Best SLI/Crossfire socket 775 motherboard?

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Looking to change my MATX motherboard for something with 2 full speed (or at least 2 8x) PCI-E slots so I can use a GPU and a decent SATA addon card, any recommendations please?
 
The highest chipset you can get that is DDR2, nvidia, and 775 is the 780i and x48 chipset for crossfire. Try the members selling section you mite pick a second hand one there.
 
The highest chipset you can get that is DDR2, nvidia, and 775 is the 780i and x48 chipset for crossfire. Try the members selling section you mite pick a second hand one there.

I've got a wanted ad in there already, but just wanted some board/chipset recommendations before I buy anything.
 
Asus P5E DELUX


ASUS P5N-T Deluxe nForce 780i SLI Intel 775 DDR2 ATX

Asus Striker II Formula nForce 780i SLI Intel Multi Core 1333MHz

ASUS P5N-T Deluxe 775 nForce 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard

EVGA nForce 780i SLI
 
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Asus P5E DELUX


ASUS P5N-T Deluxe nForce 780i SLI Intel 775 DDR2 ATX

Asus Striker II Formula nForce 780i SLI Intel Multi Core 1333MHz

ASUS P5N-T Deluxe 775 nForce 780i 3-Way SLI Motherboard

EVGA nForce 780i SLI

Cheers!

Looking at a couple of X38/X48 DFI Lanparty boards in the classifieds too, I know DFI were highly recommended back in the day, but no idea now, any comment please?
 
Depends on the CPU really. If you have a 45nm quad and like to get the best overclock out of it you are going to need a P45 chipset board. That means Crossfire only and 8x/8x for dual cards. There is a patch to enable Sli but it's completely unnofficial and a bit hit or miss as to it working.

My X48 board was a DFI Lanparty LT X48 T2R and that would only get my Q9550 to 3.65Ghz. I swapped to a Asus P5Q Pro Turbo P45 board and it went on to hit 4.13Ghz.
 
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