Product Description

The EVGA 780i SLI; features three 16x PCI express slots, PCI express 2.0, and full support for Intel 45nm Core 2 CPU's. The three 16x PCI express slots provide the best platform for NVIDIA 3-way SLI; the latest in SLI technology. The EVGA 780i is ESA (Enthusiast System Architecture) certified which provides the best monitoring and fine tuning of your PC.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6953 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: EVGA
• Model: 132-CK-NF78-A1
• Dimensions: 3.75" h x 13.75" w x 14.75" l, .0 pounds
• Memory: 0MB
• Processors: 0

Features

• SLI-ready motherboard with fast Gigabit Ethernet performance
• Supports Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Quad, Intel Core 2 Duo, Pentium EE, and Pentium processors
• 3 16x PCI express slots; ESA (Enthusiast System Architecture) certified
• NVIDIA RAID technology with standard RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 techniques
• NVIDIA's patent-pending isochronous StreamThru Data Transport System for uninterrupted data streaming

Amazon.com Product Description
The eVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 nForce 780i SLI 775 ATX Motherboard, A1 Version is based on theNVIDIA nForce 780i SLI Chipset chipset. It supports Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Quad, Intel Core 2 Duo, Pentium EE, and Pentium processors. The card's NVIDIA SLI technology dramatically scales performance by allowing two graphics cards to be run in parallel, and its featured NVIDIA Native Gigabit Ethernet offers the fastest Gigabit Ethernet performance you'll find anywhere, eliminating network bottlenecks and improving overall system efficiency and performance.

The eVGA 780i SLI features three 16x PCI express slots, PCI express 2.0, and full support for Intel 45nm Core 2 CPUs. The three 16x PCI express slots provide the best platform for NVIDIA 3-way SLI, the latest in SLI technology. The EVGA 780i is ESA (Enthusiast System Architecture) certified, which provides the best monitoring and fine tuning of your PC.

A third PCI-Express expansion slot provides future support for three GPU applications, and NVIDIA RAID technology implements standard RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 techniques to maximize storage assets. NVIDIA RAID technology also introduces many innovations that simplify and optimize the management of RAID features and disk resources. NVIDIA's patent-pending isochronous StreamThru Data Transport System provides uninterrupted data streaming for superior networking and broadband communications. StreamThru assists in making streaming video and audio smoother and jitter-free.

Unified Driver Architecture guarantees forward and backward compatibility with software drivers and simplifies upgrading to a new NVIDIA product because all NVIDIA products work with the same driver software. And NVIDIA's nTune Performance Application enables the easiest, safest, and highest performing overclocking available for NVIDIA nForce-based PCs. What's in the Box
nForce 780i SLI motherboard, I/O shield, floppy cable, three 2-port SATA power cable, 1394 cable, 4-port USB cable, six SATA signal cables, comm2 bracket cable, IDE-ATA133 HDD cable, fan, 3-way SLI and SLI bridge, and floppy drive diskette.

Customer Reviews

Wouldn't POST
Nice board, sadly it wouldn't POST or display video. Tried different memory with no luck. Pulled the CPU and reinstalled it, still no joy. I had also installed a brand new Antec 550 watt PSU at the same time I installed the new MOBO. I always swap the PSU at the same time I swap a motherboard. While I'm sure this is a great MOBO if you get a good one, I didn't. I decided to reinstall my trusty Asus P5B Deluxe. The USB ports were failing one by one on that board, but it turns out my OLD PSU was going bad. The Asus board works perfectly with the new PSU. So I RMA'd the EVGA board and got a refund.

EVGA nForce 780i
Works great. If you get a rebate, be prepared to contest it because they may say you didn't sent all the required docs.

Best Motherboard So Far.
this is prob. one of the best motherboards i have owned so far. very easy to overclock, with a ton of options. quickly changed from air to watercooling with it also. only thing is if you use triple SLI you will lose all your pci slots unless you watercool the video cards. other than that, very stable and powerful motherboard. no complaints. only praise.

P.S. if you plan on watercooling your northbridge along with your CPU you'll need to get a custom waterblock for it. i used EK custom, it works great. also, you will have to get a fan to cool the southbridge and not interfear with your video card. they have one on newegg for about 8 bucks i think. fits perfect.