Motherboard help pleaseeee!!!

[imatt89]

Hi

im looking at buying my first gaming computer and am looking at spending between 500-600 on either overclokers custom build or computer planets custom build.

I have a few choices of motherboards these are

1. ASUS P5N-D S/L 1333FSB (NVIDIA 750i) - the cheapest but around £37.50 over the 3rd one and only 2.50 cheaper than the second
2. ASUS P5Q 1600FSB (Intel P45)
3. ASUS P5Q DELUXE 1600FSB (Intel P45)

can someone who knows something about motherboards put me in the right direction please as i would not want to make the wrong choice. The processor that i want is the Intel q6600 quad core 2.4ghz

thanks

 

[UltimateBadger]

Do you want to go SLI as I think the first one is the only one that can do that.
TBH I would go for one of the bottom two - the deluxe if you can afford it.
They're both P45 chipsets so will clock well.

 

[Cob]

Only go for the first one if you need SLI.

Otherwise choose whichever of the other two you can afford (tho the P5Q Pro is a good middle-ground).