Choosing a motherboard.

[Image]

Hello;

I'm working on building my own PC, and Im finally down to ordering the last part; the motherboard.

I need it to be compatible with my other hardware, support 1600 fsb, Intel Socket LGA 775,  DDR3 PC3 12800 RAM (minimum), have atleast 1 PCI-E x16 2.0 slots (preferably 2), and have good overclocking capabilities.

The other components going into the build are as follows:

• CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor

• RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory

• Graphics Card - EVGA GeForce GTX 275 Superclocked Edition 896MB 448-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

I'm looking for best value on this. I don't mind spending the money, as long as the extra money means extra performance gains, no matter how small. I am willing to spend up to the $250 range, but it must be compatible and able to run all the other hardware at factory standards or higher.

Thanks,
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[EEVIAC]

What CPU have you purchased?


Make/model/speed

[Image]

sorry, it took me awhile to post my hardware specs; they are posted now.

[EEVIAC]

If you want to go with an ATX case, I think this board will fit your needs..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135230


It has 2 PCIe 2.0 slots for SLI/Cross Fire Setup...  so basically, since you're using an SLI-ready video card, you'll have room to take advantage of that and expand, if you wan to add another similar video card and run the two cards in parallel, so to speak.

It meets your overclocking needs, supports ddr3, up to 8 Gb ram, built in Gigabyte Network Interface card, and supports you cpu

[neelchauhan]

If you didn't buy the CPU yet, get a Core i5 or i7 CPU and a good P55 motherboard.
If you bought it, get a good 775 board. LGA 775 is getting obsolete.

[EEVIAC]

      I would have suggested the p55 chipset, but I assumed he already got the cpu

[patio]

You would really recommend an ECS MBoard ? ?

Any reason why ? ?

[EEVIAC]

Nothing about ECS in particular that I love, but that particular board seems to have decent reviews..

[Geek-9pm]

Did you say good reviews?
Pardon me for interacting, but I never heard that motherboard!
There are so many websites that claim to have reviews on most everything. Here is just one of many.
http://www.motherboards.org/
when I looked around there it seems I was not able to find the motherboard mentioned, or else it was not in the obvious places. So why is it such a highly rated motherboard?

[EEVIAC]

Relax....  breath.............     



Who said it was a "highly rated" board?    I said it seemed to have decent reviews based on the places I looked...

If it bothers you so much, why don't YOU recommend something...

[Geek-9pm]

ASUS
Has a wide range of choices.

Look these over:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=Asus+Motherboard&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA

[EEVIAC]

 


feel better?

[BC_Programmer]

Did you say good reviews?
Pardon me for interacting, but I never heard that motherboard!
There are so many websites that claim to have reviews on most everything. Here is just one of many.
http://www.motherboards.org/
when I looked around there it seems I was not able to find the motherboard mentioned, or else it was not in the obvious places. So why is it such a highly rated motherboard?

Here's an interesting tidbit- people are more likely to complain about something if they are not satisfied, and if they are satisfied, they are less likely to post a review.

if you cannot find <negative> comments about something, then chances are it's satisfactory. However- EEVIAC found decent reviews. Now, a decent review may be saying the motherboard is "decent" but really it's saying it's better then that- a motherboard that is "decent" or what was expected would probably not cause somebody to review it- there are probably other redeeming factors that made them want to recommend it; or at least, mark it as something that wouldn't be a bad choice.