What the difference between 680 and 680i SE

pcmaker401 · 05-23-07, 09:46 PM

Quick question, whats the difference between the evga 680 NF68 and the other evga 680i SE?

Both looks pretty much the same to me, but the SE is 50 dollars cheaper. Opinions on which one is better?

edit - its actually much more cheaper than i thought.. click here for zipzoomfly pricing

Evilsizer · 05-24-07, 01:39 PM

both are the same as far as i can tell/see the only difference would be the extra goodies in the box.

deeppow · 05-24-07, 08:58 PM

Best I can tell Evilsizer has exactly right. At the price on Zipzoomfly, I would suggest you jump on it if you're interested in 680i board.

pcmaker401 · 05-24-07, 09:33 PM

lol, yea i think im gonna get the SE edition...be good for the quad im planning to build.

Just wondering, have all the issues with 680i has been dealt with..or are there still some lingering around?

edit - whoa...i just read the reviews on newegg..and they said that it doesn't support quad-core OCing? is this true?
reviews here

Evilsizer · 05-24-07, 10:31 PM

you cant trust newegg reviews for anything.... 680i does good at ocing quads. evga's first 680 the AR was having some issues with ocing a quad in that the fsb was maxing out around 380's. the A1/T1 680i's are getting into the 450's. if you really want the best quad core ocing motherboard you need to wait for the intel p35 chipset... though you lose being able to use SLI....

pcmaker401 · 05-25-07, 12:49 PM

yea, I don't think I want to wait for the P35 to come out..first its probably gonna be very expensive, with a few bugs and everything else dropped a lot since the beginning of this year. Also, I prefer nvidia to ati, so sli is a must.

Alright, thanks a lot Evilsizer and deeppow. Hopefully I'll get this done soon ^_^.

deeppow · 05-25-07, 05:55 PM

Well MWave has at least one ASUS P35 version in stock, at the moment. http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec....iteria=BA23876 Looks like they carry the others but are out of stock.

And yes, it is likely the BIOS might be a little buggy. Most new chipsets take a little while to iron out the problems.

05-23-07, 09:46 PM	Thread Starter #1
pcmaker401 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York	What the difference between 680 and 680i SE Quick question, whats the difference between the evga 680 NF68 and the other evga 680i SE? Both looks pretty much the same to me, but the SE is 50 dollars cheaper. Opinions on which one is better? edit - its actually much more cheaper than i thought.. click here for zipzoomfly pricing __________________ My New Rig: Cooler Master Mystique 632S Black Intel Q6600 G0 Abit IP-35 Pro eVga 640 MB 8800 GTS 2GB G-Skill HZ Corsair 620W 320GB 16MB WD HD ** SATA Samsung DVD burner ::FOLDING FOR TEAM 32!::
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05-24-07, 08:58 PM	#3
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05-24-07, 09:33 PM	Thread Starter #4
pcmaker401 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York	lol, yea i think im gonna get the SE edition...be good for the quad im planning to build. Just wondering, have all the issues with 680i has been dealt with..or are there still some lingering around? edit - whoa...i just read the reviews on newegg..and they said that it doesn't support quad-core OCing? is this true? reviews here __________________ My New Rig: Cooler Master Mystique 632S Black Intel Q6600 G0 Abit IP-35 Pro eVga 640 MB 8800 GTS 2GB G-Skill HZ Corsair 620W 320GB 16MB WD HD ** SATA Samsung DVD burner ::FOLDING FOR TEAM 32!:: Last edited by pcmaker401; 05-24-07 at 09:49 PM.
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05-24-07, 10:31 PM	#5
Evilsizer Senior Fourm Spammer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Austin,Texas	you cant trust newegg reviews for anything.... 680i does good at ocing quads. evga's first 680 the AR was having some issues with ocing a quad in that the fsb was maxing out around 380's. the A1/T1 680i's are getting into the 450's. if you really want the best quad core ocing motherboard you need to wait for the intel p35 chipset... though you lose being able to use SLI.... __________________ i7 920@3.6ghz \| Asus R2G \| GK F3-12800CL7D-4GBRH \| Galaxy GTX660 GC \| C650TX \| OCZ VERTEX EX 120GB, VERTEX 250GB i3 330m \| Jetway NF98 \| 2x2gig DDR3-1066 \| pico 120WI i5 2450 \| Jetway JNF9G-QM77 \| 2x2gig DDR3-1333 \| WIP "I Love To Camp!" "Commensing Shock Therapy!" I'm jonnyGURU of jonnyGURU.com and we don't overload PSU's - JonnyGURU HeatWare
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05-25-07, 12:49 PM	Thread Starter #6
pcmaker401 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York	yea, I don't think I want to wait for the P35 to come out..first its probably gonna be very expensive, with a few bugs and everything else dropped a lot since the beginning of this year. Also, I prefer nvidia to ati, so sli is a must. Alright, thanks a lot Evilsizer and deeppow. Hopefully I'll get this done soon ^_^. __________________ My New Rig: Cooler Master Mystique 632S Black Intel Q6600 G0 Abit IP-35 Pro eVga 640 MB 8800 GTS 2GB G-Skill HZ Corsair 620W 320GB 16MB WD HD ** SATA Samsung DVD burner ::FOLDING FOR TEAM 32!::
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05-25-07, 05:55 PM	#7
deeppow Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Los Alamos, NM	Well MWave has at least one ASUS P35 version in stock, at the moment. http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec....iteria=BA23876 Looks like they carry the others but are out of stock. And yes, it is likely the BIOS might be a little buggy. Most new chipsets take a little while to iron out the problems. __________________ ASUS P8Z77-V Pro , Intel i7 2600K @4.6Ghz using 1.3V -- Corsair DDR3 1600 (42Gb) 9-9-9-24 -- Iwaki MD-20RLZT -> EK Sup. Univ. -> Chiller -> Resev -- EVGA GTX680,Klipsch Promedia 4.1 -- Intel 510 120G, Crucial M4 120G, Areca RAID 5, 4 80G SATAII HDDs -- Corsair 1050 in Lian-Li PC-V1200 -- Win7 64-bit, Ubuntu 64-bit ASUS Rampage II Extreme @180Mhz , Intel i7 920 D0 @3.6Ghz using 1.3V, Thermalright 120 -- G.Skill DDR3 1600 (32Gb) 8-8-8-21, Win7 64-bit -- Lian-Li PC-V1200
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