[SOLVED] Opinions on Mobo decision

AWhetstone99 · 01-31-2009, 05:51 PM

I'm considering buying the EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard with a 9800gtx+, instead of the gigabyte ep45-ud3r with a 4870, mainly because of cost but I've heard comments on both sides saying that the 750i mobo is either the most reliable they've ever had, or the worst. Any insight into this?

Tumbleweed36 · 01-31-2009, 05:56 PM

Just personal preference, you will be happier with the Gigabyte board and the 4870 IMHO. I think the Gigabyte boards are just more stable most of the time, but both are decent boards.

**linderman** · 01-31-2009, 06:05 PM

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mai..._10.html#sect0

Anyway, we can only leave the decision making to SLI fans here. You may either use only one graphics card, or give up CPU overclocking altogether or overclock to pretty mediocre speeds. You may wait for new Nvidia chipsets or even switch to ATI graphics cards. The choice is yours, and at this time we cannot recommend any Nvidia nForce 750i SLI based mainboards. None of them are really good, so no wonder very few companies have them in their product range.

AWhetstone99 · 01-31-2009, 06:08 PM

that's all I needed to hear. GB and 4870 1gb for me.

**linderman** · 01-31-2009, 06:20 PM

the very high end; over $250.00 790i chipsets arent any better!

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mai..._11.html#sect0

It is very hard to make any final conclusions about ASUS Striker II NSE mainboard basing on the benchmark results. Despite a few unpleasant issues it did perform very well in our practical tests. Of course, memory modules compatibility issues or occasional boot-up failures with correct settings are frustrating, but not critical problems. Especially taking into account that this mainboard overclocks processors really well and performs practically as fast as top platforms on Intel X48 Express. And we would definitely recommend ASUS Striker II NSE to all advanced users, if it were not for one thing: this mainboard is based on nForce 790i SLI from Nvidia.

dont know about you; but thats not what I want to hear about a motherboard that costs me near $300.00 !

01-31-2009, 05:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
AWhetstone99 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Iowa Posts: 48 OS: Vista 64-bit My System	[SOLVED] Opinions on Mobo decision I'm considering buying the EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard with a 9800gtx+, instead of the gigabyte ep45-ud3r with a 4870, mainly because of cost but I've heard comments on both sides saying that the 750i mobo is either the most reliable they've ever had, or the worst. Any insight into this? __________________ "There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't."

01-31-2009, 05:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,672 OS: XP Professional	Re: Opinions on Mobo decision Just personal preference, you will be happier with the Gigabyte board and the 4870 IMHO. I think the Gigabyte boards are just more stable most of the time, but both are decent boards. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

01-31-2009, 06:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,441 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: Opinions on Mobo decision http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mai..._10.html#sect0 Anyway, we can only leave the decision making to SLI fans here. You may either use only one graphics card, or give up CPU overclocking altogether or overclock to pretty mediocre speeds. You may wait for new Nvidia chipsets or even switch to ATI graphics cards. The choice is yours, and at this time we cannot recommend any Nvidia nForce 750i SLI based mainboards. None of them are really good, so no wonder very few companies have them in their product range. __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

01-31-2009, 06:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
AWhetstone99 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Iowa Posts: 48 OS: Vista 64-bit My System	Re: Opinions on Mobo decision that's all I needed to hear. GB and 4870 1gb for me. __________________ "There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't."

01-31-2009, 06:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,441 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: [SOLVED] Opinions on Mobo decision the very high end; over $250.00 790i chipsets arent any better! http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mai..._11.html#sect0 It is very hard to make any final conclusions about ASUS Striker II NSE mainboard basing on the benchmark results. Despite a few unpleasant issues it did perform very well in our practical tests. Of course, memory modules compatibility issues or occasional boot-up failures with correct settings are frustrating, but not critical problems. Especially taking into account that this mainboard overclocks processors really well and performs practically as fast as top platforms on Intel X48 Express. And we would definitely recommend ASUS Striker II NSE to all advanced users, if it were not for one thing: this mainboard is based on nForce 790i SLI from Nvidia. dont know about you; but thats not what I want to hear about a motherboard that costs me near $300.00 ! __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial Last edited by linderman; 01-31-2009 at 06:23 PM.