790i ULTRA SLi

[Gautam]

you missread me then, it is not my intent to be disrespectful, but I see a lot of praising and advertisment of this 790i Ultra SLI motherboard and I really want to see why and so far, despite all the comments I have been able to find, it's just another nForce-based board, expensive. Okey, it goes 600FSB, but nowdays which board doesn't ?

And those Pro Team Japans results are made on almost 2 years old board that goes 650 FSB and cost 100€. Hey if you get me one of 790i's for 150€, it's a damm good board.

and little more comparison, E8500 on 100€ DDR2 board, P5K

and here it's mine, E8500, same frequency, 407 FSB, DDR2, sub 8s, and €170 board, with dual 16x PCI-E

Which board doesn't?

X48 doesn't. X38 doesn't. P35 doesn't. (Not with 45nm at least which is all that matters today) You can't run a CF rig at 600MHz FSB, but it appears that an SLi rig might be doable. It's amazing seeing Team Japan pushing the envelope with 965, but these days, the high end market consists of multiple cards and DDR3, nothing that that old setup could handle.

You wouldn't buy this board. Point taken already. And your SuperPi is not an E8500. It's a QX9770 that's obviously running an older BIOS, shaving .2 secs off the time. Pop a Wolfdale in your board and see how high you can clock it and what Pi time you get.