BF2S Forums Need motherboard and memory selection expertise

Bertster7 wrote:

ghettoperson wrote:

NForce chipsets have a long history of killing RAM.

Really?

I've never encountered that. They are pretty bloody fussy about what RAM you use and sometimes fall over when using all the slots at stock voltages, but other than that I've never seen any (RAM) issues.

The 680i had a terrible reputation for it, which wasn't so good given how expensive it was and at the time decent RAM cost a fortune. I believe other NForce boards weren't so good for it either.

jsnipy wrote:

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:

Thats a bit overpriced for GTX 280 (hot and more higher power consumption vs the 55nm chips).

Look for deals on GTX 275 and GTX 260 Core 216 55nm

performance wise much different

(i guess anything now will seem faster than the 8800gtx )

gtx 275 performance is very close to the overclocked GTX 280 in the link. GTX 260 C216 is a bit slower. If the 15% off code for the OC'ed GTX 280 works, its not so bad deal after all (you get cod:waw too).

GTX 275 or that OC'ed GTX 280 with the 15% off code- Performance difference is small at worst.

checkout time

card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814121313
sheep: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6820231166
mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 813131299R

and for free http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6800999088

Ioan92 wrote:

That's weird, I've had my nforce for almost a year and its rock stable...

Bad luck much?

Actually my wife's (once mine ) is an nforce3 ... no issues. Mine just turned to be shit, dying a slow death

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:

ghettoperson wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

Really?

I've never encountered that. They are pretty bloody fussy about what RAM you use and sometimes fall over when using all the slots at stock voltages, but other than that I've never seen any (RAM) issues.

The 680i had a terrible reputation for it, which wasn't so good given how expensive it was and at the time decent RAM cost a fortune. I believe other NForce boards weren't so good for it either.

I remember now.

The 680i killed some 2.2V or higher stock voltage sticks.

Fair enough. Not something I've encountered. I do have a 680i in one of my systems too. Never had a single issue.

jsnipy wrote:

Ioan92 wrote:

That's weird, I've had my nforce for almost a year and its rock stable...

Bad luck much?

Actually my wife's (once mine ) is an nforce3 ... no issues. Mine just turned to be shit, dying a slow death

I've never had any issues (barring a few instances of RAM from some manufacturers not working at all in them) with nForce chipsets at all (personally) and I've had a few (2x A7N8X, 3x A8N, EVGA 680i - all still going strong).

I have dealt with enough issues on them to know they are pretty unreliable. I've just been lucky.

max wrote:

I've had huge issues with my 680i. Nowadays I just run a stock E5200 with some generic ram. Only way to avoid BSODs

I'm surprised the E5200 works in the 680i. I thought support for the newer CPUs was sketchy at best.

max wrote:

Support for 65nm is sketchy too

My E6750 runs fine on mine and that's quite heavily OC'd. Whereas as far as I'm aware they don't officially support 45nm at all - although some revisions of boards will just about manage it. Seems like a very bad idea to be running an unsupported CPU, particularly in an nForce chipset, which are renowned for being very fussy.

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:

I think 680i has official support for 45nm (it works lulz) duals but 45nm quad is off limits. No wonder why

There was revision to 680i board design for 65nm quads. The first revision was terribly bad for overclocking quads, but the second had fixed design that improved quad OC significantly.

I thought it was something like that. I remember looking into it a bit when the 45nm CPUs came out. It all looked very dodgy to me, with some board revisions supporting some CPUs (not quite as clear cut as just supporting dual cores and not quad cores - but that's probably a good rule of thumb).

Even so, I'd stay well clear of 45nm CPUs on a 680i. I can't see it being anything but trouble.

Last edited by Bertster7 (2009-05-23 05:10:20)

jsnipy wrote:

its always a chain reaction, i wanted to grab a new processor as well I was considering this ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6819115202

(replacing this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6819115028)

Nice. I suppose you'll be replacing/upgrading your RAM as well?

your gonna need a diff mobo if you get that processor

I'm thinking this then ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6819115041

Nic wrote:

yeah that would work with the p5q mobo, do you have a after market cooler or going stock?

If you go with the i7 some of the guys recommend this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 813131359R

I actually already ordered the mobo so I'm somewhat committed.

The cooler I currently run and assumed I'd be able to use on the new mobo is ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6835118019