EVGA nForce 680i SLI 775 A1 Motherboard Review

Introduction

eVGA is certainly not a new player in the market, in fact they are the favorite of many when it comes to their video cards. With the quality and performance that we have seen in their video cards, we would expect to see tehm do very well with their motherboards as well. We have the opportunity to look at their 680i board today, and we will see if their reputation follows them into the motherboard segment of the market. Let me introduce to you the specs of the eVGA nForce 680i SLI 775 motherboard!

Performance
	Based on NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Chipset chipset
	Supports Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Quad, Intel Core 2 Duo, Pentium EE, and Pentium processors
	1066/1333 Mhz Front Side Bus
Memory
	4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets
	Dual Channel DDR2
	Maximum of 8GB of DDR2 533/667/800/1200MHz SLI-Ready memory
Expansion Slot
	2 x PCIe x16, 1 x PCIe Graphics expansion slot, 2 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI
	2 x 32-bit PCI, support for PCI 2.1
Storage I/O
	1 x UltraDMA133
	6 x Serial ATA 300MB/sec with support for RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 0+1
	1 x Floppy disk drive connector
Integrated Peripherals
	7.1 Channel, Azalia (HDA)
	2 x 10/100/1000 LAN via
Multi I/O
	1 x PS2 Keyboard
	1 x PS2 Mouse
	1 x Serial Ports
	10 x USB2.0 ports (6 external + 4 internal headers)
	Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, MIC)
Form Factor
	ATX Form Factor
	Length: 12.0in – 304.8mm
	Width: 9.6in – 243.6mm