Which is better? P35 or 680i?

Which is the better MOBO and why? Between a MSI P35k Deluxe MOBO and a Nforce 680i.

P35:
- Penryn support;
- Lower power consumption;
- High overclocking headroom;
- Near useless mult-GPU support--'broken' CrossFire and no SLI

680i:
- SLi support;
- Good overclocking.

P35:
- Penryn support;
- Lower power consumption;
- High overclocking headroom;
- Near useless mult-GPU support--'broken' CrossFire and no SLI

680i:
- SLi support;
- Good overclocking.

Wesker776

780i is a waste of money though. The x38 (and soon x48) can be found for the same price or less and offer far superior performance. Unless you want SLI, that is.

All that 780i really is is an update to the 680i, they added PCI-E 2.0 & penryn support, anda third PCI-E x16 slot. They don't even have DDR3 support, which is ridiculous considering that it's supposed to be an enthusiast board. Anyway, the nForce 790 series is supposed to have that.

780i is a waste of money though. The x38 (and soon x48) can be found for the same price or less and offer far superior performance. Unless you want SLI, that is.Baselerd

[QUOTE="Baselerd"]780i is a waste of money though. The x38 (and soon x48) can be found for the same price or less and offer far superior performance. Unless you want SLI, that is.bumsoil

that's cool, but it doesnt really matter that much because when you get to "nicer" chipsets all the OC'ing limits are usually from the components. I'm not saying the 780i is worse than a P35 though. But I think the 780i isn't really worth the investment unless you want to do 3-way SLI.

you should think about getting an x38 from gigabyte or DFI

great overclocker id say abit better than P35 not sure about how good it is vs. a 780i and crossfire support

p35 vs 780i would be beater, 780i would win!:Dbumsoil

why pay way more for basicly the same thing? anyway if your going into the 780i price then its x38 vs 780i