Best mobo to SLi 2x evga gtx 480 superclocked

[jaffa_69]

Hi all,
Can you advise me on which mobo to select to enable me to have 2 x evga gtx 480 superclocked GPU's?

I woould like to have space between them to have good cooling.

Thanks all

 

[Maziar]

What CPU are you using ?

 

[saint19]

^+1

And all the mobos works over standard, that menas that the space between PCI-E lines are almost the same in all mobos.

 

[jaffa_69]

I'm going to upgrade my CPU to i7 960 I think it is. Thinking of the ASIs rampage III

 

[saint19]

Here are some good mobos:

1- ASUS P6X58D-E
2- EVGA X58 FTW3
3- GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD5
4- GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R

 

[Maziar]

ASUS Rampage III(Both Extreme and Formula) is one of the most expensive and best OC'er in X58 motherboards.So unless you need their extra feature and a huge OC'ng potential,buy them;otherwise,all of Saint 19's recommendations are excellent.

 

[AlphaWolfe]

How about w/ a 965 cpu? Must I refrain from a crossfire card? I have a asus 480

 

[Maziar]

AMD chipsets support CF only.So if you are planing to run SLI,then go with an Intel board.They're better for SLI support(compared to AMD Nvidia chipsets)

 

[saint19]

^That, or use HACK SLI.

 

[Maziar]

Well,that's a bit risky,don't you think German ?

 

[saint19]

Not really, if you do it in the proper way and use the correct nVidia driver is as easy as install your OS.