Hi all,

I am interested in buying this motherboard but I just do not now anything about EVGA .
I heard a lot of Asus and Gigabyte Boards how good they are but not EVGA What do you think guys.

I was looking at the EVGA Nvidia 790i Ultra SLI 132-CK-NF79-A1
Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6
Asus P5E3

I do not overclock and I only play games.
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List the rest of your components so we can have a better perspective of what you need or don't need.

As for a motherboard manufacture, you can't go wrong with either Gigabyte, Asus, or DFI. I have never used a eVGA motherboard before so I cannot comment on that. But like you said, everyone is talking mainly about Asus and Gigabyte, so you might as well go with what is fully tested and recommended.
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They are 30" Dell Monitor, 3 hard drives, Silverstone ST85ZF, Auzentech Prelude 7.1 sound card, Logitech 680 5.1 speakers, Logitech G9 mouse, Logitech G15 Keyboard,
Quad core Q9450cpu and PATRIOT PC3-10666 1333Mhz 4Gb 2GBX2 LL 7-7-7@1.7V

Video card might be this 9800GTX

thanks:)
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also can you use Nvidia video cards on the Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 because its only crossfirex
thanks
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also can you use Nvidia video cards on the Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 because its only crossfirex
thanks

single nvidia card be it single or dual core is NP.
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You can't go wrong with either Asus or Gigabyte but Asus tends to update bios more and Gigabyte tends to use less power.
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I'm leaning towards the EVGA 790i does anyone now anything about them?
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Can't comment on that specific board but I had a Evga AMD mobo. It kind of sucked really lacking in BIOS options and it became unstable. I eventually RMA'ed it and evga was great but I just sold it and bought a DFI board. It's a nice "stock" style board.
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The problem with evga is they use nforce. Given the slew of nforce problems on the prior generation, evga's mobo reputation is slightly tarnished. But the reference boards (what they sell) are the easiest to work with and evga's warranty and customer service is top notch, hands down one of the easiest companies to work with.

If you are going SLI, you're stuck with the evga. Probably the best option with nforce since when it fails, they won't give you crap about sending you a new one.

IIRC the P5E series comes in both x38 and x48 flavors, not that there is a whole hell of a lot of real world difference between the two. With 1600 FSB procs right around the corner x48 is probably the "safer" option, but then again most asus x38 boards should be just fine with those procs to begin with.

As for a motherboard manufacture, you can't go wrong with either Gigabyte, Asus, or DFI.

My Striker Extremes (both the dead ones and the one currently that I don't if it's dead or stuck on another "I'll sit here dead for 2 months and then randomly spring back to life") would like to have a word with you. OCZ even had to unfuck their BIOS, that right there speaks volumes.

If nforce 7 is anything like nforce 6, I'd wait a good six months before taking the plunge. All my reference boards worked fine and then blam, started failing. The Striker never wanted to work from the get go and would randomly go back to CPU INIT involving a several day long process to bring back to life. At times you can't tell if it's dead or just throwing a hissy fit.

I've NEVER had a motherboard die in a computer I built at home until that, and it's the most obnoxious thing ever. There is no way to tell if it's fried or not, you go through the magic voodoo dance it takes it to work, repeat over and over again, and you still can't quite tell what's going on, though I'm pretty sure this one is just completely dead.

I'm watching the MSI 780i board because it seems the most reliable so far. And frankly I don't feel like trouble shooting my home network/computers when I come home because that's all I do at work.
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The problem with evga is they use nforce. Given the slew of nforce problems on the prior generation, evga's mobo reputation is slightly tarnished. But the reference boards (what they sell) are the easiest to work with and evga's warranty and customer service is top notch, hands down one of the easiest companies to work with.

If you are going SLI, you're stuck with the evga. Probably the best option with nforce since when it fails, they won't give you crap about sending you a new one.

IIRC the P5E series comes in both x38 and x48 flavors, not that there is a whole hell of a lot of real world difference between the two. With 1600 FSB procs right around the corner x48 is probably the "safer" option, but then again most asus x38 boards should be just fine with those procs to begin with.



