i650 SLI motherboards

[jkabaseball]

I can't seem to find much other then a few reviews about any of these boards, just looking for more advice as i'm stuck on what one to buy.

ABit Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI

MSI P6N SLI-FI

ASUS P5N-E SLI



I would like to keep the price down, the i680 is too expensive for me. I know ASUS makes a dual 16x pci express mobo of i650 but that too is really expensive, I"ll probably have dual 8600 GT in there.

[[XC] DragonOrta]

Dual-core, the P5N-E SLI is a nice board. I got up to 490fsb on my E6400, but that's as far as the chip itself would go, so it's possible it could have gone further.

If you're going quadcore, don't even consider any of the 650i boards. They will all have a fsb wall around 333fsb.

[jkabaseball]

I have an E2140 that can do 420 FSB

[Lestat]

yup P5N-E SLI
but you have to do the vcore pencil mod or your gunna get massive vdroop
and the bios voltage setting isnt what it really is so the vcore pencil mod is a must.
after the pencil mod 1.3 will equal like 1.35 w/ zero droop.
1.45 = like 1.5+ so you have to be careful what you set it to.

[775911]

Asus was the best of those afaik


Your better off with one gfx card unless you have a need for lots of monitors? Get a 2900pro

[jkabaseball]

i already have one 8600 GT and will get the other one froma friend for well under the retail price.

[jkabaseball]

I just picked one up thanks.

[JoeBar]

One word of advise, replace the stock heatsink with an active aftermarket or place a fan on the stock.

[775911]

I used to do that for the NB but now I have just lowered the case temp and its not nessecery

[m3nf]

MSI P6N SLI-FI is a great board is great i have the sli plat version and it's really good. Great for OCing i got mine upto 3.65g.

[brunormt]

P5n-E sli is a great board, i have my PD805 at 3,7 and is fine.