New system

[Musicman44]

Hi everyone, this is my first post so be nice Basically I am hoping a few people can help me with choosing a mobo for my new system.

Price I can afford is upto 200£

Here is the current specification;

Cooler (Asus Arctic Square)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-013-AS

Optic drive (Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7191S)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-009-OT

Ram ( OCZ 2GB DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Platinum)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-092-OC

thermal compound (Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=AC-000-AC

PSU ( Tagan TG1100-U88 1100w)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-018-TG

Case (Antec Nine Hundred)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-065-AN

CPU ( Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 retail as to OEM due to extended
warranty and same price as OEM currently)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-161-IN

GPU X 2 ( PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512MB)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-002-PN

Physx accelerator ( OcUK Ageia PhysX )
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-066-OK

hdd (Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-053-SA

fan (Scythe Kaze-Master ) controller
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BB-003-SY

Thanks in advance Jon

 

[Musicman44]

DDR3 is not absolutely necessary, Just thought it was the way forward. I mainly play ut3 so was thinking that a physx card is the way to go. I am prepared to run 2 8800gtx cards but was informed that the end product was not as great as the gt's. I am also tempted to upgrade the cpu to Intel C2Q Q9300 'Yorkfield' 2.50GHz is this advisable? Also can any one comment on this board http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-271-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1057 I have read several mixed reviews. What do people think?

 

[Musicman44]

Can you give me a reason for not buying a physX card please? Also can I use an x48 mobo, I can't find any that are sli compliant only crossfire, or does that not matter and you can still use sli? Thanks Jon

 

[Musicman44]

ahh ok thanks, I think I will be going with a EVGA nForce 780i
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-009-EA&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1057

Does any one know how that board copes with oc'ing? I have read a few good reviews but it never hurts to get a few more opinions

I will be adding more ram to the package now aswell, as its ddr2.