XFX MBN780ISH9 nForce 780i Ultra SLI Ready DDR2 1333Mhz FSB Socket LGA 775 ATX Intel Motherboard

by XFX

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0011UPBCK
• Item model number: MB-N780-ISH9
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 2, 2004

Product Description

NVIDIA 780i MCP Chipset/LGA 775 SLI Intel Motherboard . Intel Penryn Core 2 Extreme Core 2 Duo Core 2 Quad Pentium. Socket 775 1333MHz FSB 8-Channel HD Audio RoHS Vista. User Manual Quick Install and Reference Guide Driver CD 1394a Cable (1 port) USB 2.0 Cable (4 ports) SATA Data Cable x6 IDE Cable Floppy Cable SATA Power Cable x3 2-Way SLI Bridge 3-Way SLI Bridge I/O Shield. ATX. Expansion Slots: (2) PCI-E 2.0 (1) PCI-E x16 (1) PCI-E x1 (2) PCI Dual Channel 240-Pin DDR2 533/667/800 up to 8GB.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars XFX Wins Again, July 19, 2008

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J. Cline (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: XFX MBN780ISH9 nForce 780i Ultra SLI Ready DDR2 1333Mhz FSB Socket LGA 775 ATX Intel Motherboard (Personal Computers)

This really is a good motherboard and XFX is the king of customer service. I build rigs for others quite a bit and have NEVER had issues with RAM compatibility (I use Mushkin, OCZ and Corsair), SATA drives of any sort and if one more person whines about air cooling being "loud" I'm gonna scream =) The 780i chipset is basically everything good from the 680i chipset plus Intel Yorkfield processor support.

If you're an enthusiast this is the mobo for you. Dual NIC's, overclocks with the best of 'em, 3-way sli ready, Intel Yorkfield processor support and is overall one of the most stable motherboards I have worked with.

If you have any doubts be sure to google reviews for this motherboard, most review sites recommend this board. I have learned to take product reviews from online stores with a few grains of salt.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The specs for this board look good but the implementation is lacking, December 31, 2008

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D. Duerr - See all my reviews
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This review is from: XFX MBN780ISH9 nForce 780i Ultra SLI Ready DDR2 1333Mhz FSB Socket LGA 775 ATX Intel Motherboard (Personal Computers)

I'm not sure where I should even start with the issues I had with this board. I wanted to use this MB with a Intel Q9550 processor. The first problem is that it would not allow the CPU multiplier to be set higher than 8.0 so the CPU would not run faster than about 2.6. On top of that just about any change to the system would require the CMOS to be reset. When I say any change I mean adding a hard drive, going from 2 sticks of DDR2 to 4, adding a second video card, etc. Once I finally got things running the system was not even close to stable. I never got to a point where I could even try to overclock this configuration.

I returned the XFX MB and purchased an ASUS Rampage Formula. Swapped out the motherboard, installed the same EQ and was easily able to OC my 2.8 processor to 3.6. The total ASUS build time (including installing Vista 64 and overclocking) was about 5 hours... I wasted 6 days dealing with the XFX. Stay away from this motherboard.

4.0 out of 5 stars Excelent motherboard, March 31, 2009

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Jose Campos "tOnY cAmPoS" (Boca Raton, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: XFX MBN780ISH9 nForce 780i Ultra SLI Ready DDR2 1333Mhz FSB Socket LGA 775 ATX Intel Motherboard (Personal Computers)

I bought this after a very intensive research on motherboards. Every review I read pointed this was a very good motherboard and it is. It has more stuff than you need. Reviews here on amazon about this motherboard are very negative, I read the ones in [...] and this were the ones to convice me to buy it.
When I bought this motherboard I got also a XFX 8600GT XXX Zalman Graphics card, and the two together work very smoothly, the motherboard has an internal SPDIF connection for audio that I connected successfully to the graphics card so I can send audio through DVI to HDMI cable.
The motherboard has a very useful LCD screen that displays error codes, wich you can find in the motherboard user manual so you can find in a very easy way why your motherboard won't boot, in case it happens.
I rate it 4 stars because the Chipset fan points directly downwards adn the hot air is blown to the back of the graphics card.