I'll be building a new PC in the next couple of weeks, but I am a bit stuck on the motherboard side of things. I've built a couple of machines with the P5B board and they seem quite solid. However they are fairly expensive and I don't want to shell out extra when I won't be overclocking. I'm currently looking at the Gigabyte S3. Seems cheap and will do what I want basically. All I require is that it is cheap, reliable and won't have any compatability issues with an 1950 Pro, 2GB of 5300 Geil and a C2D 6300. Is the S3 worth going for or is there any other boards I should consider?
Best board for a non overclocker?
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S3 should be fine, its exactly the same as the DS3, just it doesn't have solid-state caps, which is no biggie. 
The 965 chipset S3 would be best because it is a bit quicker & has more features :
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-063-GI
The advantage of this board is that it overclocks well if you ever decide you want to, but this ability adds almost nothing to the price. So if you don't ever want to O/C then you haven't wasted any money.
If you may possibly want a mild O/C in future then this is worth considering:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-073-MS
The advantage of this board is that MSI boards tend to be particularly compatible & easy to set up 'out of the box' they tend to have stable bios & few memory problems.
Finally, if you are certain you never want to O/C in any way, shape or form & want a decent, reliable board with decent features, these may be just right to save some money :
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-064-GI
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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-003-AK
Hope this info helps.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-063-GI
The advantage of this board is that it overclocks well if you ever decide you want to, but this ability adds almost nothing to the price. So if you don't ever want to O/C then you haven't wasted any money.
If you may possibly want a mild O/C in future then this is worth considering:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-073-MS
The advantage of this board is that MSI boards tend to be particularly compatible & easy to set up 'out of the box' they tend to have stable bios & few memory problems.
Finally, if you are certain you never want to O/C in any way, shape or form & want a decent, reliable board with decent features, these may be just right to save some money :
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-064-GI
&
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-003-AK
Hope this info helps.