basic mobo needed what are my options for a decent one

[davetherave2]

Bent Pins on CPU socket new MOBO required

as title really am after a decent cheap mobo for an E6600 4GB RAM and 8800GTX

the only stipulation I have it must have at least 6 SATA ports on it.

This is only meant to be a temp board until I go through my next upgrade cycle.

Cheers in advance

-- edit:

well i have decided to change this from a cheap mobo to getting a proper replacement mobo as it seems the cpu sockets pins are bent on my current mobo so no warranty any more

Now I haven't seen the damage yet to the board as it is at OCuk but have decided rather than risk nuking my machine I would buy a proper mobo instead.

Now I would be putting my current chip and ram in it but is it worth taking the plunge into ddr3 yet or is there no benefit at the moment.

I plan to get a quad core next year so ideally would want a board that will support up and coming chips.

Is it worth sticking with nforce based chipset or would going the x38/48 be the best route forward.

Cheers in advance for any help.

--can a mod change the title for me please as well.

 

[reflux]

Looks like your best bet:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

 

[davetherave2]

so I have changed my mind.

see first post for details.

 

[Kelt]

as title really am after a decent cheap mobo for an E6600 4GB RAM and 8800GTX

the only stipulation I have it must have at least 6 SATA ports on it.

This is only meant to be a temp board until I go through my next upgrade cycle.

Cheers in advance

-- edit:

well i have decided to change this from a cheap mobo to getting a proper replacement mobo as it seems the cpu sockets pins are bent on my current mobo so no warranty any more

Now I haven't seen the damage yet to the board as it is at OCuk but have decided rather than risk nuking my machine I would buy a proper mobo instead.

Now I would be putting my current chip and ram in it but is it worth taking the plunge into ddr3 yet or is there no benefit at the moment.

I plan to get a quad core next year so ideally would want a board that will support up and coming chips.

Is it worth sticking with nforce based chipset or would going the x38/48 be the best route forward.

Cheers in advance for any help.

--can a mod change the title for me please as well.

If going the Intel/Crossfire route and you want to run two or more graphics cards at full 2 x 16 speed, then yes. I'm currently buying a new mobo and am undecided at the moment between getting a P5Q-E/Deluxe or X38/48. One thing I've made my mind up though, whatever board I get, it must support CrossfireX, whether I end up using it or not, is another matter!

 

[davetherave2]

well i potentially would like to SLI at some point again whether that is with my current Nvidia card or with the next upgrade which will probably happen in a couple of years.

It would be nice if a board was able to offer both crossfire and SLI then I could have the best of both worlds.