EVGA 790I or XFX 790I or Asus striker II extreme 790i

[fadz23q]

as the topic says,which 790i should i go for,will be making the purchase this week,board will be used for heavy overclocking and SLI 9800gx2,cheers.

 

[darkorb]

I would go for X48 and a Single GTX 280 that will bea beast.

But out of the ones u mentioned i would go with whichever is cheaper, since they are all identical

 

[Nick R]

If you wish to SLI then an nvidia chipset is mandatory unless you get an intel skulltrail. Out of those boards I would definately go with the Asus Striker II Extreme.

 

[doug2507]

Reasons being...? EVGA seem to be good for oc'ing...

 

[fadz23q]

im going to go for the EVGA seeing ive had majority of people on here/other forums all recommend the EVGA...as for the asus striker...i promised myself after my first asus striker overclocking issues id never get another asus board again lol,so il stick to my promise for now and welcome EVGA

 

[Nick R]

I find asus boards are generally more solid and reliable, I would never go with anyone but them.

 

[rrjwilson]

Asus for me because I asked the same question of many reviews.

XFX are 2nd only because of its ability compared to the Asus. Every review I've seen has the Striker II being the most configurable and overclockable of the 790i boards. With a friendly interface and very stable i bought one. It is plain SPANKTASTIC! but the price tag means it has to be.

 

[fadz23q]

Asus for me because I asked the same question of many reviews.

XFX are 2nd only because of its ability compared to the Asus. Every review I've seen has the Striker II being the most configurable and overclockable of the 790i boards. With a friendly interface and very stable i bought one. It is plain SPANKTASTIC! but the price tag means it has to be.

well is 3.8ghz do-able on a q6700 running a dtek fuzion v2 cpu block and what 790i mobo would support it better for a 24/7 overclock,thats were this debate ends,when someone could perhaps give me a straight forward answer to that

 

[rrjwilson]

I had mine running 3.825 for several hours of gaming.

However, this is my setup not yours.

I have a Q6600 SLACR and am running a dTek Fuzion v2 with quad nozzle on a single PA120.3 (soon to be more). You as far as I remember have more than this (cooling wise) so I would think the limit will not be your cooling for sure. I am hoping to hit that level permanently once I've moved cases but I've had to knock it back to 3.6 because of hot weather.

 

[fadz23q]

I had mine running 3.825 for several hours of gaming.

However, this is my setup not yours.

I have a Q6600 SLACR and am running a dTek Fuzion v2 with quad nozzle on a single PA120.3 (soon to be more). You as far as I remember have more than this (cooling wise) so I would think the limit will not be your cooling for sure. I am hoping to hit that level permanently once I've moved cases but I've had to knock it back to 3.6 because of hot weather.

thanks for the info mate,il be placing my order sometime today when i get the chance

 

[Socks]

I have a Q6600 and 8800GTX in an Asus P5E X38 mobo, loving it, upgrading again soon though to something with sli, dont know what yet but hey, may go skulltrail, depends on if I want to spend £1,000,000,000's on something I dont really need.

As for stable overclocking, I have mine a 3.8ghz stable, 24/7 on 1.54vcore fully watercooled.