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Assimilator87
09-25-07, 09:22 PM
I'm building a rig for my friend and at first we were gonna wait for the X38 chipset so we could use PCIe 2.0, but that got delayed and I doubt there'll be any under $200. He ended up getting the Abit IP35 Pro (http://www.uabit.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=48&page=1&model=381) for about $180. I'm just wondering if there were better choices. That just seems kinda expensive for a mid range chipset and there are 680i SLI boards for around the same price. Looking through all the P35 boards can definitely be confusing though. There are so many different versions from each manufacturer that the list seems endless.
Avid6eek
09-25-07, 10:46 PM
The P35 is the better choice. The performance is great, it overclocks very well, and it is much easier to cool than the 680i.
Zefram
09-25-07, 10:55 PM
The P35 is the better choice. The performance is great, it overclocks very well, and it is much easier to cool than the 680i.

My only complains about it is the southbridges............. it's up to the motherboard manufacturer to implement the vanilla ICH9 or the RAID-capable ICH9R.

So if you bought the P35 motherboard that uses the normal ICH9, later on you'd be puzzled why there's no RAID options on the mobo :p

With nVidia, their southbridges would always came with RAID capability..........
Qbical
09-26-07, 12:47 AM
sigh, i have to agree with avid on this one. mine is a power hog and hence hotttt. i have it on water so thats all good, but the 680i also consumes about 20-30 more Watts idle AND load. i must say though mine has been quite good to me wanna buy it? haha jk
Avid6eek
09-26-07, 04:16 PM
They are both great chipsets, but the 680i runs hot and has problems with boards having an unsually short lifecycle.
Assimilator87
09-26-07, 05:31 PM
Sweet, thanks for the input. The IP35 Pro has been getting really great reviews. We'll be working with a Tuniq Tower 120 so hopefully I'll be able to get his Q6600 (G0) to around 3.5Ghz. That cooler is the most rediculously gigantic thing I've ever seen.
Justin
10-01-07, 11:54 AM
Just built a system with an eVGA 680i SLi A1. This is probably one of the best looking, well thought out boards I have ever seen.

Probably a tad late, but yeah :P
Zefram
10-02-07, 02:24 AM
Just built a system with an eVGA 680i SLi A1. This is probably one of the best looking, well thought out boards I have ever seen.

Probably a tad late, but yeah :P
Well, consider its a good thing that you bought it at a later date........... when released, the nVidia 680 had many problems, such as corruption to data when using sata and stuff. The problem was widely reported around the net and nVidia had since released a Hotfix (http://www.nvidia.com/object/680i_hotfix.html) to overcome the problem :D

I dont think newer revision had this problem though