EVGA
nForce 780i SLI Motherboard CPU Bundle
If you want to build a system that’s great for gaming, imaging, 3D, video,
entertainment, photos and graphics then you’ll want to start with EVGA’s
new nForce 780i SLI Socket 775 motherboard. Based on the NV IDIA nForce 780i
SLI chipset, this powerhouse ATX platform is designed for Intel Core 2 Extreme,
Intel Core 2 Quad, Intel Core 2 Duo, Pentium EE, and Pentium processors with
up to 1333MHz FSB. The EVGA nForce 780 SLI supports up to 8GB of dual-channel
DDR2 533/667/800/1200MHz SLI-ready memory, PCIe x16/x1, PCI 2.1, SATA2, RAID
0, 1, 0+1, 5, & JBOD, 7.1-channel HD audio, Gigabit LAN, USB 2.0, and FireWire
1394A. Make no mistake about it – this is a high-powered, high-performance
platform that will make your graphics come alive with scintillating realism.
Gamers, video buffs, and extreme PC freaks are going to love this motherboard.
For intelligent innovation, the logical choice is EVGA. Order the EVGA nForce
780i SLI Socket 775 motherboard today and be prepared to build a system that
won’t just exceed your expectations, it will obliterate them!
3-Way
NVIDIA SLI Takes Extreme Gaming To A Whole New Level
Extreme gaming just got a whole lot better. Bring your competition to
its knees with the powerful combination of an SLI-Ready NVIDIA nForce®
motherboard and multiple GeForce® graphics cards. Now with support
for three GeForce 8800 GTX or Ultra GPUs operating in 3-way SLI, you can
crank up the image quality settings, maximize your resolution, and tilt
the scales in your favor with up to a 2.8X performance hike over a single-card
rig.
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play to view 3-way SLI animation
Take advantage of this great offer! Buy this Motherboard in a bundle with an
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66GHz Socket 775 Processor!
Intel
Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66GHz Socket 775 OEM Processor HH80562PH0678MK
With four execution cores, the Intel® Core™2 Quad processor blows through
processor-intensive tasks in demanding multitasking environments and makes
the most of highly threaded applications. Whether you're creating multimedia,
annihilating your gaming enemies, or running compute-intensive applications
at one time, new quad-core processing will change the way you do everything
- Socket:
775
- Front Side Bus: 1066MHz
- Cache: 8MB
Socket
This motherboard features a Socket 775 design.
Chipset
The nforce 780i SLI motherboard is based on the NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI
Northbridge chipset. It supports Intel Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Core 2
Extreme, Pentium Extreme, Pentium D and Pentium 4 LGA775 Processors, with
Hyper-Threading Technology and 533/800/1066/1333MHz Front Side Bus support.
Memory
Expansion
The nforce 780i SLI provides 4 DIMM sockets using Dual Channel 240-pin DDR2
with a total capacity of up to 8GB-64bit. You can install DDR2 667/800/1066/1200MHz
SLI-Ready Memory.
PCI
Express 2.0 Support
PCI Express Base 2.0 specification doubles the interconnect bit rate from
2.5 GT/s to 5 GT/s in a seamless and compatible manner. The performance
boost to 5 GT/s is by far the most important feature of the PCI Express
2.0 specifications. It effectively increases the aggregate bandwidth of
a 16-lane link to approximately 16 GB/s. The higher bandwidth will allow
product designers to implement narrower interconnect links to achieve high
performance.
IDE
The nforce 780i SLI includes built in IDE facilities that support Ultra
DMA 133.
Audio
The nforce 780i SLI comes with an Azalia High Definition audio codec which
supports high quality 8-channel audio.
Serial
ATA Support
The nforce 780i SLI supports the Serial ATA technology through the Serial
ATA interfaces. Doubles bus bandwidth which provides blazingly high disk
performance, up to 3.0Gb/s, with RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD solutions.
