Do you want to purchase a new motherboard that will support your upgrades for years to come?  Do you enjoy purchasing the latest CPU and video cards, but really are tired of having to figure out if your current motherboard is compatible?  The nVidia nForce 680i SLI motherboard is what you have been looking for.  This board is designed not only for the do-it-yourself enthusiast who wants to get the most of their motherboard but is also designed for the build your own hobbyist who wants to plug a few components in, boot-up, and start computing. 

The 680i SLI can support not only Core 2 Quad processors and Core 2 Extreme Intel Processors, but is designed to handle over-clocked CPUs as well.  In fact, performance testing with Intel CPUs and this nVidia motherboard outshine pervious records.  If your desire is to build your own computer and over-clock the CPU, choose this motherboard.  The production level BIOS and easy to use built in over-clocking tools will make your new computer the true speed demon you desire.  This is one of a very few motherboards that were designed by a manufacturer with over-clock CPUs in mind.  

The 680i SLI did not skimp on any features or connection ports.  Many other motherboards will have memory slowdown issues if all memory slots are filled to the maximum.  This 680i SLI motherboard does not have those issues.  Even when all 4 memory slots are maxed out at 8gb of DDR2 RAM, this motherboard reported some of the highest benchmark scores and did not show any signs of memory slowdown.  

The hard drive SATA and IDE controllers offer hardware RAID acceleration across any and all the disks connected to either one of the controllers.  This allows you to rebuild and reconfigure your drives and even hot-swap a SATA drive when needed.  And once you upgrade the system’s graphic drivers to version 93.71 the built in graphics system will provide you with the visuals you have come to expect from an nVidia chip set.  For ultimate high end graphic support you will still want to install a stand alone video card, but if your playing a lower end graphics game or using business productivity software, the video chip on this motherboard will far surpass your expectations. 

The 680i SLI is at the top of the price list, but why continue to spend less money for a motherboard that you will need to replace on a consistent basis because performance is simply not meeting your desires?  You get want you pay for and the nVidia nForce 680i SLI motherboard is quality in manufacturing and design.   The entire motherboard’s design and development was handled in-house by nVidia engineers.  NVidia is also overseeing the manufacture, sales and marketing of this motherboard.  NVidia also has a good RMA policy if your board is determined to be defected.  With a company like nVidia standing behind this board, you know you are in good hands for the long term.