My Striker Extremes (both the dead ones and the one currently that I don't if it's dead or stuck on another "I'll sit here dead for 2 months and then randomly spring back to life") would like to have a word with you. OCZ even had to unfuck their BIOS, that right there speaks volumes.

If nforce 7 is anything like nforce 6, I'd wait a good six months before taking the plunge. All my reference boards worked fine and then blam, started failing. The Striker never wanted to work from the get go and would randomly go back to CPU INIT involving a several day long process to bring back to life. At times you can't tell if it's dead or just throwing a hissy fit.

I've NEVER had a motherboard die in a computer I built at home until that, and it's the most obnoxious thing ever. There is no way to tell if it's fried or not, you go through the magic voodoo dance it takes it to work, repeat over and over again, and you still can't quite tell what's going on, though I'm pretty sure this one is just completely dead.

I'm watching the MSI 780i board because it seems the most reliable so far. And frankly I don't feel like trouble shooting my home network/computers when I come home because that's all I do at work.

You say::( If you are going SLI, you're stuck with the evga. What do you mean I can't use
leadtek, Msi or Asus brand video cards for sli on this EVGA 790i ULTRA?
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Most EVGA motheboards have stablilty and power loss problems, as I've had a EVGA 680I SLI mobo, it sucked really bad no overclocks at 1st and was killed in a furnace overclock at the end. But I recommend you to go with the ASUS P5E3, they have more BIOS updates, and they have much more performance over Gigabyte motherboards, but Gigabyte motherboards draw less power with a 4.3% heat decrease compared to modern ASUS Motherboards......

And some brand video cards don't function properly on EVGA mobos, as suggested above by sd11....

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Most EVGA motheboards have stablilty and power loss problems, as I've had a EVGA 680I SLI mobo, it sucked really bad no overclocks at 1st and was killed in a furnace overclock at the end. But I recommend you to go with the ASUS P5E3, they have more BIOS updates, and they have much more performance over Gigabyte motherboards, but Gigabyte motherboards draw less power with a 4.3% heat decrease compared to modern ASUS Motherboards......

And some brand video cards don't function properly on EVGA mobos, as suggested above by sd11....

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Wow, I've never had any of those problems... My EVGA 680i mobo has my Q6700 running at 3.65GHz on air, prime and gaming stable. That's almost a full 1GHz overclock. Never had any problems. My CPU temps were always a tad high at load, considering my medium budget air cooler, but all the other temps were good. I never tried any ATI cards in my EVGA mobo, but all the nVidia cards I used work fine. I'm running Vista 64-bit with 8GB of overclocked DDR2. I'm really impressed with my EVGA motherboard. Right now it's with EVGA, as they are sending me the new 780i by way of step up.

To VE2007:
I've read lots and lots of good on the 780i, and the 790i has high hopes, too, but are you ready to switch to DDR3, just when DDR2 is so cheap and some excellent timings can now be sad? The 780i is a full 100 bucks or more cheaper than the 790i, and it's a solid board, so far. A friend of mine has his Q6700 watercooled and overclocked to 3.75 on his new 780i motherboard. EVGA's support is also exceptional. They really try hard to put out a quality product. Plus you'll have the option to do SLI later. I know a lot of members of this forum had so many dead 680i boards and tough experiences with them. They really do have a bad vibe here, but I would put EVGA a notch above the competition, especially if you get a second revision board. They really work to improve issues with subsequent revision releases as time goes on. My same friend also had the 680i from EVGA. His first board wouldn't pass 3.0GHz on his quad. EVGA took good care of him on the replacement, but instead of replacing it with the same revision, they replaced it with a newer revision board. He was able to also hit 3.65GHz on it without issue, and with good temps considering his water cooling system.
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Well, you might be a lucky owner of your EVGA motherboard:p

