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The 680i

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D3v1an7

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Ok,

For the first time in eternity I'm going to get to build my own very near top of the line rig. I'd like to go with a 680i MB but I'm reading about a lot of problems with the boards. So, I wanted to know if anyone here had one of these new boards yet and your personal experiences with them.

Thanks everyone
 
Not familiar with that board, but I have read lots of problems. You are better off with an Asus P5B.
 
I have had 0 problems with my eVGA board. Overclocks great also...
 
That's sort of what I am hearing. Sometimes it is a total POS and other times it can be the best board ever.

I guess with enough RMA I'm bound to end up with one that works or I can just wait a few months till the bugs are ironed out.
 
Overclocks effortlessly, the only issue i had was crackling on board audio when i had sli. Too bad cuase when i t was not crackling it was good. I went back to my Audigy since i had room,(sold one of my GPU's) and all has been well
 
In short, 680i based boards are hit or miss. If you get a bad one, it could be the worst computing experience of your life. If it works, the platform is near perfect. The BIOS options, the feature set, SLI compatibility and stability/performance close to that of the i975x motherboards makes 680i boards a joy to own and work with.

Even though I am one of the people who have had the worst 680i experiences you'll find out there, I have also had a great one. My first motherboard, the eVGA 680i and it's replacement were horrible. I worked with Kyle and NVIDIA to solve the problems and ended up replacing the board with the Striker Extreme.

Coming from a stable P5W DH system I can tell you that the experience I've had with the Striker Extreme has been the most problem free, and easiest I've had in the last year and a half. Aside from poor overclocking experiences with the Striker, I've been totally impressed. It has been the equal and in many cases superior to my P5W DH, which kicked alot of ass.

Your mileage may vary of course. So proceed with caution. If you don't need or want SLI compatibility, then I suggest sticking with the P965 Express chipset based boards, or the i975x based boards. both offer great overclocking and legendary stability.
 
I don't want to rule out the option of going SLI later (look at the compy in my sig, that's how often I upgrade) and I like the ability to use faster memory speeds natively on this board as well as slap in a physics board if it pleases me.

I'm going to wait till my tax refund is in to place this order so hopefully whatever is ailing this line of MBs will be identified and fixed by then.

From the few people who have had positive experiences it seems that this chipset kicks major arse when it is working. I just hope Nvidia is able to fix their issues before too long or I will probably go as you suggested with a 965 o 975 based board.


I'm curious though, how many hoops did they make you jump through before they admitted something was wrong with the board and sent you a new one? How was the EVGA tech support? Would they have been as willing to work with you if you didn't have Kyle and [H}ardOCP assiting in the process?
 
blackrino9 said:
I don't want to rule out the option of going SLI later (look at the compy in my sig, that's how often I upgrade) and I like the ability to use faster memory speeds natively on this board as well as slap in a physics board if it pleases me.

I'm going to wait till my tax refund is in to place this order so hopefully whatever is ailing this line of MBs will be identified and fixed by then.

From the few people who have had positive experiences it seems that this chipset kicks major arse when it is working. I just hope Nvidia is able to fix their issues before too long or I will probably go as you suggested with a 965 o 975 based board.


I'm curious though, how many hoops did they make you jump through before they admitted something was wrong with the board and sent you a new one? How was the EVGA tech support? Would they have been as willing to work with you if you didn't have Kyle and [H}ardOCP assiting in the process?
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I don't know. I bought my board at a local store, and then exchanged it once, and then returned it for a refund.
 
Animal said:
My eVGA 680i is the most stable motherboard I have ever owned.
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ditto.

and when i blew it up by being careless, evga had a new one in a sealed retail box in my hands about 54 hours after i requested an rma.
i type this a dozen times a day - i have had 3 c2d boards, p5b series, p5w series and now the 680i. the 680i is best, and maybe the only board out that is better than the p5w series boards from asus. so far.
 
I spent a little less amd got the ASUS P5N32-E SLI board. Its the Striker without all the bell and whistles.
It is so far as good as any ASUS Ive had. ( I have three others currently)
I have two other boards in SLI and this board runs 8800GTX in SLI without a hitch.
My config:
e6700@3.0GHz (so far)
XMS2-6400C4 2GB
8800GTX in SLI
X-Fi
PCP&C 850 Watt
I just put this together last weekend, so hopefully this weekend I can push the board a bit.
I've only played HL2 and EP1 so far, but the image quality and gameplay are just jaw-dropping; and this is upgrading from 7900GTXs.
 
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