eVGA nForce 680i SLI

Rob Williams · 06-10-2007, 10:01 PM

eVGA has released numerous motherboards in the past two years, but we are going to take a look at their most recent top offering, the nForce 680i SLI. Coming from a company who knows how to cater to enthusiasts, will the board leave us impressed like their graphics cards do?

You can read the full review here and discuss it here.

Arctucas · 06-11-2007, 01:49 PM

At least eVGA released a revision of this mobo that helped resolve the quad-core O/C issues, something that Asus hasn't (and most likely won't) for the Striker Extreme, where you could send eVGA your original mobo and they would send you the new one for free!

All in all, eVGA has Asus beat hands down, especially with customer service and tech support.

Greg King · 06-11-2007, 01:52 PM

eVGA has always impressed me with their customer support. I have never dealt with Asus but I have many time with eVGA and all in all, they clearly care about their customers.

Rob Williams · 06-11-2007, 01:58 PM

I have never dealt with either companies customer service, but I have continually heard bad things about ASUS. Primarily the fact that they are hard to "get through to", and difficult to see quick action.

eVGA has a good thing going I think, I haven't heard many complaints about them.

werty316 · 06-12-2007, 02:17 AM

The eVGA 680i-SLI is a superb board and their customer service is great.

06-12-2007, 03:33 AM

Very good board, I found it to be rock solid so far. However the bridge temp
on this board is FAR FAR too high for no reason what-so-ever. And depending
on which cooler you use on your CPU (9700NT in my situation) the supplied
cooler for the bridge is going to blue its warm air INTO your cooler and make
it less efficient.

Also to note, when running a single 8800GTS card, the MCP temp was around
45 - 50 , once I dropped in my second card for SLI, the MCP temp rose up
about 15 degrees.. :S wth ?

I was able to hit 400FSB with my X6800 and some minor voltage tweaks
coupled with OCZ XTC 8500 SLI memory.

06-10-2007, 10:01 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor in Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 8,921	eVGA nForce 680i SLI eVGA has released numerous motherboards in the past two years, but we are going to take a look at their most recent top offering, the nForce 680i SLI. Coming from a company who knows how to cater to enthusiasts, will the board leave us impressed like their graphics cards do? You can read the full review here and discuss it here. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.20GHz, ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, OCZ 8GB PC2-6400, EVGA GTX 285 1024MB Seagate 500GB, 750GB & 1TB, Pioneer 22x ODD, Corsair 1000HX, Thermalright Ultra-120, CM Storm Sniper Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Ultrasone PRO 750, Gentoo Linux (KDE 4.3.2, 2.6.31 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter Profiles: Last.fm \| Xbox Live \| Steam

06-11-2007, 01:58 PM	#4
Rob Williams Editor in Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 8,921	I have never dealt with either companies customer service, but I have continually heard bad things about ASUS. Primarily the fact that they are hard to "get through to", and difficult to see quick action. eVGA has a good thing going I think, I haven't heard many complaints about them. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.20GHz, ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, OCZ 8GB PC2-6400, EVGA GTX 285 1024MB Seagate 500GB, 750GB & 1TB, Pioneer 22x ODD, Corsair 1000HX, Thermalright Ultra-120, CM Storm Sniper Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Ultrasone PRO 750, Gentoo Linux (KDE 4.3.2, 2.6.31 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter Profiles: Last.fm \| Xbox Live \| Steam

06-12-2007, 02:17 AM	#5
werty316 Partition Master Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 408	The eVGA 680i-SLI is a superb board and their customer service is great. __________________ Chuck Norris doesn't go hunting.... CHUCK NORRIS GOES KILLING

06-12-2007, 03:33 AM	#6
Unregistered Guest Poster Posts: n/a	This board runs HOT Very good board, I found it to be rock solid so far. However the bridge temp on this board is FAR FAR too high for no reason what-so-ever. And depending on which cooler you use on your CPU (9700NT in my situation) the supplied cooler for the bridge is going to blue its warm air INTO your cooler and make it less efficient. Also to note, when running a single 8800GTS card, the MCP temp was around 45 - 50 , once I dropped in my second card for SLI, the MCP temp rose up about 15 degrees.. :S wth ? I was able to hit 400FSB with my X6800 and some minor voltage tweaks coupled with OCZ XTC 8500 SLI memory.

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06-11-2007, 01:49 PM	#2
Arctucas Obliviot Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2	At least eVGA released a revision of this mobo that helped resolve the quad-core O/C issues, something that Asus hasn't (and most likely won't) for the Striker Extreme, where you could send eVGA your original mobo and they would send you the new one for free! All in all, eVGA has Asus beat hands down, especially with customer service and tech support.

06-11-2007, 01:52 PM	#3
Greg King Tech Junkie Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,976	eVGA has always impressed me with their customer support. I have never dealt with Asus but I have many time with eVGA and all in all, they clearly care about their customers.