Inno3D nForce 680i SLI

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Inno3D could have gone to some lengths in order to associate the motherboard with its brand, rather than just unpack the board from NVIDIA and bung it in Inno3D-branded packaging. Even graphics cards get a sticker. Looking into a case you couldn't tell the difference between this and an EVGA nForce 680i SLI board, only the contents of the package tell you that, and Inno3D includes a less attractive bundle than EVGA.

While that would normally be a bad thing for a top of the range enthusiast board, you don't need things like a serial port PCI bracket and most cases have a front pair of USB ports. It's also cheaper than the EVGA as well, however at the time of writing the only UK stockist is Ebuyer, who is selling the board at £169 (inc VAT). The Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus is cheaper, and comes with a similar bundle and a similar feature set. However, the 650i northbridge might limit your overclocking endeavours a little.

On the subject of overclocking: we managed to get the board to a very healthy 487MHz front side bus, fully Prime95 stable with a 1.4V northbridge and 2.3V memory using sync settings with an Core 2 Extreme X6800 CPU on a 6x multiplier. However, the board seems to have a very significant drop off between stability and refusing to boot. At 490MHz, regardless of voltage it would not budge any further.