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Pros: It's cool to have three SLI slots although I doubt I need anything above my two 8800 Ultras for a while. Great board layout other than that. On-board sound is still a bit lacking on a board with this price.
For anyone having trouble running 8GB with SLI, just disable SLI ready memory, works like a champ. If you are running air only, get high capacity fans. Overclocking is a breeze.
It seems to be a problem with most boards. Board layout is mostly good. Board looks cool as can be.Cons: My first 8800 Ultra covers to x4 PCI-X slot, negating my wanting a better sound card.
I need to redo mine as it only works with the side open for now - my problem.Other Thoughts: Bad placement of x4 PCI-X slot. Very Stable and EVGA support was 100% dead on in helping me with SLI problem - thanks.
The Asus board works perfectly with the new PSU. I decided to reinstall my trusty Asus P5B Deluxe.
Tried different memory with no luck. Pulled the CPU and reinstalled it, still no joy.
Nice board, sadly it wouldn't POST or display video. While I'm sure this is a great MOBO if you get a good one, I didn't.
I had also installed a brand new Antec 550 watt PSU at the same time I installed the new MOBO. I always swap the PSU at the same time I swap a motherboard.
The USB ports were failing one by one on that board, but it turns out my OLD PSU was going bad. So I RMA'd the EVGA board and got a refund.
Works great. If you get a rebate, be prepared to contest it because they may say you didn't sent all the required docs.
only praise.P.S. this is prob. very easy to overclock, with a ton of options. no complaints. they have one on newegg for about 8 bucks i think. quickly changed from air to watercooling with it also.
i used EK custom, it works great. one of the best motherboards i have owned so far. if you plan on watercooling your northbridge along with your CPU you'll need to get a custom waterblock for it. only thing is if you use triple SLI you will lose all your pci slots unless you watercool the video cards. other than that, very stable and powerful motherboard. also, you will have to get a fan to cool the southbridge and not interfear with your video card.
fits perfect.
the bigger the case the better the cooling. the 780i is a great motherboard for heavy gamers and graphic designers. a great thing about it is the 3 way sli support with is great for further enhancement, and of course the 8 GB ram support. i have a 9800gtx, an intel quad core, 4BG rams,and a 500Gb HDD all running smoothly. but be sure that you get a case the will accommodate its size, believe me it's a big motherboard. however beware that it only supports 800 Mhz ddr2 rams and up to 1200 in sli mode, so don't bother and buy the 1066 or higher ramms. finally, it is a good motherboard that it delivers.
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