Customer Reviews and Rating
Customer Rating:
4.7
Customer Reviews:
27
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Value
4.7
Features
4.7
Quality
4.6
Performance
4.7
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Reviewer:
gamerGonWi on
Dec 31, 2008 Customer Rating:
2.0
Value
4.0
Features
2.0
Quality
1.0
Performance
1.0
If you are looking for a headache by all means snag this mobo. I've been building computers for roughly ten years now and have experienced the ups and downs of products. I'm by no standards an expert builder.. however I do know a thing or two about computers. Right out of the box this board gave a different error each time I tried to boot, after trial and error for over a week I called in the pros. The assured me it was mobo not operator error. I contacted eVGA and set up an RMA.. 3 weeks later I received the new board and mailed theres back. Sure the new one booted right up... and 5 days later went to crap. I called their tech support and they seemed to be too busy and told me to check the memory which had already been done and checked out fine. No RMA the customer service through evga if you haven't dealt with them before is fubar. I got a hold of some techy friends and they recommended XFX's 790i Ultra SLI. Not a single problem ever with XFX! processor good, board bad!
Reviewer:
skin on
Dec 30, 2008 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
This board is sweet! Just built a nice system using this combo and have it easily overclocked to 3.3GHz, no issues. Running EVGA 780i MOBO, q6700, 8GB Dominator PC2-8500 @1066MHz (5-5-5-15), 2xBFG GTX280 OC 1GB DDR3 SLI, WD Velociraptor 10,000rpm 300GB, 1TB WD Green, 1000w Ultra PSU, 2xSamsun 22'' monitors..Worked right out of the box and gaming is incredible!
Reviewer:
Anonymous
on
Dec 22, 2008 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
This is a great mobo and cpu combo! It booted up with no problem at all!! I highly recommend! Very nice BIOS setup... q6700 2.66, EVGA 780i Mobo, EVGA 9800 gT 512MB, 4GB GSKILL RAM, Raid 0 (x2) WD Caviar Blacks 500GB, LG Blu-ray drive, all hooked to a 42'' Panasonic Plasma TV!!! NICE 1080p gaming!
Reviewer:
Anonymous
on
Nov 17, 2008 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
Bought this with every intention of a straight gaming pc. Purred beautifully upon first boot. Overclocked the CPU to 3.0 GHz, Running 2 GTX 260 in SLI with 1000 Watt PSU and two 2gig sticks of OCZ Reaper RAM. Windows vista home premium SP1. Lets just say i'm getting around 80 FPS with FRAPS on my favorite games. Thanks Tiger
Reviewer:
Anonymous
on
Nov 09, 2008 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
SOOO Awsome! First time builder- no problems booting first time! NZXT Whisper E-ATX Black Full-Tower Silent Case, Ultra X3 1000-Watt Power Supply, EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Video Card, Corsair XMS2 DHX gb, Windows Vista Home Prem 64-bit
Before you buy - make sure your motherboard is compatible with this memory. For example, DDR Memory won't work with motherboards designed for only DDR2, SDRAM or RDRAM memory, and vice versa. Only use the memory speed recommended by your motherboard's manufacturer. Please read the specifications carefully or call us for expert advice.
Know Your BIOS! With today's rapid pace of
design advancement, new product updates come fast and furious. This is
especially true of board-level products, like Motherboards, Video Cards, GPU
Processor Cards, and other main edge connector products. The good news is
that manufacturers have designed in the ability to easily update your
product BIOS, which is sometimes important for full compatibility. So before
installing or combining components, it is always a good idea to check your
product's current BIOS revision against the manufacturer's website, to
determine if an update is needed, or advisable. The manufacturer's
documentation will guide you through this process if it is necessary.
However, remember that most products are designed to be plug-n-play out of
the box!
But
What Is BIOS?
Most electronic devices,
from computers to MP3 players have software embedded in their hardware.
These are programs that tell the device how it will function - from basic to
advanced functions - so that it knows how to start, and perform the most
simple and complex tasks it was designed for. We call this software the BIOS
(sometimes also called Firmware). In computer jargon, BIOS stands for "Basic
Input/Output System", but in reality, there is very little "basic" about it.
In your computer's motherboard for example, it tells your computer how to:
start up; communicate with hardware components, such as hard drives and
video; how to move data in and out of memory; and even talk to your USB
connected devices. Without your BIOS, your device is JOOL (just out of
luck!).
