New mobo plz

[bakes0310]

Basically all i know is that i should really go for the X38 series. Ive always gone with Abit, but with the IX38 Quad it sounds like they got bios problems.
So i thats left me with Asus, MSI, Gigabyte and Foxconn.
The only one ive heard of is Asus, and i like the look of there Asus Maximus Extreme Intel X38. The only problem i can see is that it has a waterblock, and i dont use watercooling so do i have to have it on there?
Is it actually a good motherboard or is there better elsewhere, ive got no budget when it comes to an important part like this.

 

[BUFF]

Basically all i know is that i should really go for the X38 series. Ive always gone with Abit, but with the IX38 Quad it sounds like they got bios problems.

They've all got BIOS problems, it's an immature chipset & afaik the Foxconn & MSI aren't yet in retail (edit: my mistake I see that OcUK now have them).
The question is why should you really go for X38, are you planning on running Crossfire?

 

[bakes0310]

They've all got BIOS problems, it's an immature chipset & afaik the Foxconn & MSI aren't yet in retail (edit: my mistake I see that OcUK now have them).
The question is why should you really go for X38, are you planning on running Crossfire?

I need a new motherboard so i can put my new e6850 in as my current mobo doesnt support it without a bios update. Im scared to do it as im not sure how even with the instructions im scared to do it just in case i mess up.

So what mobo should i get then if the x38 aint any good?

 

[Pneumonic]

x38 has two PCI-E x16 slots so you can running a crossfire set up with two ATi cards both a full PCI-E x16 speed... If you are looking to just use one graphics card then look at the P35 chipsets