XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard - NVIDIA nForce 790i, Socket 775, ATX, Audio, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, Dual Gigabit LAN, S/PDIF, USB 2.0, Fir

XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard - NVIDIA nForce 790i, Socket 775, ATX, Audio, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, Dual Gigabit LAN, S/PDIF, USB 2.0, Firewire, eSATA, RAID

XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard
New from XFX – a high-performance Socket 775 motherboard built to harness the spectacular graphics power of SLI technology and deliver it to your system. The XFX nForce 790 Ultra SLI motherboard is designed for Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, and Pentium Dual Core processors with FSB up to 1600MHz. Based on the NVIDIA nForce 790i MCP chipset, this powerful ATX platform supports DDR3 single or dual-channel memory up to 8GB, PCI-E x16 2.0 and 1.0, SATA 3Gb/s, RAID 0, 1 0+5 & JBOD, USB 2.0, 8-channel HD audio, and Gigabit LAN. This versatile platform is SLI 3-way and 2-way ready and features NVIDIA MediaShield Storage, NVIDA System Tools, and NVIDIA DualNet Technology. Perfect for that mind-bending gaming system you’ve always wanted, and a must-buy for extreme multimedia enthusiasts. Order the new XFX nForce 790 Ultra SLI today at this astonishingly low price!

An Extremely Pleasant Experience
"Overclocking is one area where the XFX 790i Ultra SLI truly shined. The board has a great layout, solid stability and great overclocking. The XFX 790i Ultra SLI fully supports the Intel QX9770 processor, DDR3 RAM and 3-Way SLI. Using a pair of 9800GX2’s or three 9800GTX’s this board is truly the basis for the fastest machine you can build today for gaming and general consumer applications." - Daniel Dobrowolski, enthusiast.hardocp.com 5/15/2008
One of the Best Motherboards I have Ever Used
"The damn thing ran flawlessly for over four days with a 100% load on all its major system busses then did not blink an eye when I “cooked” it at 50C for another 15 hours. All the while exhibiting excellent stock component cooling. Our board turned in performance numbers right on par with Intel’s flagship X48 and X38 chipset motherboards. The 790i Ultra allowed problem free overclocking to extremes that most of us will never use with very little effort or tweaking needed. To top it all off, it is probably one of the best motherboard layouts I have ever used." - Kyle Bennett, hardocp.com 3/19/2008
Great work XFX.
"One thing is for sure, NVIDIA has done a fantastic job on its reference design. Not only have they managed to fit just about every possible expansion option into their boards, but 3-Way SLI is standard, it overclocks quite well and it supports the latest generation of CPUs. XFX has gone for an extremely well rounded cable setup. For the mass storage controllers; out of the seven SATA ports the board is equipped with, six data cables are provided. A single IDE cable with two drive support and one FDD cable make up the data portion. For power adapters, there are three molex to 2-port SATA power cables, giving you a total of six drives supported out of the box. Great work XFX." - Cameron Johnson, Tweaktown 07/10/2008
General performance: Very good.
"If we take into account only functionality of the motherboard, without its supposedly excellent overclocking potential, we should admit that it's a usual top product, nothing more. A number of solutions (POST controller with a display, chipset cooling system) detach this reference motherboard on nForce 790i Ultra SLI from the usual products. General performance: Very good." - Sergey Pikalov, Digit-Life 07/07/2008



Specifications


Form Factor: ATX

Processor Interface: Socket 775

Processors Supported: Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core 2 Quad, Intel Pentium Dual Core

Additional Technologies: 3-Way SLI

Front Side Bus: 1600MHz

Northbridge: NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI MCP

Number of Slots: 4

Number of Pins: 240-Pin

Maximum Memory Supported: 8GB - 64bit

Memory Supported: Dual Channel Supported

Single Channel Supported

SLI-Ready

2000MHz DDR3

EPP 2.0 Support

Channels: 8 Channels

Audio Chipset: High Definition Audio (HDA)

Supported Devices: 2

Hard Drive Types: UDMA/33

UDMA/100

UDMA/66

USB Version: 2.0

USB Data Transfer Rates: 480Mbps

LAN Type: 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit

Port Type: 2 x RJ-45

PCI Slots: 2

PCI Express X1 Slots: 2

PCI Express X16 Slots: 1

2 - (PCIe 2.0)

PS/2 Keyboard Connectors: 1

PS/2 Mouse Connectors: 1

USB Ports: 10

USB Rear Panel Ports: 6

USB Onboard Headers: 2 - (expandable to 4 USB ports)

FireWire Ports: 1 - 1394a

LAN Ports: 2

Audio Out Jacks: 2

Line In Jacks: 1

Microphone Jacks: 1

Center Audio Jacks: 1

Subwoofer Audio Out Jacks: 1

IDE Headers: 1

FDD Headers: 1

Serial ATA Headers: 7

1 - External

ATX Power Connectors: 1 24-Pin Connector

PC Power Connectors: 1 - 8 Pin

Fan Connectors: 1 x CPU

5 x Chassis

S/PDIF Connectors: 1 - Coaxial, 1 - Optical

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