| All-watercooled 680i motherboard with a water-cooled 8800GTX on top |
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EVGA has a rightful claim to be considered NVIDIA's most enthusiast-oriented
partner. In addition to launching a number of overclocked GeForce SKUs, the
company has branched out into motherboard production, headlined by its excellent
nForce 680i SLI board. Bring to bear its close relationship with innovatek - the
cooling specialists -
EVGA
is launching a pre-fitted four-waterblock nForce 680i SLI that's designed to
complement the Black Pearl series of cards. innovatek's high-quality blocks are
used for the CPU, PWM, northbridge and southbridge - the hottest-running parts
of the board. We like the fact that the CPU block installs via the reference
push-fit clips, making removal and reapplication a cinch. The southbridge block
is small enough to allow a long-ish PCIe card to fit into the third slot, as
well.
Pricing is reckoned to be around L330. Expensive, yes. Quality,
definitely.