Another mobo ?

[Dainius]

OK, would you guys go with the 680i or 780i for the q6600?... pretty much am I gonna be able to get the same OC with each board? better speeds? what are the differences to justify the price of the 780i and why I should go with it? thanks for the help

 

[stalin90]

780i has 45nm quad support 680i doesnt, 780i has 3 16 speed pci-e, 680i has 2 16 and 1 8. 780i has a better nb cooler imo. i think you would get about the same overclocks but im not sure. i would get the cheaper 680i untill ddr3 gets cheaper then get a ddr3 board

 

[Luke]

meh, ddr3 won't be the norm for another 1.5 to 2 years...i say go with the 780i. But if you aren't using sli why do u want an nvidea chipset?

 

[Dainius]

well if the drivers and support for the 9800 gx2 get better in the future i planned on running two of those... who knows really.... i prefer nvidia over ati and dont feel like spending another 300-500 dollars on a video card to run a diff chipset.. at least not right now:laughing: just really want to test my OC'ing abilities with an intel cpu... amd is good but I want to see how far I can go with a q6600... so I guess my real question is which one for better OC'ing? or are they about the same?

 

[veg1992]

the 780i wins in terms of overclocking

but get the 750i FTW, because you don't need 3x 9800gx2's

 

[Dainius]

ahhh completely overlooked the 750... thanks for the tip and ill check that out... i heard its pretty close in terms of OC'ing between the 3 so we shall see I guess

 

[veg1992]

750i is just a 780i without Tri-SLI, so I'd get that

 

[Dainius]

will i notice any difference between the 4 pin or 8 pin cpu connector? it wont hinder anything having a 4 pin will it?

 

[Luke]

Does 750i have 45nm support....if it does i might consider getting it over a 780i. (sorry for thread jacking)

 

[veg1992]

It does have 45nm support