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.
Latest Owner Reviews
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REVIEW BY: Mean Dean Reviewed
Sep 21, 2008
I have Had this combo for a few months. And i love it. I have overclocked the cpu to 3.5 and this has more room to go. Love the bio settings.... :)
REVIEW BY: vimukto Reviewed
Aug 20, 2008
got this combo yesterday and very happy with the purchase!!! still few issues around heat and ff error that appears on the board- known issue with this mobo i guess. overroll, great combo and highly recomended. if you want to overclock with the hight temps, get a full tower case with good ventilation- that's my next step.
REVIEW BY: Reviewed
Aug 13, 2008
This a great bundle for the money. I have connected to the MB 2-500gb HDDs in a raid 1 config, a 9800 GTX vid, 4gb OCZ SLI ready memory, Vista 64 ulti, and a Blu-ray player. Instructions were clear and helpful. I run my games at highest settings now. Haven't played with OC yet but I am getting there next. Note: if you are going to use RAID, and why wouldn't you - after setting up RAID in the BIOS, save and restart, then you have to go into a separate RAID menu to configure which RAID you want and which of the disks are bootable. Needs to be done before OS can see the drives and install to them.
REVIEW BY: Priller Reviewed
Aug 09, 2008
I am using this with a GTX280, Corsair Dominator 2 gig, Auzentech Prelude XF-I 7.1, Air Cooled, Vista Ulti 64bit.
I am learning so there is a lot I still have figure out. I am slightly overclocked to 2.95 (I'm a newb) by just messing with the FSB after unlinking the ram.
Everything fired right up out of the box!
I suggest checking with manufacturer for compatability of items www.evga.com as well as the compenent manufacturers.
This is my first build and I can't be happier that I put together a computor! Now I have to figure out OC and tweaking of systems!
System idels around low 30c's and durring Prime95 run maxes out at 43c's with my small OC.
The MCP in Bios does run at around 63c which seems to be normal as far as I can tell.
TigerDirect was fast on the shipping and I like the customer service as well as protection.
REVIEW BY: i luv mah Reviewed
Jul 11, 2008
this motherboard bundle is...
FREAKING AWESOME!!! BUY IT NOW!!! GIVE ME THE PHONE I'LL BUY IT FOR YA!!! IT U WANT TO PLAY HI-END STUFF LIKE CRYSIS, BUY THIS NOW AND OVERCLOCK IT!!! BEST DEAL, RUNS SMOOTH, I GOT IT TO OVERCLOCK TO 4.1GHZ PER CORE!!! GREAT BUY!!!
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PCI EXPRESS 2.0
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.
Limited Warranty: A full text version of the limited warranty
may be obtained by mailing a self addressed, stamped envelope to the
address below and requesting the warranty for item number:
MBM-780I-Q6700
TigerDirect.com Warranty Information
7795 W. Flagler St. Suite 35
Miami, FL. 33144
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