Best MB for overclocking

[HummuH1]

Gents,

I'm looking to build a rig to try my hand at overclocking. I need to choose a decent MB to base the rest of my purchase around so using this as the starting block.

Ideally, it'll tick the following boxes:

C2D Compatible (Quad preferred as well but not essential)
On-board LAN (not worried about Firewire)
Decent enough FSB for overclocking
2 x PCIe-16 (For possible future crossfire use)
7.1 on-board audio / S/PDIF

Looking to spend £50 to £100 max.

If people could also recommend good-value overclockable RAM (2 x 2GB or 2 x 1GB) with their motherboard selection, that would be apprecaited.

Many thanks.

 

[BUFF]

if you are really serious about future Crossfire use then ideally you want an X38 chipset mobo but atm they are all over £100.
OcUK/J&W are meant to have a sub-£100 one coming though.
For your budget there are plenty of good P35 chipset mobos but Crossfire will be compromised as the 2nd physical PCI-E x16 slot runs electrically at x4.

as for RAM I've just bough the G.Skill 2x2GB PC8000 PQ that's on offer this week so I guess that's my recommendation .

 

[HummuH1]

if you are really serious about future Crossfire use then ideally you want an X38 chipset mobo but atm they are all over £100.
OcUK/J&W are meant to have a sub-£100 one coming though.
For your budget there are plenty of good P35 chipset mobos but Crossfire will be compromised as the 2nd physical PCI-E x16 slot runs electrically at x4.

as for RAM I've just bough the G.Skill 2x2GB PC8000 PQ that's on offer this week so I guess that's my recommendation .

Cheers Buff. Crossfire is not essential as can update MB at a later date if needs be. Which P35's would be worth looking at?

 

[BUFF]

Most of them tbh.

It really comes down to the features that you need/want & your budget.
Do you need RAID or Firewire for example?
The cheapest P35s with Crossfire capability are the OCUK/J&Ws but they don't have Intel RAID or firewire.