Best motherboard

[saint_hades]

Hi
Does anyone know whats the best motherboard under £150 ($298)

Also is it possible for it to have PCI-E 2.0 slots, because i kind of want the best graphics cards for it.

Thanks

[street1 (RIP)]

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?ASU-P5ND

[saint_hades]

street1 thanks

2 x PCI '''2.2'''  what does the 2.2 mean

and are is there normal PCI slots, cause i need one for the Ageia Phys X card

[homer]

my choice would be the ASUS 780i motherboard. $278.00
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=27684&vpn=P5N%2DT%20Deluxe&manufacture=ASUS

BTW...why do you have a phys X card?

[elxr06]

why get a physX card? now that nVidia owns Aegia, nVidia will incorporate physX card technology to their series 8 (and hopefully 9+) cards thru new software and/or drivers (so they say but it's in the works right now!)

How many games do you play that has physics graphics requiring physX? Only one I know is unreal tournament.

[saint_hades]

I just love CellFactor: Revolution
Ghost Recon thats good

homer, do you know were I can bye that motherboard in the UK

Ps, does anyone know any really good motherboard installing websites

thanks

[saint_hades]

I'm just wondering,

But what is the 'best' motherboard out there at the moment

[patio]

I'm just wondering,

But what is the 'best' motherboard out there at the moment

This is an extremely nebulous question that cannot be answered correctly with thousands of variables involved...

[elxr06]

I'm just wondering,

But what is the 'best' motherboard out there at the moment

This is an extremely nebulous question that cannot be answered correctly with thousands of variables involved...

indeed one might have the 'best' motherboard for the particular task they are wanting to do which may be different for many people.

[saint_hades]

Ok, If I wanted the best motherboard for games and 3d work

with PCI E 2.0 (at least 2) and more than one PCi card

[patio]

Still not enough...

What processor?
What Chipset?
What networking requirements?
Sound ?
Power requirements ?
Hot swappable SATA3 required ?

Can you see where this is going as i've only listed a handful of variables off the top of my head ? ?

[elxr06]

I'm just wondering,

But what is the 'best' motherboard out there at the moment

This is an extremely nebulous question that cannot be answered correctly with thousands of variables involved...

indeed one might have the 'best' motherboard for the particular task they are wanting to do which may be different for many people.

I should've also added that 'best' motherboard for a particular task for one person may not be the 'best' motherboard for same task for other person depending on their system type, requirements, method, etc...............

[saint_hades]

Is this a good motherboard
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=729926

Seems good and fits my requirements

[homer]

But what is the 'best' motherboard out there at the moment

the top contender in the gaming motherboard market right now is the 790i chipset motherboard. they are available from many vendors including ASUS, XFX, EVGA, etc. they are NOT cheap, and they also use DDR3 RAM, which is also NOT cheap.

ASUS 790i
XFX 790i
EVGA 790i

Is this a good motherboard

it is an excellent motherboard. it only has a little better performance then the 680i, but it has alot more features (such as 3-way SLI and 45nm processor support.)

[saint_hades]

'DDR3 RAM'

How do I find out, what sort of ram I have

I'm not sure if I want to upgrade my ram