Official eVGA 780i Discussion/Review/Overclock/Guide Thread

[golfjam]

My first mobo was DOA and my replacement is doing fine. Oc'ed to 3.6 but 3.2ghz is the sweet spot for silence. I decided to switch from a Maximus Formula X38 after a huge dissapointment with HD3870 Crossfire. No increase in perfomance after 7.11, 7.12 and 8.1 . Got a single 8800GTS G92 instead. I was so impressed that I decided to go SLI. Not really necessary to be honest, Crossfire or SLI doesn't increase FPS as much as people think. But no regrets, COD4 looks beautiful in 28" LCD @ 1920x1200 maxed out. CoH is really impressive w/ detail model maxed out.
Anyway, the board itself is ok. It does what its supossed to do. I don't like the layout but maybe because I was so used to Asus boards. But I get an occasional BSOD, related to Nvidia drivers (nvgts.sys). I've been lazy and didn't try to fix it but I did some research in other forums and found out that it's not only me. Some say it's driver (mobo or video), bios, raid... whatever. And it only happens in XP, Vista 64 runs perfect. Funny thing is if it doesn't crash in the 30 sec. after load, I'm good to go. Ran Prime95 2x, 3.6 and 3.2ghz,for 9+ hours. I sincerely hope this mobo won't give me headaches like previous 680i chipset, but if it does, who cares? I'll step-up to 790i DDR2 or just sell it.

[malik22]

My first mobo was DOA and my replacement is doing fine. Oc'ed to 3.6 but 3.2ghz is the sweet spot for silence. I decided to switch from a Maximus Formula X38 after a huge dissapointment with HD3870 Crossfire. No increase in perfomance after 7.11, 7.12 and 8.1 . Got a single 8800GTS G92 instead. I was so impressed that I decided to go SLI. Not really necessary to be honest, Crossfire or SLI doesn't increase FPS as much as people think. But no regrets, COD4 looks beautiful in 28" LCD @ 1920x1200 maxed out. CoH is really impressive w/ detail model maxed out.
Anyway, the board itself is ok. It does what its supossed to do. I don't like the layout but maybe because I was so used to Asus boards. But I get an occasional BSOD, related to Nvidia drivers (nvgts.sys). I've been lazy and didn't try to fix it but I did some research in other forums and found out that it's not only me. Some say it's driver (mobo or video), bios, raid... whatever. And it only happens in XP, Vista 64 runs perfect. Funny thing is if it doesn't crash in the 30 sec. after load, I'm good to go. Ran Prime95 2x, 3.6 and 3.2ghz,for 9+ hours. I sincerely hope this mobo won't give me headaches like previous 680i chipset, but if it does, who cares? I'll step-up to 790i DDR2 or just sell it.

Im about to do the same thing sell of my 3870 what a dissapointed they are is the fan supplied sufficient for the NB? and I heardthe 790I is ddr 3 only.

[golfjam]

Im about to do the same thing sell of my 3870 what a dissapointed they are is the fan supplied sufficient for the NB? and I heardthe 790I is ddr 3 only.

2 versions: DDR2 and DDR3, speculation around the web but makes a LOT of sense.
I forgot to mention. MCP gets hot, over 90C. Included fan is a joke. Noisy and ineffective. Got another one on Egg and reapplied Ceramique on SB/NB/MCP. Temps are down to reasonable 50C.

[malik22]

2 versions: DDR2 and DDR3, speculation around the web but makes a LOT of sense.
I forgot to mention. MCP gets hot, over 90C. Included fan is a joke. Noisy and ineffective. Got another one on Egg and reapplied Ceramique on SB/NB/MCP. Temps are down to reasonable 50C.

Thx for the response what size fan will fit the NB 40mm,60mm?
and does the thermalright ultra extreme fit on this mobo.

[shawn1998]

Thx for the response what size fan will fit the NB 40mm,60mm?
and does the thermalright ultra extreme fit on this mobo.

60mm fan fits nicely on the nb. I used a Vantec Stealth 60x25mm and tie wrapped it to the nb sink. Looks decent, cools better (5-6c temp drop) and is waaaay quieter than the stock (blow dryer).

[malik22]

60mm fan fits nicely on the nb. I used a Vantec Stealth 60x25mm and tie wrapped it to the nb sink. Looks decent, cools better (5-6c temp drop) and is waaaay quieter than the stock (blow dryer).

Thx do you think this delta fan will fit with a thermalright ultra extreme 120 for the cpu
http://www.pc-cooling.ch/product_inf...oducts_id=2743
its a 60x38mm pushing 50cfm.