x58 3way sli

[yvain4]

What mother board would you guys recommend for 3 way sli with the x58 chipset? im not sure myself.

 

[silent-circuit]

Doubt it matters all that much. The Gigabyte boards are looking pretty nice this time around.

 

[yvain4]

yea im stuck between the asus rampage and the gigabyte extreme. i guess ill just save a few dollars and go with gigabyte. gigabyte is all ive owned and they never let me down.

 

[Motley]

the EVGA X58 is really good too.

 

[veedubfreak]

p6t
gigabyte
evga
atm they all support 16x/8x/8x.
Evga is supposed to have a nf200 enabled 16x/16x/16x board out sometime in december.

 

[MrGuvernment]

Do you need tri-sli?

 

[Anchen]

p6t
gigabyte
evga
atm they all support 16x/8x/8x.
Evga is supposed to have a nf200 enabled 16x/16x/16x board out sometime in december.

The Asus P6T can't do triple SLI if you are using dual slot cards because of the PCI-E arrangement, and if you are doing triple SLI you are probably (hopefully) using some of the more top end cards that are all dual slots. You can add the Asus Rampage II Extreme to the list though in its place.

 

[Mega666]

EVGA

 

[yang88she]

Asus, Evga, maybe DFI

 

[WaXmAn]

EVGA x58

 

[silent-circuit]

EVGA has the worst cooling of any of the X58s I've seen. I'd take the Gigabyte Extreme board over it hands down.

 

[Dra]

EVGA has the worst cooling of any of the X58s I've seen. I'd take the Gigabyte Extreme board over it hands down.

How do you know? I'm asking because I was thinking of getting this board.

 

[vanilla_guerilla]

it has separate coolers so it opens up options for the use aftermarket cooling, if you are inclined

 

[silent-circuit]

How do you know? I'm asking because I was thinking of getting this board.

It looks like a variant of the cooling system used on their 680i / 780i / 790i boards. Might very well be sufficient (Intel chipsets generally run cooler than their Nvidia counterparts) but when put up against the cooling system on the Gigabyte Extreme or the high end ASUS boards, it's downright puny.

 

[Mega666]

It looks like a variant of the cooling system used on their 680i / 780i / 790i boards. Might very well be sufficient (Intel chipsets generally run cooler than their Nvidia counterparts) but when put up against the cooling system on the Gigabyte Extreme or the high end ASUS boards, it's downright puny.

I'll wait until some actual facts roll in - like temps rather than an "it looks like" review.

 

[Dra]

I'll wait until some actual facts roll in - like temps rather than an "it looks like" review.

I agree. Also, since the memory controller isn't on the NB anymore, maybe that means these new chips also run cooler than previous ones...