680i and 680i Lt

[2k7zero]

If you go to newegg.com they have both of these boards produced by evga witht the LT costing more. I don't understand this. Isn't the 680i supposed to cost more and be better and which one should I get?

[Solarfall]

for get about the nforce 680i shipset unless you don't have a sli system.. i would recommend that get a good p35 board instead.. oh and the LT model costs more cos its the newer model and overclocks quad core ships a little bit better than the non LT version..

[Leeghoofd]

isn't the cheaper model also not with only 3 years or so waranty while the other one has lifetime and more accesoires....

[2k7zero]

I first was looking at an ECS 650i board but the overclocking capabilities don't seem too good. I'm just looking for a board that overclock wells and has SLI capability. Doesn't need to be the best.

[virtualrain]

Duplicate thread?

[Leeghoofd]

He just wants 100% sure to get an answer :

Zero approach it simpe like this :

NO SLI required : go P35 ( intel chippie )

SLI required ( are you sure , do you play games at extremely high res ?) go for EVGA latest rev board, forget about cheaper other brand boards as you will run into trouble once going to overclock quads ( wich you will buy in the near future if not now )

Just a warning : no matter which brand you opt for for the 680i, it runs extremely hot and needs a correct amount of Thermal paste between the chipset and heatsink, if possible an extra fan on the NB... they are more difficult to setup then intel chipsets and have erratic behaviour which is due to the chipset not the mobo design...

If you want hassle free running/overclocking ( ofcourse nothing is guaranteed ) go for an Intel chipset unless you really really need SLI, I just would opt for a eg a GTX card instead of 2 GTS's as not all games support SLI nor Crossfire properly...

[The0men]

From my little experience and reading around, ALL 680i boards are as Leeghood says, you have to rip of the standard cooling solution and put a high quility set of fans and heatsinks, or opt for watercooling the parts which you can.

The boards are easy to make boot and need to be set up exactly right, they are not a plug and play board. Once all this is put aside though i have found my asus 680i to be a decent overclocker (only had up to FSB of 460 stable though) and now with changes its very stable and runs quite cool. EVGA do seem to have the least amount of problems.