Mobo & Ram Question

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I have been thinking about getting this motherboard, and E6600, Vista 64 and 4 gig of ram. Any recommendations for the ram? I was looking at this as corsair seems to be highly regarded or this. Choices choices!

Does anyone here own the P5N32-E PLUS motherboard and if so any likes/dislikes? Ideally I would like the option of sli for future but its not a definate. Would I be better off getting one of the new P35 boards?

Intention is to overclock and to acheive a stable system (I also plan to get an 8800GTX).
 
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Does anyone here own the P5N32-E PLUS motherboard and if so any likes/dislikes? Ideally I would like the option of sli for future but its not a definate. Would I be better off getting one of the new P35 boards?

Intention is to overclock and to acheive a stable system (I also plan to get an 8800GTX).
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General consensus is that the P5N32-E PLUS is a poor choice and will not give you a good overclock as it is a horrible hybrid with a mismatched southbridge.

The non-plus P5N32-E is at least a proper 680 chipset but costs a bit more.

A p35 board would offer a more future proof solution or perhaps you should consider a board with the 965p chipset although this would mean no sli.
 
I have the P5N32-E Sli Plus, and it's -decent-, IE i've had no problems with it. However in 2 months i havent managed to pull off a decent overclock yet and have reset back to stock each time to reconsider my options :P

I dont have experience of any other recent boards, but consensus seems to say the P5N-E or DS3P are the boards of choice at the moment.
 
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