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nForce 780i Board
Posted:
Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:16 pmby a1
I have my sights on the EVGA nForce 780i motherboard. It features 3 way SLI, PCI-E 2.0 and 1.0 x16, DDR2 800MHz. It can support the Intel Core 2 Duo and the Quad.
so is the board any good? Should I get it? It is at a low price at the moment at the local electronics place and I might get it for a build. Or should I go get an Intel board.
Re: nForce 780i Board
Posted:
Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:48 pmby N. Chapman
I would wait for the 790. but that's just me.
Re: nForce 780i Board
Posted:
Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:27 amby Brett_Henderson
I have that board, and like it so far. O'clocking is a breeze.
The price should be coming down a bit.
I would wait for the 790. but that's just me
LOL
Re: nForce 780i Board
Posted:
Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:34 pmby N. Chapman
I have that board, and like it so far. O'clocking is a breeze.
The price should be coming down a bit.
I would wait for the 790. but that's just me
LOL
Re: nForce 780i Board
Posted:
Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:58 pmby Brett_Henderson
Fast (cheap) DDR2 RAM wouldn't even be close to a bottleneck on the system he's building. Right now.. DDR3 is kinda like Rambus was .. years ago. Over-priced, over-kill...
Re: nForce 780i Board
Posted:
Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:02 pmby MWISimmer
By the time (future-wise) you'd be buyng components that would outpace that board.. it prob won't even be a socket 775 CPU..
SShhhh..! Don't let out the "industry secret" Brett.. ;D ;D
Re: nForce 780i Board
Posted:
Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:29 pmby a1
I have done my reading and find that this board and the Asus Maximus Extreme are the 2 that I really like. I wouldn't really mind much with DDR2 but DDR3 would seem better.
Re: nForce 780i Board
Posted:
Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:49 pmby Brett_Henderson
The DDR3 RAM is faster, than DDR2 when you compare just memory specs... but how either will perform differently as part of a system, is negligible. DDR2 RAM is very inexpensive right now...
I was torn between those boards too, and I'll admit that I went with the 780i because the Asus board sold out before I got there (I got the last 780i board to boot 8-) ).. Since then, I'm glad, because I probably would have bought DDR3 RAM and spent an additional $170... and NOT gotten $170 worth of performance.