Hey guys,
Is there a difference in quality between these two boards?? Which one would you choose?
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...16643(ME).aspx
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...16619(ME).aspx
It looks like it's just the name that is different...however quality wise?
Thank you.
They're both only as strong as their weakest link.
(the chipset is flaky)
I've RMA'd 3 different 680i boards for failures.
EVGA has great customer service at least
EVGA z68 FTW
i7 2600k @ 4.8
8gb DDR3 1600
3x GTX 580 3gb HydroCopper2
Silverstone Strider 1500W
Areca 1880i w/ 6x intel x25m
On water
I can't comment on the quality difference between the two boards, but I can tell you that I'm pretty impressed with the support of EVGA. From their forums, to their step-up program, they seem to have their support act together more so than other large manufacturers, such as ASUS.
Gaming rig
CPU.........................Intel QX6850 @ 3800, 8x475
Motherboard.............DK P35 Dark
Video.......................8800 Ultra
RAM.........................4x1 OCZ Titanium Alpha VX2
Hard drives...............2 Raptors in RAID0
Sound card...............X-Fi Fatal1ty, Medusa 5.1 headphones
PSU.........................PCP&C 1KW(custom build)
CPU cooling..............Liquid
Hardware cooling.......Liquid cooled card and NB
Case........................Custom 22" cube by M.M.
OS...........................XP Pro
evga chargin for shipping on rma now
maximus IV extremegtx580
gigabut p67-ud7
p67 sabertooth
2500k+2600k
antec 1200watt
EVGA classified 760
920 Batch# 3849B018 4.985ghz@1.52vgtx285 ftw sli
OCZ3RPR1866LV6GK hypers
dfi ut p35
gigabut p35c-ds3r
gigabut x38-d6q
ballistix 85001240mhz@2.02v
eVGA, has amazing RMA, who cares for shipping charges.
45$ to ship to canada isOriginally Posted by GAR
maximus IV extreme
gigabut p67-ud7
p67 sabertooth
2500k+2600k
antec 1200watt
EVGA classified 760
920 Batch# 3849B018 4.985ghz@1.52v
OCZ3RPR1866LV6GK hypers
dfi ut p35
gigabut p35c-ds3r
gigabut x38-d6q
ballistix 8500
i have seen very nice reveiws for xfx , and they great customer service also .
e8500 8x500 1.55v
ga-p35-ds3p
crucial ballistix 2x2gb
seagate 7200.10 3x320 raid0
xfx 8800gts
st75f 750w
li-lian rocketfish
fuzion...dd d5...pa120.3
Well...neither evga or xfx make the board so, go for who you like as far as warranty and support go. xfx pwnz evga on warranty...support is comparable.
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Sabertooth Z77 | i7-3770K | 2x 8gb Ballistix Elite DDR3-1866
MSI HD7970 | Crucial m4 256gb | 2x WD RE4 1Tb RAID1
LG 10x Blu-ray Burner | Enermax Revolution85+ 1050w
CaseLabs M8 | Dell u2711 | Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Xonar DX > MisterX PPAv2 > DT880/250 w/ Cardas recable
-=Mobile=-
Macbook Pro | i7 | 8gb | 256gb | Retina
iPad 3 | 32gb | WiFi
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Who cares who makes it....if you really want one you better get one soon cuz 680i is EOL now.
I7 920 D0 4.2GHz 1.29v || EVGA Classified 760|| Crossfire ATI Radeon 5870 || G.Skill Ripjaws 12GB DDR3 2000 || Thermaltake 1.2KW PSU || Corsair 800D || Windows 7 Pro x64 
It seems step-up only applies to graphic cards? At the very least, they won't over step-up from 680i to 780i from what the reps has said in their evga forums.
Abit AV8 - AMD64 3000+ 1Ghz@1.025V - 512MB Hynix D43 - R9200SE 128MB - Liteon IDE burner - WD 250GB IDE
this is it, EVGA is best costumer support and RMA will be done much faster then any other brand thats for sure.
About the step up there was only one board with step up option 650i Ultra.
DFI X38-T2R
C2Q6600 Lapped@3.6 GHz Scythe Infinity
2x2GB OCZ Gold @960 c4
EVGA 8800Ultra on 27" Dell
Auzentek X-Fi Prelude 7.1@Logitech Z-5500
WDC SE16 640GB,WDC 250GB,SpinPoint 2x500GB
PSU TT Toughpower 1.2KW
Razer Tarantula
Logitech G5 on eXactMat
Technics RP-DJ1200
Very true...only motherboard that has an option for step up is the 650i (NF66)
I7 920 D0 4.2GHz 1.29v || EVGA Classified 760|| Crossfire ATI Radeon 5870 || G.Skill Ripjaws 12GB DDR3 2000 || Thermaltake 1.2KW PSU || Corsair 800D || Windows 7 Pro x64
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