knopflerbruce Posted January 23, 2007 Posted January 23, 2007 I've seen a few 680i boards now, and what I think is odd is that they all seem to have the same number of pci and pci ex. slots. Is this just a coincidence, or is this the only way they can make boards with this chipset? I remember when I bought my Expert I looked at nearly a dozen motherboards - all with different layouts (all NF4-boards), I kinda miss this with this chipset. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grafton Posted January 23, 2007 Posted January 23, 2007 i think everything out there is a refrence design thats why Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpman Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 MSI is different than the rest...but i think i'll avoid MSI for...lets say...as long as i live. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashura Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 I'm pretty sure every 680i board right now is the same Foxconn manufactured reference board. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danzgpgt97 Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 Yeah there all the same the only difference is evga uses a cheaper NB and SB cooler. If you look the striker has all that copper around it where evga uses a little aluminum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 Yeah there all the same the only difference is evga uses a cheaper NB and SB cooler. If you look the striker has all that copper around it where evga uses a little aluminum. It's not copper, just looks like it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danzgpgt97 Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 What thats painted plastic? For a over 400 dollar board I would expect real copper wouldnt you.:mad: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 What thats painted plastic? For a over 400 dollar board I would expect real copper wouldnt you.:mad: I'd assume aluminum still, just coated with a copper finish of sorts. Honestly I'm not sure it'd be wise to slap that much pure copper on a motherboard, be pretty hefty. Some people have found there is no gas in the tubes as well...$400 well spent I guess. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 I doubt you'll see many different board layouts. Unless and until the chipset becomes as repsected and used as something like the nF4 chipset there's just no reason to reengineer the whole thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danzgpgt97 Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 Yeah I was sort of interested in the copper design at first since it looked like all the ones around the CPU were pure copper but its proably like the evga. On the evga all around the CPU is plastic heatsinks. How they work I dont know. Alot of people over on the evga forum are having problems with super high mcp and spp temps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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