EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard

**Hardware Secrets Team** · 12-19-2007, 12:30 PM

There has been a new article posted.

Title: EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard
URL: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/508

Here is a snippet:
"As its name implies, EVGA nForce 780i SLI motherboard is based on the latest high-end chipset from nVidia for the Intel platform. What is new on nForce 780i is its support for the new 3-way SLI mode, ..."

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little_eagle · 01-26-2009, 08:25 PM

However it does seam that the 780i does have some issues.
Seams like there are a lot of defective mobo out there.

Not sure why they just seam to quit and you get the FF on the POST (Power On Self Test) diagnostics display. I don't think it means that it's fully functional.

But it's RMA and hope to have a new one soon.

**Gabriel Torres** · 01-28-2009, 02:35 PM

Hello

We can't comment on that because we haven't had any issues.

Also be careful with comments like "someone told me that Joe read somewhere", because there is lots of wrong information on the Internet. Make sure you get information from respectable websites.

Cheers,
Gabriel.

DavidFlorida · 01-28-2009, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gabriel Torres

Hello

We can't comment on that because we haven't had any issues.

Also be careful with comments like "someone told me that Joe read somewhere", because there is lots of wrong information on the Internet. Make sure you get information from respectable websites.

Cheers,
Gabriel.

Chris · 02-24-2009, 08:22 AM

Gabriel,

Thanks for the exhaustive review. I noticed this board claims to support "RAID" - but is that true hardware RAID, or just market-speak for "supports multiple hard drives"?

Since we're on the subject, what do you think of using striping to increase disk access performance? Is it worth setting up on a gaming rig? I would assume software RAID probably does not give any added benefit.

Thank you,
Chris

**Gabriel Torres** · 02-25-2009, 10:01 AM

Hello Chris and welcome to our forums.

This motherboard supports RAID. However all on-board RAID solutions are called "software RAID" as they don't have a dedicated controller (separated chip for this function). Add-on RAID controllers have a higher performance (and are expensive) because they provide a RAID controller.

As for your question about RAID, please read these articles:

How to setup a RAID:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/393

Does RAID0 really increases performance?
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/394

BTW: if you want to ask more questions about RAID, please open a new thread on the storage section.

Thanks,
Gabriel.

12-19-2007, 12:30 PM	#1
Hardware Secrets Team Administrator Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,952	EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard There has been a new article posted. Title: EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard URL: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/508 Here is a snippet: "As its name implies, EVGA nForce 780i SLI motherboard is based on the latest high-end chipset from nVidia for the Intel platform. What is new on nForce 780i is its support for the new 3-way SLI mode, ..." Comments on this article are welcome. Best regards, Hardware Secrets Team http://www.hardwaresecrets.com

01-26-2009, 08:25 PM	#2
little_eagle Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2	Nice review However it does seam that the 780i does have some issues. Seams like there are a lot of defective mobo out there. Not sure why they just seam to quit and you get the FF on the POST (Power On Self Test) diagnostics display. I don't think it means that it's fully functional. But it's RMA and hope to have a new one soon. __________________ MS MVP 2005-2008

02-24-2009, 08:22 AM	#5
Chris Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1	Raid Gabriel, Thanks for the exhaustive review. I noticed this board claims to support "RAID" - but is that true hardware RAID, or just market-speak for "supports multiple hard drives"? Since we're on the subject, what do you think of using striping to increase disk access performance? Is it worth setting up on a gaming rig? I would assume software RAID probably does not give any added benefit. Thank you, Chris

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01-28-2009, 02:35 PM	#3
Gabriel Torres Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 USA Posts: 2,553	Hello We can't comment on that because we haven't had any issues. Also be careful with comments like "someone told me that Joe read somewhere", because there is lots of wrong information on the Internet. Make sure you get information from respectable websites. Cheers, Gabriel.

02-25-2009, 10:01 AM	#6
Gabriel Torres Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 USA Posts: 2,553	Hello Chris and welcome to our forums. This motherboard supports RAID. However all on-board RAID solutions are called "software RAID" as they don't have a dedicated controller (separated chip for this function). Add-on RAID controllers have a higher performance (and are expensive) because they provide a RAID controller. As for your question about RAID, please read these articles: How to setup a RAID: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/393 Does RAID0 really increases performance? http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/394 BTW: if you want to ask more questions about RAID, please open a new thread on the storage section. Thanks, Gabriel.