Keep in mind that changing a PC's BIOS
settings incorrectly can cause the PC to malfunction. If this happens, a
BIOS reset is usually available, and will need to be performed to return the
BIOS to the default "factory settings." This is usually activated by a
jumper on the motherboard. [Warning: always read
your motherboard or system manual thoroughly, before upgrading your BIOS, or
making BIOS setting changes!] Though normally, most incorrect
settings should have no negative affect on your PC, but please follow each
step explicitly since some can.
Remember: It is recommended that you reboot
after each individual BIOS setting change to ensure that your system
functions normally. If you make numerous changes before rebooting, and your
system will no longer boot, you won't know which change is responsible for
the failure.
Updating Your BIOS
Before you consider updating your BIOS, be sure you need to - not every
update will be needed or even benefit you. Also be sure you are up to
the technical challenges you will face. Changing the version of BIOS
stored in your computer or motherboard is not the kind of activity
recommended for novice users. To perform this successfully, you need
to be comfortable and familiar with your BIOS settings, and be able to
download and apply the BIOS Update without issue. For this reason, it
is best to let professional computer technicians do this work for you, if or
when it is needed. However, if you know what you are doing, it is a
fairly easy task.
Before Updating BIOS, consider the
following:
The reasons for updating your BIOS -
frequently, updating is unnecessary
Identifying your BIOS chip - if
replacing is the approach required
Replacing your BIOS chip - this requires
significant care, and can void your warranty
Locating your latest BIOS version -
required for any update
Flashing your BIOS - make sure you have
a UPS!
Live update - great for minor or quick
updates - again a UPS is vital - a partial update can make your system
inoperative
Configuring your new BIOS settings -
read the manual! twice for good measure!
Heat Sinks - Many Shapes & Sizes!
A heat sink (or heatsink) is an object that absorbs and dissipates heat from
another object using thermal contact (either direct or radiant). Heat sinks
are used in a wide range of applications wherever efficient heat dissipation
is required; including for CPUs, Memory, Video Cards, and more.
Heat Sink Shapes Change!
Many products come with a Heat Sink, and some with a combination Heat Sink
and Fan. Keep in mind though, that manufacturers are constantly
improving the design of their cooling components, thus the shape and design
of the heat sink or heat sink & fan can change on any product at any time.
PLEASE NOTE:
Cooling Components Can Change At Any Time, And Do Not
Affect The Performance Or Specifications Of The Product.
How Do Heat Sinks Work?
Heat sinks function by transferring high temperature thermal energy (heat)
from one object (such as a CPU chip) to a second object (such as the Heat
Sink), which has a lower temperature, with a much greater heat capacity.
This rapid transfer of heat quickly balances the temperature of both
devices, lowering the temperature of the first. This is what makes a
heat sink a cooling device. Since room temperature is usually cooler than
the hot device, the Heat Sink helps cool the device, lowering its temp to
closer to room temperature.
The most common design of a heat sink is a metal device with many fins or
vanes. The high thermal conductivity of the metal combined with the large
surface area of the fins does the work to rapidly transfer heat to the
surrounding, cooler, air. This cools the heat sink and whatever it is in
contact with. Some Heat Sinks use the metal alone for cooling, some
use fluids (just like you car radiator) and a thermal interface material
(such as thermal gel) to ensure maximum heat transfer to the heat sink.
Adding a fan dramatically improves air flow, and improves the heat transfer
even more.
Remember The
Thermal Paste!
Remember that when you are adding a Heat Sink, you MUST USE
thermally conductive Gel or Paste, to form a good thermal contact between
the Heat Sink and the Device. Failing to use this will result in
reduced cooling, and possible failure and damage to the device!
To learn more about how to keep your PC Very Cool, view our
Guide To PC Cooling»
Understanding
Computer Memory
Because memory is such a crucial element of our computer's performance,
we all understand that we need it in generous supply. However, questions
remain about what kind of memory is best, what functions each memory serves
and which memory is used for notebooks and PCs.
Click Here for more information
that will answer your many of your questions.
How Much
Memory Do You Really Have?
When you look at the specifications for a computer, it will display the
installed memory, and typically the maximum memory that can be installed.
However, while these are real values, they represent a potential useable
memory depending upon the installed operating system, and other factors. The actual useable memory may be different
(lower) from these values.
