it does everything I want now, and by the time the quad cores come down and I'm feeling a CPU performance bottleneck I'll just buy a new board (and get support for newer Peryn cores in the process that the 680i's may not be able to handle) rather than spending $250+ on the top end of this series. I don't need the extra bundled cables, don't need more than a 2 year warranty, and the dual-core overclocking support is great.
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Earlier revision of the chipset, it's a hardware bug, so not going anywhere. Unfortunately.
It will still /run/ quads, just not OC them...
It will still /run/ quads, just not OC them...
Yes its been known since the day they were released. Only way you can OC quad cores on a AR or TR version is by upping the multiplyer on a Extreme Version. The A1's and the T1's have fixed this problem.
Hell yeah. My system would post with my Q6600 and 122-CK-NF68-AR at all kinds of speeds but it would hard lock on any settings above 1300MHz FSB. It worked fine at stock speeds but overclocking was totally out of the question.
I used similar logic and also purchased the SE version. However, I got mine from ZZF for $139 AR. I noticed that for some reason ZZF rebate is $20 instead of $10 and free shipping.
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=246710
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I agree with Dan, those boards are going to be built for the future while others are only going to be stuck in C2D Land.
i just went to Microcenter and pick one up instead..thanks....A1 FTW???I hope....
You can tell if it is an A1 or AR from the part number on the side of the box. I picked mine up at Fry's a couple of weeks ago and I checked the part numbers in advance. Also, for your information Microcenter lists the board on their website as having the part number 122-CK-NF68-A1.