First HT3 Phenom mobo from NVIDIA (nF 780a)

I like the layout.

I kind of wish all boards used the sideways SATA ports like this board.

Are they sure it's 780a SLI? It's got onboard graphics :shakes: (see VGA and DVI connectors on I/O panel)

Haven't heard anything about this lately....

Hopefully that chipset won't be there on the final, like the DFI Ultra-D.. pathetic location that is a problem due to the Vcard actually hitting it.

I want to see this compare to the 790 series..

How is that a good layout?? And its ugly and plain as hell, and looks really cheap.

That socket is bare.. wish my Intel boards were like that, would make insulating a cakewalk.

nVIDIA isn't inclined to move too fast on this board. They are spending their time on the 780i, etc. I imagine they will come out with it in the February-March time frame...

Edit: that said, this is a reference board, sold by eVGA and others. While eVGA has great RMA and customer service, the bios and driver support hasn't been fabulous for the 590 series, and I imagine that has more to do with nVIDA than anyone else. Wait for the custom solutions, when they arrive...

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Originally Posted by Zytek_Fan

Are they sure it's 780a SLI? It's got onboard graphics :shakes: (see VGA and DVI connectors on I/O panel)

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Hybrid SLI, integrated video on desktop with the video cards turned off.
When you start a game the cards are fired up and the image is displayed thru the igp output.

hmmm i think it was atis idea to use hybrid cf

Both will use hybrid graphics, but ATI's won't have the ability to switch off the VGA til April.

Looks like Nvidia really liked the layout of the DFI NF4 eXpert eh?

I think its a terrible layout, random sata ports everywhere, poor NB placement and only double spaced pcie slots. It also seems like the ram will run hotter (if only by a bit) because its right above the cpu socket.

overall its a big thumbs down from me.

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Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG

I think its a terrible layout, random sata ports everywhere, poor NB placement and only double spaced pcie slots. It also seems like the ram will run hotter (if only by a bit) because its right above the cpu socket.

overall its a big thumbs down from me.

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theres loadsa group of sata at the back of the bored next to ide cable slot ..

I think it's a nice board Very good layout, if you have money for TRI sli then you obv will have money for WCooling anyways, and also So clear near Processor = love for the EXTREME OC'ers :D

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Originally Posted by Jamesrt2004

theres loadsa group of sata at the back of the bored next to ide cable slot ..

I think it's a nice board Very good layout, if you have money for TRI sli then you obv will have money for WCooling anyways, and also So clear near Processor = love for the EXTREME OC'ers :D

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I see those, but why not just put those two that are in a random place in the same grouping, common logic?. I do agree that the clear proc is nice but the rest is not IMO.

im liking this

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Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG

I think its a terrible layout, random sata ports everywhere, poor NB placement and only double spaced pcie slots. It also seems like the ram will run hotter (if only by a bit) because its right above the cpu socket.

overall its a big thumbs down from me.

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What, you don't like e-sata ports at the top of you motherboard? :D

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Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG

I think its a terrible layout, random sata ports everywhere, poor NB placement and only double spaced pcie slots. It also seems like the ram will run hotter (if only by a bit) because its right above the cpu socket.

overall its a big thumbs down from me.

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North bridge? I don't see any north bridge.

Here is another Phenom mobo with similar layout, but with AMD 770 chipset:

http://www.hardspell.com/pic/article...35a50653d1.JPG

Now, could someone translate article about this mobo:

http://www.hardspell.com/doc/hard/64927.htm