“I was somewhat mystified, then, when Gigabyte’s N680SLI-DQ6 arrived on my doorstep. With a little help from Nvidia’s nForce 680i SLI chipset, this board packs a whopping ten Serial ATA ports and four Gigabit Ethernet options—more SATA and GigE than my last three workstations put together. Add in loads of Firewire ports and onboard audio that boasts Dolby Digital Live and DTS encoding, and the DQ6 easily boasts the most impressive array of onboard peripherals on the market.”Here are some more Motherboard articles from around the web:
- ECS NF650iSLIT-A Motherboard Review @ HardwareLogic
- MSI P6N SLI Platinum Motherboard — Nvidia nForce 650i SLI returns @ TweakTown
- Asus P35 ‘Bearlake’ Motherboard Sneak Peek @ HotHardware
- Preview – ASUS P35 “Bearlake” Motherboard @ Hardware Zone
- Sneak peak at forthcoming MSI P35 Platinum mobo @ DH
- P35 “Bearlake” Preview – Hands-On pics and specs from Asus and Gigabyte boards @ Neoseeker
- ECS NF650iSLIT-A @ motherboards.org
- The evga 650i Ultra 775 A1 Motherboard Review @ Legit Reviews
- ASRock ALive NF5 eSATA2+ Motherboard @ CPU3D
- Tech View: Motherboards Galore @ AnandTech
- Abit AB9 Linux/Solaris Compatibility @ Phoronix
- XFX 680iLT Motherboard Review @ Bootdaily
- MSI P6N Platinum @ Neoseeker
Gigabyte goes all out with 680i
The Gigabyte N680SLI-DQ6 is one of the most feature rich motherboards on the planet, with a price to match. It also has one impressive cooling system, even surpassing MSI’s upcoming Circu-Pipe cooling for Bearlake in it’s size, complexity and sheer impressiveness. The Tech Report has the full review, and you won’t believe the feature list they have to test.