The reason is simply that a computer may have a limitation in the operating
system (such as Windows 32 bit versions), or configured to use shared memory,
which reduces the amount of RAM that is available to the CPU by using
some of it for other purposes, such as for video memory. In some
cases, you can control the maximum useable memory through system settings,
by upgrading from a 32 bit to a 64 bit version of Windows XP or Vista, or by upgrading to a video card that has internal onboard video memory.
But always
remember, that the amount of memory that your system reports, is not always
the amount of actual installed memory. For example, if you have 4GB
installed, 32 bit versions of Windows will typically report 3.2GB due to a
limitation of Windows itself. Also note that different Windows
programs report available and maximum memory differently, which can be
confusing. If you find that you need more
memory, we suggest expanding your system memory, since this is the most
effective performance increase, and the one that is easiest to perform .
PCI
Express 2.0 - High End Graphics Have Arrived
PCI Express Base 2.0 specification doubles the interconnect bit rate from
2.5 GT/s to 5 GT/s in a seamless and compatible manner. The performance
boost to 5 GT/s is by far the most important feature of the PCI Express
2.0 specifications. It effectively increases the aggregate bandwidth of
a 16-lane link to approximately 16 GB/s. The higher bandwidth will allow
product designers to implement narrower interconnect links to achieve
high performance while reducing cost.
A number
of optimizations and improvements have been made to the protocol and software
layers of the PCI Express architecture in the PCI Express Base 2.0 specification.
These include:
Dynamic
link speed management – to control the speed at which the link is operating
Link bandwidth
notification – to notify software (operating system, device drivers,
etc) of changes in link speed and width
Capability
structure expansion – to expand the control registers to better manage
devices, slots and the interconnect
Access
control services – optional controls to manage peer-peer transactions
Completion
timeout control – to define a required disable mechanism plus related
optional enhancements
Function-level
reset – optional mechanism to reset functions within a device
Power
limit redefinition – to redefine slot power limit values to accommodate
devices that consume higher power
SLI
MCPs | Motherboards To enable NVIDIA SLI technology in your PC, you'll need an SLI-Ready
certified motherboard with an nForce SLI MCP and two physical PCI Express
x16 slots. NVIDIA motherboard partners offer nForce SLI motherboards for
both AMD and Intel CPUs.
What is SLI Technology?
NVIDIA® SLI™ technology is a revolutionary platform innovation that allows
you to intelligently scale graphics performance by combining multiple
NVIDIA graphics solutions in a single system with an NVIDIA nForce® SLI
media and communications processor (MCP).
How Does SLI Technology Work?
Using proprietary software algorithms and dedicated scalability logic
in each NVIDIA graphics processing unit (GPU) and MCP, NVIDIA SLI technology
delivers up to twice the performance of a single graphics solution.
Note:
The NVIDIA SLI connector is not used with some mainstream graphics
cards.
3-way SLI motherboards must have 3 PCI-E x16 slots.
NVIDIA SLI-Ready MCPs:
NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI
NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI
NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI for INTEL
NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI for INTEL
NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI for INTEL
NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI for INTEL
NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI for INTEL
NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI for AMD
NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI for AMD
NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI for INTEL
NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI for INTEL
NVIDIA nForce 500 SLI for AMD
NVIDIA nForce Professional
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI XE
Having
Issues With Your PC?
Here Are Some Common Problems And Solutions!
Of course, there a thousand little things can go wrong with an average
PC. But many problems are common, and have common solutions.
Click Here to
Learn More »
* The above
values are for physical, not usable memory.
The amount of
memory that your system reports, is not always the amount of actual installed
memory. For example, if you have 4GB installed, 32 bit versions of Windows will
typically report 3.2GB due to a limitation of Windows itself. Also note
that different Windows programs report available and maximum memory differently,
which can be confusing. If you find that you need more memory, we suggest
expanding your system memory, since this is the most effective performance
increase, and the one that is easiest to perform.
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EVGA
nForce 780i SLI Motherboard CPU Bundle
Processor Socket:
2.0
Know Your BIOS!
Dynamic
link speed management – to control the speed at which the link is operating
