should i get the 680i for my new build?

i am building a new system and up till this point i was leaning towards athe abit aw9d max until i saw this baby!!

i dont know much about this new board becauise there isnt that many reviews out but i am curious and might consider buying it..... i dont know exactly but i was hoping some people would like to help me on my disision...

this would go nice with the C2D 6600 and the new dx 10 video card 8800

but as i said i would like to know what people think?

Wanna go sli? will you OC?

If no SLI, go with 965 with or without OC the board is much more mature and most likely cheaper to buy
if sli, 650i Sli might be a good choice remains to be seen.

If you want 450+ FSB with sli then that board might be a good choice, especially in MSI/Gigabyt/asus/dfi and such

if you got the dough go with this one, i surely will when it gets in stock:

https://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Prod [...] ode=247121

It seems like a good board for what it does, I would consider it when it comes down to a nominal price... waiting to see how the RD600 does, and whether the R600 will be better than the 8800GTX before i make my move though...

The eVga is the reference board from nVidia, wich mean nVidia did the layout and eVga put their name on it and sale it. Think of it as the intel 965 board.

Usually Asus/dfi/gigabyte/etc can do a better layout that improve the OCing off the board. They might also add/remove features, whatever they want really.

Expect for fancy marketing and a whole lot of heat pipe, I dont think this board offers much more then the average 680i but I could be wrong, no reviews yet!

I still recommand to wait because the layout of the eVga isn't nice(front panel connector next to the ram slot, wtf!)

sweet thanks for the link, that's much like it, screw that marketing mombo jumbo!



What do you think of these SATA connector on the edge of the board? look pretty good to me.

Things I dont like:
the PATA connector right next to the Power connector, might be a bit harder to cable manage that!
No color coding on the front panel connector. No big deal
Heatsink on the northbridge seem small to me!

I know what you mean, built a few rig on P5n32, only had 1 HD in most of them though but it did get cosy with the 7950GX2 of this world!.

Cool side ways connectors for cable management

whats the deal on the cheaper models of the 600 series...... like the 650i and all that stuff?

any good?

Itll be rather interesting to see how the 650Ultra stacks up to the Gigabyte DS3 and Abit AB9 Pro.