For me when I had it....It just didn't like my overclocks considering it was on a 28PSI force of Liquid Nitrogen running at a subzero 211'C. My C2D E6700 was at a peak of 5.83GHZ, after that, it just died.!!!
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Gigabyte has some value in the budget range, but theres no point in using a gigabyte board for a highend system, the asus boards are designed better. Btw, I dont think dfi should be left out of this, if you dont plan on using crossfire and just want a single nvidia gfx card why not consider the dfi lp lt p35 t2r? For that price its a great buy. I have had bad experiences with evga boards, dont buy an nvidia reference design if you dont really really need sli.
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You say::( If you are going SLI, you're stuck with the evga. What do you mean I can't use
leadtek, Msi or Asus brand video cards for sli on this EVGA 790i ULTRA?

No, but out of the options he listed he's stuck with the evga. Beyond that the evga boards were more stable, oc'd better, had better customer support, were less picky about memory, for the 680i generation.

Vid cards are another matter.

And some brand video cards don't function properly on EVGA mobos, as suggested above by sd11....

That's another issue but also another thread in and of itself.
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I get a 680i reference board, Dan_D loves them!
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I get a 680i reference board, Dan_D loves them!

LOLZ

Well, you might be a lucky owner of your EVGA motherboard:p

For me when I had it....It just didn't like my overclocks considering it was on a 28PSI force of Liquid Nitrogen running at a subzero 211'C. My C2D E6700 was at a peak of 5.83GHZ, after that, it just died.!!!

What was your FSB on the board???? Too high of an FSB can fry even the best MSI, ASUS, or Gigabyte boards over time, along with EVGA...

I don't think you'll have much trouble with the new 780i. I've seen very few negative reviews and loads of positive ones on it. There's a thread around here somewhere that I've seen where someone has hit 4.0GHz on their Q6600 with their EVGA 780i .... on AIR!! I can't find it now, if anyone has a link please help me out....

Anyways, if you do have trouble EVGA's RMA process and support are quite good. They'll take care of you. I think the 780i has a lifetime warranty, too, where many competitors offer only 3 years...
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Assuming you want top end without the price being an issue, what would you recommend? Please check my thread too!
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I burned out my first 680i board from evga, but they replaced it and even paid shipping both ways. My current 680i (rma'd board) hasnt given me a single problem. I run my q6600 at 3.6 with zero issues. As far as customer service goes, you cant beat Evga.

Also, check out the Evga 750i FTW board. Its of their own design and fixes quite a few of the flaws in the reference boards.
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My Striker Extremes (both the dead ones and the one currently that I don't if it's dead or stuck on another "I'll sit here dead for 2 months and then randomly spring back to life") would like to have a word with you. OCZ even had to unfuck their BIOS, that right there speaks volumes.

Wow how did they do that? :confused:
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I have an evga 680i T1. Have had no problems since day 1. Many problems were from the early AR boards and trying to OC quads. They also had some memory slot death problems. I have a 3870 in mine and it works wonderful. With my e4300 at 3.3ghz and the 3870 at 800/1350, I score 11,250 in 3d06. Not great, but not bad by any means. I forget what the bandwidth results were, haven't benched it since I put it together.

You claim you do not OC, and you just want to play games. I would reccomend the evga 750. You dont need any bells and whistles that come on the top end boards. The 750 will run a wolfdale and the rest of your stuff, and give you the option for SLI. Nvidia is still top of the VC heap, so if you only play games I guess you will want dual cards if not now, in the future for sure. I think the only draw back on it is the low number of SATA ports.
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I've always heard great things about eVGA, but it's Nvidia chipsets that worry me. Asus and Gigabyte make SLI chips as well, and XFX has a great 790i Ultra board out as well. The trouble seems to be, when you push them at all, they go crazygonuts.

IF you are dead set on SLI, the 790i isn't a bad way to go if you don't mind a product that has a good chance of being buggy. [H] was very favorable with the 790i reference. It just has not been out long enough to set a final verdict.
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dont go for 790 as of hard drive corruption problems (didnt read thru the entire thread)
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I'd go with the Gigabyte
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