Ok, so this seems like an obvious decision. But i am looking to replace my current asus p5n-e sli mobo b/c im pretty sure something is wrong with it. A buddy of mine just built an identical system, same proc, mobo, case, etc. And his CPU is on average 7-10C lower and his mobo is 6-15C lower.

Regardless back to the topic on hand. The "Plus" version of this mobo is a weird frankenstein chipset combo of the 570 southbridge and 650 northbridge. Whereas the non plu is a standard 680i chipset. As far as i can tell they are identical feature wise, they are also the same cost. Anyone have any opinions?

I was thinking the p5n-e sli PLUS might work better since its a 650i chipset so all i would need to do is just swap the mobo in and i shouldnt need to do a reinstall since its the same damn chipset.

My only concern is will the chipset drivers you download from Nvidia work with this mobo or will i consistently have to use Asus' drivers? That alone might be reason enough to get the 680i instead.

Regardless opinions would be awesome, thanks guys.

I used NVidia's drivers without issue on the P5N32-E SLI Plus. Switched to EVGA to get a better overclock. Haven't really seen a difference...

plus is nice

I Have The Plus But It Won't Let me Go Past 3.2 On My e 6750

Both are good boards, i can find many reviews about the PLUS one but not any reviews about the NON-PLUS one

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2 [...] sli_plus/1
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2958
http://www.hardwarezone.com/news/v [...] =4&id=6420
http://www.hothardware.com/Article [...] N9_32XMAX/

i'm with the same dilemma myself... which would work best with a Q6600 (which i'm thinking of trading my E6750 for.. free btw..)

Both are good, but i suggest the PLUS version , since it has alot more reviews than the Non-Plus verion